Resident Engineer

Kforce is immediately adding a full-time Resident Engineer in support of our industry leading technology development client in Virginia Beach, VA. Role Responsibilities:

• To hold network information gathering workshops with the Customer to understand the Customer's existing network design and technical requirements of new network designs
• To understand the Customer's organizational structure and become familiar with the Customer's network implementation and support processes and procedures to help in supporting a network that is available and sustainable
• To carry out testing of new Designs, features, and functionality as required by the Customer in a laboratory environment and to help develop plans to implement and verify that they are operating correctly in the live network
• To test patches and fixes to operating software and to ensure that they are implemented and functioning correctly in the pre-production test network and then live network as implementation plans dictate
• Troubleshoot equipment and network problems and open and track JTAC cases to resolve problems on pre- and post-production issues
• To raise equipment, Return Material Authorizations (RMA's) and to track these through to problem resolution
• To produce a written summary report of the status of Design projects, equipment and network problems regularly to the Customer
• To hold technology workshops with the Customer to discuss equipment and network problems, and to provide case status updates, including the reasons for any problems encountered and the workarounds and/or solutions that are being tried
• To train the Customer's design, implementation, and support personnel to configure and operate the Juniper Networks products
• To assist the Customer in developing Network Operating and Equipment Operating Procedures
• Technical Certifications: JNCIS MistAI,Wireless, JNCIP MistAI; Ensure certifications are supported by demonstrable hands-on, practical operational experience with Mist access points (APs), Marvis AI, edge devices, and the Mist web-based UI, reflecting real-world deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting capabilities
• Minimum 5 years of design, implementation, and operational experience in large-scale IP networks
• Experience with MIST design and/or deployment of routing and switching products within the Customer infrastructure
• Mist Wireless assurance experience.
• Working knowledge to support use of the Mist API/Web UI
• Experience in Juniper Campus Fabric Designs using Mist
• Apstra experience
• JUNOS CLI experience
• Must have large-scale experience with QFX, EX, PTX switching and routing
• Prior Work experience at a large enterprise or a Data Center with EVPN/VXLAN experience
• Experience with core routing BGP (eBGP and iBGP) and OSPF protocols
• Background in automation with Ansible, YAML, and Juniper PyEZ
• Experience writing automation scripts in Python
• Ability to communicate effectively in crises with all levels of an organization from Engineering/Operations to CIO/CISO audiences
• Ability to refine and translate complex requirements and execute best practice solutions
• Assisted with major network upgrades, maintenance windows, and changes in the customer network
• Strong customer interface and presentation skills
• Mist access points (APs), Marvis AI, edge devices, and the Mist web-based UI