Network Analyst

NAVA Software solutions is looking for a Network Analyst

Details:


Title: Network Analyst III


Duration: 6-12 months


Location: Houston TX - Onsite 4 days/week

Description:

The Network Analyst, will be a member of Global Networking team reporting to the Manager - Network Services
This position will work within the operations team to support enterprise networks and contribute to projects when needed requiring network expertise.



The successful candidate will be able to:

• Act as an escalation resource for reported network performance or application performance issues
• Manage and support the network monitoring and configuration management software
• Provide technical and architectural support for field networks to include industrial
• switches, routers, and wireless bridges
• Assist in developing the overall network strategy globally
• Utilize service portal to manage and create service requests, outages, and change requests
• Identify, evaluate and recommend technologies using best practices/industry standards
• Identify innovative ways to utilize existing applications and technologies
• Forecast and coordinate management of change for scheduled maintenance weekends
• Effectively communicate with end users and peers around the world
• Actively participate in the planning, design, and implementation of network related projects

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Extensive troubleshooting experience with large enterprises
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. The ability to clearly articulate complex issues
• Customer interfacing capabilities
• Extensive experience with Cisco routers, switches, firewall and wireless hardware
• Extensive experience with Solarwinds Network Management suite of applications
• Experience with Riverbed WAN optimization appliance, Cascade and NetProfiler
• Experience with Gigamon, Wireshark and packet level analysis and application performance root cause analysis
• Experience using Splunk to help with troubleshooting
• Experience troubleshooting EIGRP, BGP, Firewalls, IPSEC/SSL VPNs, Spanning tree and network security
• Experienced with software defined networking
• High level of experience with Cisco ISE/NAC
• Working knowledge of SNMP, Netflow, IP SLA and other management protocols
• Working knowledge of Cisco Collaboration products
• Experience working in Oil and Gas Industry - specifically with field support technicians
• CCNP certification a plus