IT Operations Engineer (Network)

Talent Space is looking for a fulltime IT Operations Engineer with a strong networking background for a direct-hire opportunity with our direct-client. Role will support SD-WAN (Velocloud), Palo Alto Firewall and Aruba ClearPass requirements.

• Participate in architecture reviews with IT groups, ensure supportability requirements and standards are followed
• Develop new standards to maintain or improve stability and scalability of the current network environment with specific considerations to sustainability and future-proof design.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for network and system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage existing resources and provide economies of scal
• Author documents that improve governance and librarianship with network-related architectures.
• Skilled in determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Daily maintenance and administration of various systems such as core network, wireless, and remote office network infrastructures, in both production and development environments. Resolve or report critical issues to the Mgr, Enterprise Operations for resolution.
• Provide intermediate and advanced tier support for troubleshooting various network, application and system Support all networking hardware.
• Install new and configure existing hardware in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of network- related scheduled jobs.
• Perform network-related data backups and disaster recovery operations.
• Repair and recover from hardware, software, or circuit failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.
• General support of production systems as require
• Apply patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities according to defined policies and standards.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as require
• Ability to mentor junior network administrators and engineers in all aspects of network design, operations, deployment, documentation and standards.

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor (4-year) degree with a technical major such as engineering or computer science (or equivalent education and applicable work experience). In lieu of degree, 2 years of professional experience is required.
• 5 years of network administration experience
• CCNP / JNCIP / JNCIS or relevant experience
• Advanced experience with Firewall, Routing, Switching technologies (eg. Aruba 2800 and 10000 series and Juniper SRX and EX series products).
• Advanced experience with SDWAN technologies (eg. Velo Cloud).
• Advanced knowledge of POTS, DS1/T1, Fiber, GigE and 10GigE, VoIP, SIP
• Advanced experience in various Network CLI languages such as Aruba, Cisco, or Juniper
• Advanced knowledge of OSI Model, IP addressing, subnetting, VLAN, routing
• Advanced knowledge of 802.11x, 802.1x, RF design
• Advanced experience with routers, layer 2 and layer 3 switches
• Advanced experience with Spanning Tree, VRRP, BGP, OSPF, iBGP, MPLS and VPN technologies.
• Advanced experience with wireless networking, RF and heat mapping tools
• Advanced experience with network functions such as DHCP, DNS, AD, WINS and how to design and administer solutions as well as troubleshoot problems as they relate to the network operations.
• Advanced knowledge of load balancers and firewalls (ex. NetScaler s)
• Advanced experience with packet capture and analysis, span/mirror port strategy and related network monitoring tools.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise wireless technologies and security.
• Intermediate experience with Windows operating systems from 2012R2 to curre
• Strong skills in communication, both written and verbal
• Strong skills troubleshooting and creative problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to work evenings and weekends as needed (For change control(s) and or on an occasional emergency).

PREFERRED:

• Experience administering a distributed enterprise network, hosts and devices over more than 200 si
• Experience working with Wireshark, and other network troubleshooting tools.
• Experience working with Juniper Networks SRX and EX
• Experience with Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience Aruba Switches, Airwave, Central, and Clearpass
• Experience with large-scale network upgrade projects with national distribution.
• Experience with network-oriented enterprise storage solutions (iSCSI, FCoE)
• AWS Associate level certification.

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ ABILITIES:

• Ability to multi-task effectively without compromising the quality of the work.
• Network Monitoring (ability to build and report network metrics (traps/SNMPv3 monitoring/trend analysis/performance of network equipment)
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to draw conclusions and make independent decisions with limited information.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries from customers, staff, regulatory agencies, vendors, and other members of the business community.
• Self-motivated, reliable individual capable of working independently as well as part of a team.
• Possess the intellectual curiosity to work through ambiguity and have ability to work independently with minimal instruction.
• Ability to manage change and do extremely well in a fast-paced environment under time constraint
• Ability to take initiative and work independently, and work effectively with individuals belonging to all levels within the organization
• Ability to effectively communicate with clarity and brevity