Network Engineer

PlanIT Group, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PlanIT Group, LLC is seeking a senior network engineer with at least five years of post-sales deployment experience to design and implement network solutions for complex client requirements across data centers.

You will work within Change Management, gather requirements, develop end-to-end designs, configure devices, and test deployments, with emphasis on routing, switching, and security in large-scale environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, MIS, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent, relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years with engineering deployment responsibilities involving complex client requirements assessments, solutions designs and implementation within the technology services industry.
• Ability to work within Change Management process/procedures and the ability to understand the requirements to compile documents with existing standards.
• The ability to gather requirements from the end user. Merge with existing standards within specified timeframes.
• Previous post-sales engineering experience with network solutions including requirement definitions and implementation plans, end-to-end system designs, equipment staging, configuration creation and testing, and solution deployment of varying types of software and/or hardware network solution deployments spanning geographical separation.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA),[MD3] [MD4] Arista ACE or related certifications preferred.
• Working within a production Data Center environment including experience directly managing routers, switches, firewalls, global and local load balancing, DMZ and a good understanding of DDI.
• A proficient networking skillset within industry-standard networking technologies and infrastructures including cabling, LAN, WLAN and WAN. Extensive routing experience with routing protocols including but not limited to a thorough understanding of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, route subnetting and route aggregation techniques. Demonstrable switching experience and knowledge with datacenter switching, including but not limited to Nexus product line, Spine and leaf architecture, Cisco ACI, Arista CLOS.
• End-to-end process thinker, with proven experience in business processes and workflow design.
• Excellent problem solving and systems analysis skills with demonstrated success in root cause analysis, effectiveness measurements and related documentation.
• Demonstrated experience of continuously expanding and leveraging knowledge of technology, market and industry trends with success in identifying, recommending and implementing best practices and methodologies.
• Ability to work effectively across all functional groups to optimize product & service offerings, fostering a seamless internal and external client experience and track record of timely and accurate issue resolution.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook, SharePoint, ERP, service delivery management tools and related cloud based technology systems.

Skills

Networking expertise

Requirements gathering

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

MS Office / SharePoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, MIS, IT, CS or related field

Tools

Nexus switching

Cisco ACI

Arista CLOS

BGP/OSPF/EIGRP

Job description

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent, relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years with engineering deployment responsibilities involving complex client requirements assessments, solutions designs and implementation within the technology services industry.
• Ability to work within Change Management process/procedures and the ability to understand the requirements to compile documents with existing standards. The ability to gather requirements from the end user. Merge with existing standards within specified timeframes.
• Previous post-sales engineering experience with network solutions including requirement definitions and implementation plans, end-to-end system designs, equipment staging, configuration creation and testing, and solution deployment of varying types of software and/or hardware network solution deployments spanning geographical separation.
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA),[MD3] [MD4] Arista ACE or related certifications preferred.
• Working within a production Data Center environment including experience directly managing routers, switches, firewalls, global and local load balancing, DMZ and a good understanding of DDI.
• A proficient networking skillset within industry-standard networking technologies and infrastructures including cabling, LAN, WLAN and WAN. Extensive routing experience with routing protocols including but not limited to a thorough understanding of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, route subnetting and route aggregation techniques. Demonstrable switching experience and knowledge with datacenter switching, including but not limited to Nexus product line, Spine and leaf architecture, Cisco ACI, Arista CLOS.
• End-to-end process thinker, with proven experience in business processes and workflow design.
• Excellent problem solving and systems analysis skills with demonstrated success in root cause analysis, effectiveness measurements and related documentation.
• Demonstrated experience of continuously expanding and leveraging knowledge of technology, market and industry trends with success in identifying, recommending and implementing best practices and methodologies.
• Ability to work effectively across all functional groups to optimize product & service offerings, fostering a seamless internal and external client experience and track record of timely and accurate issue resolution.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook, SharePoint, ERP, service delivery management tools and related cloud based technology systems.