Network Engineer (Albuqerque)
Optomi, in partnership with a leader within the accounting industry, is seeking an experienced Network Engineer for their Albuquerque, New Mexico location! This Network Engineer will have the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment and have career growth opportunities working for one of the big four firms!
Experience of the right candidate:
- 4+ years’ experience in network administration role. Able to diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve network outages, network performance issues, or networked application issues.
- 4+ years hands-on experience in configuring and managing Datacenter Cisco Nexus Switches (5K,7K,9K). Data center and wired/wireless campus networking needs
- Strong experience in Network Operating Systems (Cisco IOS XE, NX-OS, Aruba/HP) Wireless Networks: Cisco & Aruba APs and Network Controllers, including their authentication integration with Cisco ISE
- Demonstrable experience in Routing and Switching concept (Cisco / Juniper Platform)
- Experience with data center and wired/wireless campus networking needs
- Certifications: CCNA
- Hands on experience - Hardware Module, Installation, Configuration, Troubleshooting for the following listed Routers and Switches
- Switches: Nexus 7010, 7009, 9300, 3850 Cisco 3500, 2960 series.
- Routers: Cisco 7600, 7500, 7200, 3800, 3700, 3600, 2600, 2900, 1900,1800,1700 series
- Advanced knowledge with core network infrastructure technologies and protocols (campus routing & switching, WLAN, 802.1x, STP, EIGRP, BGP)
- Experience operating and maintaining chassis switches, with knowledge of various redundancy technologies (VSS, HSRP, SSO, vPC)
- Occasional on-call support for P1 & P2 incidents after business hours
- Must be a U.S. person to comply with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) guidelines. Sponsorship not available for this position.
- Preferred
- Experience with the operation and maintenance of common NMS, configuration management tools
- Consulting experience
- Bachelors degree
- Enterprise Monitoring Tools experience
- ITSM/Ticketing tool experience
- Working knowledge in Load balancers technology (Any OEM)
- Ability to produce RCA of Severity incidents impacting network with minimum support from Superiors/Seniors within team
- Experience in the development and implementation of network designs according to standards and best practices
- 5+ years’ experience in ITIL
- DNAC experience
- MCSE certification
- Familiar with emerging network technologies; specifically, Cisco DNAC and SD-WAN, AWS networking (Direct Connect/VPCs/Transit Gateways/VPGs/VPNs)
- Working knowledge in SDWAN.
- Broadcom NetOps Monitoring tool skills
- ServiceNow as an ITSM/Ticketing tool
- Previous experience with Cisco switches and routers
- Familiarity with RADIUS, TACACS and AAA methodologies and protocols.
- Certifications: CCNP, CCIE, JNCIE
- Ability to work in team in Global diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment
- Experience in client facing environment
- Can operate independently or with minimum supervision
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Analytical ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks into manageable work products
- Ability to deliver technical demonstrations
Responsibilities of the right candidate:
- Responsible for managing Incident/Tickets, Change/Configuration management/Problem management with root cause analysis of the tickets with Level 2 & Level 3 support
- Designing and installing well-functioning computer networks, connections and cabling from onsite Data Centers
- Performing troubleshooting to system failures and identify bottlenecks to ensure long term efficiency of network
- Testing and configuring software and maintain and repair hardware and peripheral devices
- Configure and support the network components such as Routers, Switches and Access Points, Wireless controllers
- Responsible for Network Documentation using Visio Tools, MS-Power Point
- Configuration and Troubleshooting of different kind of Access-lists
- Cisco IOS security features and basic knowledge of security vulnerabilities, threats and attacks about Implementation, Monitoring and Troubleshooting of Cisco ACS for Authentication, Authorization and accounting of network equipment.
Network Administrator Qualifications/Skills:
- 3-5 years’ experience in network administration role
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in IT infrastructure Domain
- In-depth experience in configuring and managing Datacenter Cisco Nexus Switches (5K,7K, 9k)
- Advanced knowledge with core network infrastructure technologies and protocols (campus routing & switching, WLAN, 802.1x, STP, EIGRP, BGP)
- Experience in the development and implementation of network designs according to standards and best practices
- Ability to quickly diagnose and troubleshoot wide range of campus network issues, from end-host connectivity to traffic flows across network core
- Experience operating and maintaining chassis switches, with knowledge of various redundancy technologies (VSS, HSRP, SSO, vPC)
- Experience with the operation and maintenance of common NMS, configuration management and network monitoring tools
- Comfortable with the use of various Network Operating Systems (Cisco IOS XE, NX-OS, Aruba/HP)
- Familiar with emerging network technologies; specifically, Cisco DNAC and SD-WAN, AWS networking (DirectConnect/VPCs/Transit Gateways/VPGs/VPNs)
- Wireless Networks: Cisco & Aruba APs and Network Controllers, including their authentication integration with Cisco ISE
- Familiarity with RADIUS, TACACS and AAA methodologies and protocols.
- Being able to troubleshoot and resolve network outages, network performance issues, or networked application issues.
- Demonstrable experience in Routing and Switching concept (Cisco / Juniper Platform)
- Working knowledge in Load balancers technology (Any OEM)
- Ability to produce RCA of Severity incidents impacting network with minimum support from Superiors/Seniors within team
- Hands on experience - Hardware Module, Installation, Configuration, Troubleshooting for the following listed Routers and Switches
- Routers: Cisco 7600, 7500, 7200, 3800, 3700, 3600, 2600, 2900, 1900,1800,1700 series
- Switches: Nexus 7010, 7009, 9300, 3850 Cisco 3500, 2960 series.
- Working knowledge in SDWAN.
