Network Engineer

Network/Data EngineerWork Location: 754 Peachtree St NE Atlanta GA 30308Business Unit: Engineering And OperationsPositions Requested: 1Hours per Day: 8Hours per Week: 40Total Hours – 6 month contract initiallyProject NameTarget Data Center Application SupportTop SkillsCisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Preferred5 – 10 years experience in enterprise network environment support, troubleshooting and network operationsStrong knowledge of network infrastructure and hardware including firewalls, routers, and switchesStrong knowledge of L3 technologies-IP sub-netting, IP routing, BGP, OSPF, VRRP, HSRP, VRFStrong knowledge of firewalls, router ACLs, IPSec VPNs, RADIUS, and TACACSStrong knowledge of Python and Ansible scriptingResponsible for the management of the interoperability between Cisco and Juniper Layer 3 Platform, through the use of alarm and ticket systems, individual designed customized scripts, customer notification, and business partner escalations.Responsible for maintaining routers, switches, and trunk capacity as well as configuration to meet the client’s requirements.Responsibilities include providing real time in-depth analysis and real time trouble resolution of incidents associated with the CISCO, Juniper, and associated operations support systems, and data communications network technology platforms.Advanced WAN troubleshooting on MPLS, point to point, metro Ethernet networks to include the ability to find and restore latency, intermittent circuit issues, and quality of service problems.Datacenter support which requires the ability to troubleshoot application flows across multiple managed services, as well as the ability to assist the client with identifying problems within their managed network.Providing support to emerging technologies such as: load balancers, infoblox, Alcatel-Lucent QIP, Blue Cat Networks, wireless networks, and layer 3 switches (Nexus).IPSEC VPN, Brocade.Some assignments are customer facing and or may require various certifications (for example public truest; FCL; secret security).Knowledge share with peers, leadership and take the necessary steps regarding escalations.