Design Engineer

SIDRAM TECHNOLOGIES; Mount Laurel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SIDRAM TECHNOLOGIES is seeking a Design Engineer for Juniper Routing & Switching in Mount Laurel, NJ. This onsite role requires 12+ years of experience and focuses on design, testing, and deployment of Juniper MX/PTX/QFX platforms within customer networks.

You will lead workshops, generate implementation plans, and train customer teams while coordinating with Juniper on software and feature deployments. A strong engineering background and excellent communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of design, implementation and operations experience in large-scale IP networks.
• Experience with Juniper routing platforms and related hardware is essential.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities in complex environments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support design and planning of Juniper MX, PTX and QFX routing products within customer infrastructure.
• Test new designs, features, and functionality in lab and live networks as needed.
• Perform Junos software release lab testing and validation at the customer lab.
• Develop implementation plans, runbooks, and network operating procedures.
• Lead workshops with customers to gather requirements and present status reports.
• Train customer staff on configuration and operation of Juniper products.
• Troubleshoot equipment and network problems and track issues to resolution.
• Coordinate with Juniper on challenges with new software or features.
• Develop secondary skills in other Juniper products and peer with similar teams.

Skills

JUNOS CLI

MX/PTX/ACX

TCP/IP fundamentals

MPLS fundamentals

IP routing

OSPF/ISIS/BGP

VPN technologies

Ethernet QoS 802.1Q

Automation: Ansible/YAML

PyEZ / Python scripting

Scripting: Python

Industry certifications (JNCIS/JNCIP/J

Job description

Hiring: Design Engineer Juniper Routing & Switching

Location: Mount Laurel, NJ (Onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months

Experience: 12+ Years

Role Responsibilities

• Support design and planning of Juniper MX, PTX and QFX network routing products and associated solutions within the Customer infrastructure
• 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
• Perform Junos software release lab testing and validation at the customers lab
• 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.
• Hold design and information gathering workshops with the Customer to understand the Customer’s existing network design and technical requirements of new network designs.
• To train the customer’s design, implementation, and support personnel to configure and operate the Juniper Networks products.
• To produce a written summary report on the status of design projects, equipment, and network problems regularly to the customer.
• Developing network operating procedures, configuration standards, and implementation plans for Juniper products.
• Troubleshoot equipment and network problems, and open and track JTAC cases through to problem resolution on pre- and post-production issues.
• 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 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 assist the customer in developing Network Operating and Equipment Operating Procedures.
• Development and maintenance of fault diagnosis procedures to support effective fault resolution.
• Support the production environment of Juniper products within the customer infrastructure.
• Support ongoing efforts in defining best-practice policies for Juniper product applications used by the customer. (Juniper Business Use Only.)
• The RC will be expected to be a subject matter expert on Juniper’s platforms, software and features and coordinate directly with Juniper on any challenges encountered with new software or features implementation.
• The RC is expected to peer with other employees performing similar resident Consultant roles where lessons learned may help minimize risk associated with major network upgrades or changes in the network.
• The RC will be expected to develop secondary skills in other products in the Juniper product portfolio.

Required Background And Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of design, implementation, and operational experience in large-scale IP networks.
• JUNOS CLI experience.
• Must have large-scale experience with routing devices MX, PTX, and ACX.
• An understanding of the protocols surrounding IP service provider networks. These skills include but are not limited to:
• TCP/IP and MPLS fundamentals
• IP/Routing experience (OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS-TE, RSVP, LDP, IPv6, Routing Policy)
• Routing protocol operation, migration, and scaling mechanisms
• Routing policies at BGP peering points
• VPNs and the associated tunneling technologies (MPLS, L3VPN, VPLS, MVPN.)
• Ethernet switching and 802.1Q, QoS
• Class of service
• Background in automation with Ansible, YAML, and HPE Juniper PyEZ.
• Experience writing automation scripts in Python.
• Ability to communicate effectively in crises with all levels of an organization from Consultant/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.
• Other tasks and duties as needed to support the customer and/or business.
• Expert-level technical certifications (JNCIS, JNCIP, JNCIE, CCNP, and CCIE) are a strong plus.