Network Engineer III

PLEASE NO C2C OR OUTSIDE VENDORS.

Work Location:

Onsite in Seattle, WA - occasional work from home:

Additional travel to satellite locations in Tacoma, WA, and Olympia, WA

Working Hours/Time Zone: M-F 8-5PM PST

Job Descriptio n:

• Network Engineer III (F5)Private Cloud
• The Network Engineer-III is responsible for the planning, design, configuration, integration & installation of our growing local area network (LAN) and/or wide area network (WAN). The Network Engineer-III will provide leadership in technical support and documentation to various departments and users with regard to the global infrastructure. The Network Engineer-III serves as a liaison to gather network requirements from internal customers, vendors, and other third-party provided
• This role will have a strong focus on F5 technologies, including BIG-IPLTM, GTM, Remote Access, traffic management, and application delivery optimization across the enterprise network. Other responsibilities will include Forescout device profiling in a Software Defined Access environment, and managing SolarWinds device monitoring for the Data Center and Enterprise environment.

Responsibili ties

This role will have a strong focus on F5 technologies, including BIG-IP LTM, traffic management, and application delivery optimization across the enterprise network.

DESIGN:

• Perform design requirements and recommendations for the enterprise n
• etwork
• Perform vendor recommendation/selection and coordination for hardware testing, installations, and upgrades.

BUILD:

• Create maintenance plans, including detailed documentation & change management coordi
• nation.
• Perform maintenance and upgrades of both hardware and software.
• Scripting and testing of maintenance plans for all upgrades and changes.
• Work in either a lead role or an assisting role during maintenance implementations

IMPROVEMENTS:

Develop or conform to client Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)& Method of Procedures

• (MOP’s)Implement network standardization practices
• Document informational content for specialized network designs to be used for training needs
• Present and/or train on new network topologies, hardware, and technologies to internal teams
• Lead Root Cause Analysis sessions to achieve better networking practices
• Determine baseline requirements for our network needs
• Provide code analysis on existing software, IOS testing, and software recommendations
• Create networklab mockups for error testing
• Automate repetitive Engineering tasks

ADDITIONAL:

• Knowledge of Forescout management, profiling, and maintenance.
• Manage and maintain SolarWinds monitoring and backups for network gear
• Manages the team’s ticket queue and responds on-site to issues.
• Work with teams for escalations, POC’s, and other related problems
• Initial deployment of new products and servicesMonitor capacity and plan for bandwidth

Additional requirements

• High School Diploma or regional equivalent required
• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or Network Engineering. At the manager’s discretion, additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement
• Minimum 5-7 years of recent experience with network design and build-out of LAN/WANs and/or large-scale network retrofits and remediations
• Hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP solutions, including load balancing and application delivery.
• Knowledge of SolarWinds Monitoring and Forescout NAC
• Must have certifications: CCNA and F5 101
• Preferred certifications: F5 201, F5 301, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP preferred, CCIE (R&S, SP, or DC) highly preferred (or equivalent experience), Python PCEP
• Advanced level experience working with most of the following technologies/applications: MPLS, BGP, LDP, QoS, IPv6, OSPF, vPC, STP, DWDM, EVPN, L2VPN, MPLS VPN, L3VPN, FHRP, VLAN, CDP, port-channels, IS-IS, MPLS Inter-AS, VXLAN, DNS, ACL, RADb, Flow spec, RTBH, GitHub, API’s, NFV, Hypervisors, virtual switching
• Multi-vendor experience working with the following platforms: Cisco IOS, ASR 1k (IOS-XE), ASR NCS (IOS-XR), Nexus (NX-OS), Aruba wireless and ClearPass
• Experience working in a service provider, datacenter/hosting environment, or large-scale enterprise networks.
• Experience researching, evaluating, and recommending hardware and/or software solutions supporting large-scale deployments and/or remediations against the LAN/WAN
• Experience working with 3rd-party networking vendors, with an understanding of the service/hardware/software portfolios they provide
• Able to identify areas of process improvement and provide input and solution options to streamline work
• Excellent writing, documentation, and communication skills, possessing the ability to communicate well with technical and non-technical peers.
• Customer service-oriented attitude
• Experience with network service monitoring systems (Spectrum, Solarwinds, and Cisco DNAC.)