Network Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services seeks an experienced Network Engineer to lead branch-site transformations and ensure secure, reliable connectivity across a global network.

You will migrate MPLS branches to Zscaler SD-WAN, analyze business needs, design and install solutions, troubleshoot issues, and support customers and IT staff through meetings and accurate documentation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in network engineering.
• Experience migrating branch sites WANs, with focus on Zscaler solutions.
• Strong documentation skills and ability to produce technical diagrams and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Migrate branch sites from MPLS to Zscaler SD-WAN as part of a global branch transformation project.
• Analyze business needs; gather requirements, designs, installs, troubleshoots, and supports technical solutions.
• Participate in meetings with customers and IT staff to qualify opportunities and define solutions.

Skills

Networking

Zscaler SD-WAN

Cisco ISE

Cisco Wireless

Firewall/VPN

Security

SolarWinds

ThousandEyes

Network automation

Tools

Cisco Catalyst Center

Job description

Job Description

Network Engineer

Responsibilities And Duties

• Migrate branch sites from MPLS to Zscaler SD-WAN solution as part of global branch transformation project.
• Analyze business needs; gather requirements, designs, installs, troubleshoots, and supports technical solutions in a world-class infrastructure.
• Participate in regular meetings and conference calls with customers and IT staff to help qualify opportunities and technical solutions.

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• In depth knowledge and understanding of networking technologies, design principles, and the practical application of routers, switches, virtualization, storage, storage networking virtualization/zoning, load-balancers and network security.
• Knowledge of network security solutions such as firewalls, VPNs, Intrusion detection/prevention, and web application firewalls.
• 5+ years’ experience in network engineering. Experience with branch site WAN migrations is required with focus on Zscaler solutions.
• Strong technical knowledge and experience in several of the following (certification a plus):
• Zscaler SD-WAN ZTB solution
• Cisco Wireless
• Cisco ISE
Network automation using Cisco Catalyst Center or similar tools
• Network Monitoring tools such as Solarwinds and Thousand Eyes
• Cisco Routing/Switching, spine/leaf architecture
• QoS, prioritization of voice and video
• Palo Alto Networks firewalls and security solutions
• F5 LTM/GTM
• Proven understanding of network segmentation/isolation, encryption architectures
• Strong documentation skills and experience generating technical documents, diagrams, solutions specifications, guidelines, processes, and procedures.
• Excellent communications and customer service skills with proven ability to communicate professionally in a corporate environment.
• Experience in standardizing and automating network configuration and deployment
• Experience with software and hardware troubleshooting and system monitoring.
• Ability to work nights and weekends as needed for implementations and being a point of escalation

Salary Range- $100,000-$125,000 a year