Sr Network Hosting and Fabric Services Engineer- Onsite

Job Description

Job Description

Network Hosting and Fabric Services Engineer

Duration: 9+ Months

Contract Designation: 5 days week on site; Columbus OH, Alpharetta, GA, Marietta, GA, Kansas City, MO, Berkley Heights NJ, Omaha NE, Frisco/Dallas TX, Denver CO

Position Overview

What does a successful Network Engineer do?

A qualified candidate can expect a fast paced, challenging & rewarding role in delivering a variety of Network, Security, Cloud, Virtualization, SDN & Automation technologies. Individuals are commonly involved in early conceptual assessments through POC’s.

Candidates should expect to be an integral part of many transformative initiatives that will institute automated self-service solutions to efficiently deliver on internal & external customer demands.

What you need to have

• Excellent communication skills (written/verbal) to properly articulate complicated Network/Security designs to Management and Business partners
  
• Meticulous documentation & task/time management skills
  
• Practical knowledge of Industry standard Network/Security best practices & solutions
  
• Excellent diagnostic skills in troubleshooting complex Networking technologies throughout all layers of the OSI model
  
• Experience with Multi-Tenant & Multi-Data-Center deployments
  
• Expert in tuning and diagnosing dynamic routing protocols and associated attributes for complex route manipulation
  
• Experience in designing/deploying/maintaining highly available Underlay & Overlay Networking & Security constructs (MPLS, eVPN, VxLAN)
  
• Experience with Software Defined Networking solutions (SDWAN, NFV, Cloud Provider Peering)
  
• Experience with Coding & related Automation technologies
  
• Experience in provisioning/protecting/maintaining Internet peering points, Public IP Management and DDOS services
  
• Experience in Automating Network and/or Security deployments & functions in a Multi-Tenant/Multi-Data-Center environment
  
• Experience in Coding/Scripting languages (Python, Ansible, Powershell, Netmiko, Netconf, Napalm, Jinja, Yaml, JSON, API’s)
  
• Functional understanding of PCI/DSS controls, protections & best practices
  
• Experience in deploying/diagnosing the following protocols & functions: IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, MPLS, IPSEC, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VRF, VxLAN, RPKI, eVPN, VRRP, MLAG, VPC, STP, Anycast, IPSEC, SSL, TLS
  
• Must be a US Citizen living in the US (Continental) to qualify for government related security clearances. (6C for BOE, C2 for IRS)
  

What would be great for you to have

• Experience in deploying & maintaining large scale L2 & L3 Data Center Networks
  
• Experience with Cisco (IOS & NXOS) and Arista (EOS) Data Center equipment
  
• Layer1 & 2 Protocols (Spanning-Tree modes and modifications, Trunking, MLAG/VPC)
  
• DataCenter Fabric deployment types (FabricPath, VxLAN, EVPN)
  
• Interconnecting disperse DataCenter Fabric technologies (VxLAN, EVPN)
  
• Layer3 Routing Protocols and Network Routing techniques (BGP, OSPF)
  
• Deploying/Managing Complex BGP routing policies
  
• Experience with VMWare platforms and Networking (VMotion, HCX, FXRails, VxRails)
  
• Experience with Automation Toolsets, Scripting & Config Templating (GitLab, Python, Jinja, Netbox, Vendor API's)