What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Operations Engineer position at Motion Recruitment?
Fort Worth, TX company is seeking a Network Operations Engineer to join their team for a contract opportunity.
Leverage the latest technology to solve business problems in a collaborative environment at this Fortune 500 transportation giant. Top technical resources are retained on long-term contract engagements.
Responsible for leveraging cutting edge technology to solve business problems by participating in all phases of the development process from inception through transition, advocating the agile process and test-driven development, using object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct and test reusable objects, and making the codebase better.
Contract Duration : 4 Months
Required Skills & Experience
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Firewalls / Zscaler equipment is an advantage.
- Basic understanding of public cloud and Azure cloud networking.
- Firewall troubleshooting skill.
- Experience with vulnerability management.
- Basic Wi-Fi design understanding and troubleshooting skill.
- Strong experience in switch upgrades and refresh activity.
- Proven ability to manage multiple vendors in a partially outsourced IT environment.
- 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 is essential.
- Flexibility - able to manage stressful situations and adapt to changing environments.
- Solid problem management skills related to working network related issues.
- Have 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.
- 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 Firewalls / Zscaler equipment is an advantage.
- Basic understanding of public cloud and Azure cloud networking.
- Firewall troubleshooting skill.
- Experience with vulnerability management.
- Basic Wi-Fi design understanding and troubleshooting skill.
- Strong experience in switch upgrades and refresh activity.
- Proven ability to manage multiple vendors in a partially outsourced IT environment.
- 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 is essential.
- Flexibility - able to manage stressful situations and adapt to changing environments.
- Solid problem management skills related to working network related issues.
- Have 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
What You Will Be Doing
