Network Engineer (L2)

TechDigital Group; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Network Administrator with a strong background in Cisco and Juniper technologies. This role involves managing and troubleshooting complex network infrastructures, ensuring system fault tolerance, and designing robust networking solutions for large enterprises. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with routing protocols, network management tools, and cloud technologies. Join a forward-thinking team where your expertise will drive innovation and enhance connectivity. If you are passionate about networking and eager to tackle challenging projects, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Min 5 years of network administration experience in a large enterprise environment.
• Expertise in troubleshooting and optimizing routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco & Juniper devices and wireless technologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage and troubleshoot LAN/WAN architecture and IP services.
• Participate in Change Advisory Board meetings and represent network solutions.
• Design and implement network solutions ensuring fault tolerance and business continuity.

Skills

Cisco Routing & Switching

WAP

VPN

WLC

Cisco ACI

Juniper Routing and Switching

Excellent communication skills

Troubleshooting skills

Network Management tools

Cloud technologies (AWS/Azure)

Education

Cisco and industry standard networking certifications

Tools

Solar Winds

Thousand Eyes

Splunk

F5 Big IP LTM/GTM

Infoblox solutions

Job description

Primary skills: Cisco Routing & Switching, WAP, VPN, WLC, Cisco ACI+
Secondary skills: Juniper Routing and Switching.

Qualifications:

1. Min 5 years of Network administration experience in large enterprise environment.
2. Should have Cisco and other industry standard networking certifications.
3. Extensive experience in System Fault Tolerance, Networking Designing, Business continuity and Disaster recovery.
4. Expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.
5. Excellent communication skills (Verbal and Written).
6. Experience in representation in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings.
7. In depth understanding and troubleshooting skills for data centers Technologies (vPC, VDC, OTV, FEX).
8. Expert level knowledge of troubleshooting, implementing, optimizing and testing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and ability to interpret and resolve complex route table problems.
9. Excellent hands-on experience on Cisco & Juniper devices (Routers, Switches L2/L3, Firewalls etc.).
10. Excellent hands-on in Cisco & Juniper Mist WLC/Access point.
11. Handling escalated troubleshooting calls related to Routing, Switching, Wireless, Firewalls & VPN.
12. Excellent hands-on experience on Cisco Nexus Series of switches, Juniper SRX series & Checkpoint.
13. Excellent hands-on experience on Wireless LAN technologies – Cisco and Juniper Mist.
14. Excellent hands-on experience on WAN Acceleration/optimization Riverbed.
15. Network Management tools – Solar Winds, Thousand Eyes, Splunk etc. or any other related tools.
16. Application Load balancers F5 Big IP LTM/GTM or any other related tools.
17. Hands-on experience of implementing & Troubleshooting of Infoblox solutions such as IPAM/DHCP/DNS/vDiscovery.
18. Hands-on Experience on DHCP scope creation, DHCP option management understanding about servers, and windows platform.
19. Should have Experience in designing POA for complex Change/Project, knowledge in preparing RFO, RCA's, documentation, Knowledge Bank.
20. Experience in AWS or AZURE or any cloud technologies will be an added advantage.