Network Operations Engineer

Network Engineer Job Description

• 5+ years of experience in job specific skills
• Install, configure and maintain network hardware, for example, Cisco routers and switches, Meraki firewalls and meraki switches and wireless access points.
• Broad experience using a variety of monitoring tools like,HP Open view , Solar winds, IPAM and SNOW for ticket management tools.
• Identify, troubleshoot, solve and document network connectivity and performance issues.
• Configuration of routing and switching equipment
• Ability to work well independently and on a team.
• Good troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with standard network change management and configuration policies
• Creative problem solving abilities.
• Strong knowledge of datacenter design and layout
• Be self motivated and work well with end users, management, and external technical support personnel
• Strong documentation, RCA s and record keeping skills, with extreme attention to detail
• Fundamental understanding of and hands on experience with network technologies including firewalls, content filters, routing/switching, VLANs, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless networks
• Configuration and troubleshooting of IP networks and related hardware/software.
• Providing network support to customers and users.
• Providing support via on call rota where needed.
• Experience of IT integration, and systems engineering principals.
• Network engineering in a secured networking environment.
• Routing and switching technologies such as BGP, MPLS, OSPF, ISIS STP, HSRP
• Day to day support on the network administration
• Switching, routing and firewall mgmt.
• WAN: Knowledge on MPLS, PPP
• Security: ASA 55XX, DMVPN, IPsec, GRE Tunnels
• Minimum knowledge on Wireless infrastructure
• Support Hardware problems in co ordination with Vendors
• Daily Health checks, Planning and implementing fixes / Patches
• Work with Change & incident Management Tools
• Create regular reports for Management requirements
• Devices to be worked on Catalyst 3560,3750, Cisco 2960 routers, ASA 55XX
• Knowledge on basic telecom and cellular design and wireless network
• Hands on experience with Cisco Networking and troubleshooting experience required
• Working experience supporting and administrating wireless networks
• Experience working with wireless survey and wireless analysis tools a plus
• Must be able to lead the critical outage/major incident calls
• Ability to manage multiple, often competing, priorities and tasks and follow through to completion on strict deadlines
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information, both verbal and written, to a wide range of end users, including non technical users
• Experience with Network Performance Tuning, LAN/WAN Knowledge, Network Design and Implementation
• Network certifications such as CCNA, CCNP qualification desirable
• Degree in Computer Technology or equivalent experience;