Senior Juniper Network Design Engineer (Onsite)

The AES Group; Mount Laurel Township (NJ); On-site; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

The AES Group is seeking a Senior Juniper Network Design Engineer to design, test, and implement complex Juniper-based networks in Mount Laurel, NJ. The role requires onsite work and entails working with MX, PTX, and ACX platforms, performing lab testing, and delivering implementation plans for customer networks.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of IP networking design experience, strong JUNOS CLI skills, and hands-on automation with Python, Ansible, YAML, and PyEZ.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of design, implementation, and operational experience in large-scale IP networks.
• JUNOS CLI experience is required.
• Must have large-scale experience with MX, PTX, and ACX devices.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, MPLS, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS-TE, RSVP, LDP, IPv6, and routing policies.
• Background in automation with Ansible, YAML, and PyEZ.
• Experience writing automation scripts in Python.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
• Expert-level certifications (JNCIS, JNCIP, JNCIE, CCNP, CCIE) are a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Support design and planning of Juniper MX, PTX, and QFX network routing products and solutions within the Customer infrastructure.
• Carry out testing of new designs, features, and functionality in a lab and develop live network implementation plans.
• Perform Junos software release lab testing and validation at the customer's lab.
• Test patches and fixes to operating software and ensure proper functioning in pre-production and live networks.
• Hold design and information gathering workshops with the Customer to understand requirements.
• Train customer personnel to configure and operate Juniper products.
• Provide written status reports on design projects and network issues.
• Develop network operating procedures and implementation plans for Juniper products.
• Troubleshoot equipment and network problems and track JTAC cases to resolution.
• Develop best-practice policies for Juniper product applications used by the customer.
• Coordinate with Juniper on challenges with new software/features and share lessons learned.
• Develop secondary skills in other Juniper products.

Skills

JUNOS CLI experience

MX routing

PTX & ACX experience

Python automation

Ansible

YAML

PyEZ

Education

JNCIS

JNCIP

JNCIE

CCNP

CCIE

Tools

Python

Ansible

YAML

PyEZ

Job description

The AES Group is seeking a Senior Juniper Network Design Engineer to design, test, and implement complex Juniper-based networks in Mount Laurel, NJ. The role requires onsite work and entails working with MX, PTX, and ACX platforms, performing lab testing, and delivering implementation plans for customer networks.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of IP networking design experience, strong JUNOS CLI skills, and hands-on automation with Python, Ansible, YAML, and PyEZ.