Network Engineer CCNP

Network Engineer CCNP

Sr. Network Engineer (home office with 50% travel in Texas)

Participate in diverse and challenging engagements at client sites (Primarily Dell Solutions). The job responsibilities will vary based on the project scope and deliverables. Consulting provides a unique opportunity for technical professionals to be exposed to very dynamic and diverse environments. Successful consultants are able to adapt quickly to changing technical and professional environments.

GENERAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 5-8 years experience working with Cisco technologies and Data Center Networks Design, Set up and/or operations working with SCCM, VMWare and Citrix
• Consulting experience or equivalent experience is required
• Ability to execute in a methodical manner to gather, document, and present specific customer requirements as well as articulate technical solutions
• Exceptional documentation skills that can clearly articulate technical designs, issues and constraints, procedures, and network assessments
• Strong analytical and problem determination/resolution skills
• Excellent presentation and communication skills regarding technical and non-technical concepts
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish professional working relationships with varying levels of both business and technical personnel
• Self-directed to complete tasks in both a professional and timely manner with minimal supervision
• A demonstrated history of delivering exceptional customer service
• Travel for support client engagements within Texas is required
• Candidates must be willing to be on call (in rotation with other team members) including night and weekends to support customer environments after hours. Night and weekend work will occur

Requirements

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Solid understanding of network design and implementation in enterprise and ecommerce environments working with Cisco, SCCM, Citrix and VMWare.
• Comprehension of networking concepts including network design principles, data flow determination, routing, switching, VLANs, IP addressing, spanning-tree, etc.
• Solid understanding of network utility services including TFTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP, NTP, SMTP, SYSLOG, etc.
• Familiarity with network scanning/analysis procedures and toolsets for network readiness assessments
• Understanding of advanced networking technologies and solutions including IPV6, MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, OSPF, multicast, policy-based routing, ether-channel, QoS, traffic-shaping, load balancing, VPN tunnels, WAN Optimization, etc.
• Understanding of advanced data center networking technologies and solutions including Nexus 7000 series data center switches, catalyst 6500 series switches, ACE and Firewall Services Modules, , ASR WAN routers, GSS, MDS Storage integration, collocation facility integration, DR integration, etc.
• Demonstrated performance in a large-scale enterprise technical work environment with minimum of 5- 8 years of direct industry experience as described above
• Experience with enterprise class network management/monitoring systems is a plus (CiscoWorks, Opsware, SMARTs, HP Openview, CA eHealth, etc.)
• Experience with performance management tools and services (OpNet, Compuware, NETMRI, WAAS, WCCP, NetMRI, etc.) is a plus
• Experience working on an operations environment
• Bachelors or equivalent. Candidates should have a desire to gain technical skills through advanced certifications (CCNA/CCNP/CCIE) or other similar achievements.