Information Technology Senior Consultant 5

Avid Technology Professionals; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid Technology Professionals is seeking an experienced network engineer to provide daily oversight and guidance in managing operational matters and mentoring entry level engineers in networking. You will review and implement network service designs, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and operational knowledge to support complex infrastructures.

You will architect, deploy, and document new network configurations, lead upgrades, and configure Cisco devices, VPNs, and related services

Qualifications

• Experience leading network architecture and upgrade projects.
• Ability to design, deploy, and document new network requirements.
• Proven fault analysis and troubleshooting across Cisco devices.

Responsibilities

• Oversee network architecture upgrades from design to deployment.
• Mentor entry-level engineers across networking disciplines.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and document Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls.

Skills

Network engineering

Mentoring

Customer requirements analysis

Tools

Cisco IOS

BIND/DHCP/DNS

Firewall configuration

OSPF/EIGRP/BGP

Job description

• Provides daily oversight and guidance in managing operational matters and mentoring entry level engineers in all aspects of networking.
• Responsible for the critical review of, and providing recommendations on, networks or network service design, maintenance, and implementation, including operational considerations based on customer requirements, operational experience and technical knowledge.
• Responsible for the architectural design, deployment and documentation of new network requirements and changes to current network configurations.
• Oversee a major network architecture upgrade to include white-paper design, deployment, and configuration of devices.
• Provide fault analysis, isolation and correction, configuration, and upgrades of network devices to include Cisco Routers, Firewalls, and Switches.
• Provide support for customer networks involving cross-domain solutions, including VPNs, one-way data transfers, unclassified mission related infrastructures, and Taclane 175 encryption devices. Specific configurations include routing using MPLS/VPLS, OSPF, EIGRP at the Core and Distribution devices and switching at the Access devices.
• Experience in reverse engineering systems to detail the required system specifications, external interfaces and environmental requirements.
• Build systems and networks that would support the system and integrate it into the customer infrastructure.
• Provides recommendations and critical reviews of network or network service design, maintenance, and implementation, including operational considerations based on customer requirements, operational experience, and technical knowledge.
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco catalyst switches (Spanning Tree, Port Security, VTP,Ether channels, VLANs)
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco ASR routers (including HSRP, OSPF, BGP, route-map)
• Configuring and troubleshooting BIND, DHCP, and DNS servers
• Configure and troubleshoot HTTP / SSL / TLS based issues
• Troubleshoot ACL/NAT issue on ASAs
• Create router/switches templates for network standardization
• Monitors system performance and implements performance tuning
• Use of Linux network troubleshooting tools to solve complex network issues (tcpdump, ssldump, curl, wget, mtr, tcp traceroute, nmap, openssl, tshark)
• Develop bash and/or python scripts, utilities and tools used for network troubleshooting
• Troubleshoot various DNS, SMTP, IP routing, latency, and connectivity issues
• Implement TCP/IP & related services-DHCP/DNS
• Install/Upgrade Cisco Switches and Firewalls (ASA) IOS using TFTP
• Implement SSH/RADIUS authentication on Cisco Hardware
• Maintain all LAN/WAN connectivity
• Document network problems and resolution for future reference using Vizio