The Role
This position is for a Sr Network Engineer in Global Operations team that focuses on supporting Lumen clients, their network infrastructure the entire client lifecycle.
The Sr Network Engineer will be responsible for providing operational and technical support and managing their network configuration blueprints for complex solutions in the areas of routing, switching and wireless. The Sr Network engineer would be expected to be hands-on and would be eventual escalation point in case of complex issues/outages.
The Main Responsibilities
- Responsible for network and security operational support
- Leads and provides technical direction as well as hand-on required to resolve complex issues to ensure on-time delivery of solutions that meets project expectations.
- Driving standardization and automation into all aspects of the network platform
- Resolves difficult interoperability problems to obtain operation across all network platforms
- Enabling the extended team’s vitality through training, mentoring, and skills transfer.
- Be on-call for after-hour escalations and incidents
Technical Skills
Routing:
- Cisco ISR/ASR routers / Juniper MX routers
- In-depth understanding of BGP, OSPF protocols.
- In-depth understanding of MPLS
- Must have architect or hand on level expertise on Viptela SD-WAN platform designing
Switching
- Cisco Catalyst /Cisco NXOS/Cisco Meraki Switches/Juniper QFX
- Juniper MIST
- In-depth understand of all flavors of spanning tree
Security
- Fortigate Firewalls /Cisco ASA /Cisco Firepower
- Must have experience in Palo Alto Prisma
- In-depth understanding of firewall ACLs, groups, NATs
- Good understanding of next-generation firewall features like IDS/IPS, URL filtering, SSL decryption,etc.
- Must have Forescout NAC experience
Wireless
- Cisco Wireless LAN controller and related Access Points
- Meraki Wireless /Aerohive Wireless
- Juniper MIST Wireless Cradlepoint LTE for OOB Management
Load Balancers
- F5 Local Traffi c Manager
- Must have In-depth understanding of load-balancers like SSL offload, different type of load-balancing techniques
Scripting/Automation
- Python scripting to enable automated execution of manual tasks
- HTML/Javascript to develop basic webpages
- Good understanding of REST API with use of tools like postman
- Ansible playbook development
Tools
- Wireshark
- InfoBlox
- Remedy for ticketing
What We Look For in a Candidate
Qualifications
- 5+ years of technical hands-on experience 7+ years of experience with Master’s degree.
- Experience with next generation firewall technology (Palo Alto, Check Point, Fortinet, etc.) desirable
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical issues in an easy-to-understand manner.
- Excellent communication skills since this role will require regular interaction with clients
- Occasional on-call duties
Education
- MS / M Tech / BS / B Tech degree in Computer Science, related technical field preferred, or equivalent work experience.
