Network Engineering Senior- W2 Position - 320488 - FORD

Position: Network Engineering Senior- 320488 Location: Dearborn MI (Onsite) Duration: 12 Months MOI: Phone & WebEx Direct Client: FORD MOTORS

Note: 1. U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are NOT ABLE to sponsor H1-B at this time. - H1B Consultant who are willing to WORK ON OUR W2 (H1B TRANSFER) are welcome

Position Description:
Senior WAN Engineering professional - The team defines the Ford Global Wide Area Network Connectivity Solutions that ensures required communications and data is highly available and reliably exchanged. The team facilitates the support of the WAN planning team for strategic initiatives and Network Operations team on WAN technologies of software and hardware. The team performs the evaluation, lab testing and validation of existing and emerging technologies on WAN technology applications, capacity, lifecycle to establish defined operational standards. Candidate will work to consult, engineer, establish and deliver the standard WAN solutions for high quality, secure WAN network solutions that enable communication between the Ford networks and the rest of the world. You will engage internal and possible external customers to provide technical WAN engineering services to ensure the continued and uninterrupted operation of the business. You will collaborate across the Global WAN Engineering and WAN fulfillment /Planning organization and with key work partners throughout the company. The candidate will work within the Dearborn MI located WAN lab certifying and testing operating systems, and hardware. They execute the evaluation, testing and validation of existing and emerging technologies on WAN technology applications, capacity testing, platform sizing, including lifecycle to establish defined operational standards. They will also do security CVE reviews against certified software. The candidate will be required to cable various platforms and media together, load and test IOS, backup restore platforms, upgrade/downgrade OS, they will also perform traffic generations and analysis to complete the testing and certification. Autonomous mode and in SDWAN. They will generate reports, documentation, and runbooks for knowledge transfer. They will assist with engineering and support various optical transport and convergence systems.

Skills Required:
The candidate must have experience and knowledge of WAN/LAN Technologies, SD-WAN, IPsec, QOS, VoIP, OSPF, LDAP, SMTP, Proxy servers, Load-Balancers and network security protocols, VPN design, IPSEC, MPLS, GRE tunnels, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP with multiple areas over variety of WAN transport with deep understanding of BGP protocol and peering.
Must have Experience with and application of Various Cisco Platforms CAT9500, CAT9600 series, C8500 series, C8300 series, ASR1100 series, ASR1000 series, ISR 1100 series.
Must be a skilled communicator able to operate autonomously and independently, when necessary, collaborate in a group setting.
Understanding of Cloud technologies Google Cloud Platform, AWS
Experience and knowledge of routers and switches installation, cabling, loading OS, configuration, testing, and the development with reporting of various testing scenarios that lead to global production applications. VLAN design, storage, backups
Experienced and knowledge with physical cabling media & connectivity methods Ethernet, Fiber/ Optical, LAB environment testing methodologies.
Experienced and knowledge with performance monitoring tools, packet captures and analysis.
Understanding of various circuit types EPL & DIA
Experienced and knowledge - event management- critical examination with MOP, Bug scrub and CVE/PSIRT.
Understanding operational process and support tools, ticketing processes. Testing ability on various user platforms and OS (Apple, MS, Linux)

Skills Preferred:
Automation and programing development a plus.
Experience with general DWDM principles, optical switching, optical expressing, transponders, optical patch panels, ROADM technologies.
General knowledge on NSPs, ISPs, carriers, and cloud services.
Experienced and knowledge with virtualization and monitoring tools such as Splunk, SevOne, LogScale , Data insights, Cacti , WhatsUpGold .
API development and integration
IPv4, IPv6 , Cellular (4G 5G ), performing hardware and software evaluation based on WAN technologies application, capacity, life-cycle management that standardize connectivity options, various failover & high availability designs.
Can create development or validate operational materials and runbooks.
Experienced and knowledge with wide range IP infrastructure applications, e.g. DNS, SMTP, NTP, IMAP, RADIUS, FTP
Understanding of security tools such as ISE, Cisco Umbrella

Experience Required:
5 years of experience implementing, operating and troubleshooting TCP/IP and Ethernet-based networks, including knowledge of IP protocols, routing and switching.
5 years working with Cisco networking hardware including routers and switches.
5 years experience with Cisco WAN and SDWAN
5 years experience with Network management in a large organization, and SaaS , Cloud based networking
3 years experience configuring and implementing BGP, GRE , IPSec VPN solutions
3 years experience configuring and implementing Cisco ISA, ASA , Catalyst hardware and associated operating system
Certification in CCNA, CCNP, PMP, CCDP

Experience Preferred:
-Experienced and knowledge of Prisma Remote Access and Global protect
- Experienced and knowledge of Thousand eyes
- Cloud ramps

Education Required:
Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Computer Engineering or similar programs

Education Preferred:
Additional Safety Training/Licensing/Personal Protection Requirements:
Additional Information :
Candidate must be able to be physically report to buildings in Dearborn MI as needed and working in the building 6 LAB as required. Following corporate attendance policy.