Senior Network Engineer (SDWAN)

Job Title:  Senior Network Engineer (SDWAN)
Job Location:  Sunnyvale, CA/Remote
Job Type: Contract to Hire
 
Position Summary:
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for planning, designing the network, configuration documents and making sure that build is as per the document.

• Looking for someone who can be team player, collaborative and working with Global Team
• Engineer should be comfortable interacting with a diverse client base and working collaboratively with others, learning and supporting new deployments and technologies, automating and improving processes and fixing problems as they arise.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Plan, design and document SD-WAN architecture
• Configure & orchestrate silverpeak SD WAN for remote sites
• Automate the branch with zero touch provisioning
• Configuring security zones & vrf's to control the traffic on SDWAN
• Implementing the Edge HA for all branch locations
• Experience in upgrading the orchestrator & branch sdwan appliances with latest code
• Lead architect to develop system architecture, design and develop software for SD-WAN Cloud solutions
• Strong experience with SDWAN routing protocols OSPF and BGP
• Document and building proposal for accelerating the TCP traffic utilizing SDWAN.
• Experience with SDWAN HA, Edge HA, WCCP and VRRP implementations
• Automating weekly reports bandwidth utilization, tcp optimization and  on the performance of all SDWAN devices
• Improving the overall SDWAN infrastructure utilizing the features QOS, TCP optimization,
• Create templates that can be used to push to all sites.
• Strong ability and desire to learn new technologies and capability to drive innovation are absolute must
• Available to support the environment
• Direct engagement with customer to provide support and understand customer needs
• You must be motivated, driven and a team player. You should be willing to learn quickly and be enthusiastic about working on a wide range of product area strong communication skills are essential
• Experience with deployment profiles, templates and pushing them to all branch locations
• Fine tune the SDWAN with industry best practices
• Familiar with SD-WAN solution architecture
• Understanding and having knowledge of Cisco routers, switches is a plus

Training Responsibilities: (Required):

• Complete all assigned and required training satisfactorily and on time
• For people managers, ensure your associates attend and complete all required trainings satisfactorily and on time.
• 10+ years of proven experience in a network administrator role, managing and building a complex network
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant discipline
• Routers, ACLs, best practices around management, control, and monitoring of network infrastructure
• Solid knowledge of general LAN and WAN technologies
• Knowledge and hands-on proficiency with Linux is required
• Experience with requirements, processes, procedures and deployment
• Experience providing evidence for IT, SOX and other audits

Minimum Requirements:
 
Education and Experience (in years):

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant discipline
• 10+ years of proven experience in a network administrator role, managing and building a complex network
• Silverpeak Expert Certification
• Knowledge and hands-on proficiency with Linux is required

Physical requirements/abilities:

• (Manufacturing positions only) Must be able to lift 25 lbs. Must be able to stand for several hours. Work may involve repetitive arm/wrist motions.