Senior Network Engineer_Wichita Kansas (onsite)_Contract

Responsibilities & Qualifications 

Responsibilities 

         i. Adhering to SLAs 

       ii.Mentoring / Training Team Members 

     iii.Handling tickets / requests 

     iv.Perform root cause analysis 

       v.Troubleshooting technical issues 

     vi.Defining processes and ensuring that the processes are adhered to 

    vii.Oversees and is responsible for successful completion of Installation, configuration    and migration 

  viii.Ensure maximum uptime according to the SLA  

      ix.Understanding of Multi-geo support environment 

       x.Responsible for building / maintaining a test environment  

      xi.Improves and maintains customer and employee satisfaction 

    xii.Suggests new technologies and design changes 

  xiii.Monitoring and maintaining SLA requirements by the team members 

  xiv.Testing / Auditing/processes as required from time to time 

    xv.Identify Skill gaps and plan for training / knowledge updating 

Technology Knowledge 

         i.Router – Cisco, Avaya (Extreme), Juniper

       ii.Switch – Cisco and Avaya (Extreme), Juniper

     iii.WLAN Access Points – Cisco and Aruba 

     iv.Firewalls – Cisco, Juniper and Fortinet

       v.WLAN Appliance – Cisco and Aruba 

     vi.IPAM – Infoblox /others

    vii.WAN Optimizer – Riverbed / others

  viii.Packet Shaper – Bluecoat 

      ix.Terminal Server – Ion systems /others

       x.Load Balancer – F5 

Qualifications 

   i.Min 10+ years of Network administration experience in large enterprise environment  

ii.Should have Cisco and other industry standard networking certifications 

iii.Extensive experience in System Fault Tolerance, Networking Designing, Business continuity and Disaster recovery 

iv.Expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services. 

v.Excellent communication skills (Verbal and Written) 

vi.Experience in representation in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings 

vii.In depth understand and troubleshooting skills for data centers Technologies (vPC, VDC, OTV, FEX) 

viii.Expert level knowledge of troubleshooting, implementing, optimizing and testing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and ability to interpret and resolve complex route table problem 

ix.Excellent hands-on experience on Cisco, Juniper & Extreme devices (Routers, Switches L2/L3, Firewalls etc) 

xii.Excellent hands-on in Cisco & Aruba WLC/Access point  

xiv.Handling escalated troubleshooting calls related with Routing, Switching, Wireless, Firewalls & VPN 

xv.Excellent hands-on experience on Cisco Nexus Series of switches, Juniper SRX series & Fortigate.

xvi.Excellent hands-on experience on Wireless LAN technologies – Cisco and Aruba 

xvii.Excellent hands-on experience on WAN Acceleration/optimization Riverbed 

xviii.Network Management tools – Solar Winds, HPNNMi or Splunk etc 

xix.Application Load balancers F5 Big IP LTM/GTM or Citrix NetScaler 

xx.Hands-on experience of implementing & Troubleshoot of Infoblox solutions such as IPAM/DHCP/DNS/vDiscovery 

xxi.Hands on Experience on DHCP scope creation, DHCP option management understanding about servers, and windows platform 

xxii.Should have Experience in designing POA for complex Change/Project.  knowledge in preparing RFO, RCA’s, documentation, Knowledge Bank. 

xxiii.Experience in AWS or AZURE or any cloud technologies will be an added advantage 

Certifications 

·                ITIL v3 /v4

·                CCIE -R&S or equivalent associate 

·                CISSP, CISM, CCSP 

·                OEM specific Expert level certifications(Cisco,Juniper,Fortinet)