Network Engineer

Collabera; Prineville (OR); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An IT staffing leader is seeking an experienced Network Engineer in Prineville, Oregon. The candidate should have over 7 years of relevant experience in network installation, configuration, and support, particularly with Cisco and Arista hardware. Responsibilities include troubleshooting complex network issues and performing regular maintenance to ensure high availability. This role offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, engaging with third-party vendors and internal teams to deliver effective solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in network installation and support.
• Strong knowledge of routing and switching technologies.
• Experience with troubleshooting hardware and software issues.

Responsibilities

• Install and support network infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and repair network hardware.
• Perform network maintenance and upgrades.

Skills

Network installation

Configuration support

Troubleshooting

Routing technologies

Linux OS

Tools

Cisco Nexus/ASR

Arista equipment

Juniper hardware

Job description

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence.

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Install, configure and support large-scale production and corporate network infrastructure including routers, switches, console servers and optical transport equipment.
• Troubleshoot network hardware and software, working with 3rd party hardware vendors and suppliers on root cause analysis and resolution.
• Troubleshoot and repair local and long haul circuits, working with both internal resources and 3rd party vendors to isolate and resolve cabling issues.
• Schedule and perform network maintenance, repair, and upgrade tasks as needed while limiting the impact on the production network.
• Use internal software, tools, and scripts to configure, monitor, and repair network equipment.
• Perform queue management for alarms, tasks, and incidents and participate in ongoing troubleshooting network link/device/configuration issues, isolating the problem, fixing the problem.
• Creating new RMA requests through OEM vendors for both replacement devices, as well as obtaining technical assistance when troubleshooting devices.
• Verify capacity, draining traffic, suppressing alarms before replacing; optics, line cards, sup cards.
• Tracking, maintaining and updating asset inventory of defective and replacement parts.
• Troubleshoot, tracing, looping links to locate the physical issue.

SKILLS

• The ideal candidate will have 7+ years’ experience in networks installation, configuration and support.
• Experience with Cisco Nexus/ASR, Arista and Juniper Enterprise and Service Provider network hardware platforms and architectures including data center switching platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of routing and switching technologies and protocols.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations and utilize troubleshooting skills, systems and tools, and creative problem solving abilities under pressure.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux OS and CLI navigation.

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