Network Engineer, Datacenters
Role description
The Network Engineer will be responsible for building, operating, and maintaining network devices installed in Washington DC while supporting related activities with a datacenter migration project. The ideal person will be able to configure routing protocols, provide network information, configuring ports, VLAN, extensions, etc., to support a datacenter migration.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
· Create complete end-to-end plans including designs and/or upgrades for enterprise-wide LANs/WANs while clearly and effectively communicating with cross-functional teams.
· Coordinate any modifications to the network environment with other IT departments and change management and develop Concepts of Operation, Requirements, Basis of Design, and critical design documents and drawings.
· Perform fault isolation and resolution in a methodical, thorough manner.
· Assist with life-cycle management evaluations and recommendations.
· Participate in the designing and operations of networks using routing protocols such as BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, route leaking, route redistribution, route-maps, etc.
· Install, configure and maintain Cisco switches Catalyst 9000 Series and Nexus, stackwise, protocols like STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST, R-PVST, PVST, VPC.
· Participate in analyzing, assessing and documenting system configuration settings against established requirements for commonly used IT platforms.
· Support project tracking by maintaining relevant log on boarding metrics and other relevant criteria while serving as a key team member for incident response related activities and collaborates with technical teams for security incident remediation and communication.
Education & Required Qualifications:
· Bachelor's degree or experience in relevant field/equivalent work experience
· 4+ years' years relevant work experience with network engineering and datacenter operations
· Previous experience designing and operating networks using routing protocols such as BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, route leaking, route redistribution, route-maps, etc.
· Previous experience installing Cisco switches Catalyst 9000 Series and Nexus, stackwise, protocols like STP, RSTP, MSTP, PVST, R-PVST, PVST, VPC
· WAN technologies, MPLS, DMVPN, VRF
Desire Requirements (Not Mandatory):
· Valid Cisco certifications including, CCNA and CCNP are highly desirable