What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Operations Engineer position at Motion Recruitment?
A major airline in the DFW area is looking to hire a Network Operations Engineer to join their team for a contract opportunity.
In this position you will be part of the Global Network Delivery team that manages and deploys Network infrastructure for the airline locations such as airports, cargo, and sales offices. This position requires analysis, design, and engineering of network solutions within the organizations architectural framework to meet project needs.
Contract Duration : 3 Months
The position will be onsite 3-days in their corporate office which is just south of the DFW Airport in the Euless, TX area.
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong Cisco / Aruba / Meraki switches / routing networking experience (some designing) and must be prepared to answer some very complex networking questions during the interview. Looking for Engineers, not Admin level individuals.
- 6 years of enterprise data network / IT industry experience with a minimum of 4 working with data network technologies at an enterprise scale.
- B.S. Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Experience working with network tools such as CA Spectrum and Wireshark.
- Expert knowledge on Cisco routers, Cisco L2 / L3 switches, load balancing, QOS, VPN, NAT, VoIP, IPSec, Multicast, DNS services, MPLS networks, network protocols (Ethernet, TCP / IP, SNMP, VLAN Trunking), and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF).
- Strong knowledge of Spanning-tree protocols (PVST,MSTP,RSTP)
- Experience working with Velocloud / Viptela SDWAN / Aruba / Meraki / Nexus / Palo Alto
- Basic understanding of public cloud and Azure cloud networking
- Firewall troubleshooting skills
- Experience with vulnerability management
- Basic Wi-Fi design understanding and troubleshooting skills
- Strong experience in switch upgrades and refresh activity
- Proven ability to manage multiple vendors in a partially outsourced IT environment
- Previous software development experience is a plus to help drive Automation.
- Desire to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communications, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills with a track record as a problem solver & an effective team player.
- Flexibility - able to manage stressful situations and adapt to changing environments.
- Solid problem management skills related to working network related issues
- Attention to detail and an ability to organize and prioritize workload.
- Strong presentation and analytical skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Capable of efficiently completing tasks without specific direction or close supervision
- Ability to run / lead projects with minimum guidance.
Desired Skills & Experience
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