• Contributes to the design, implementation, and ongoing management of the corporate IT network.
• Gathers requirements and design solutions to meet global network infrastructure needs.
• Establishes & maintains foundational network architecture and technical standards.
• Monitors, manages, and maintains network health and integrity.
• Performs on-call duties as a member of the on-call rotation team.
• Triage, troubleshooting and incident management.
• Escalation for Reactive operations (service requests and incidents).
• Executes proactive maintenance tasks.
• Handles provisioning of service requests.
• Manages change implementation including hardware/software upgrades, required refresh and post-testing to ensure no unplanned business interruption.
• Manages network projects from initiation to completion.
• Interfaces with the internal security team to design and continuously deliver security-related enhancements.
• Analyzes data and defines network capacity models and performance metrics. Deliver Capacity management reports and resolution plans.
• Identifies, recommends, and implements operational improvements. Develops Operational Materials including Troubleshooting & Maintenance Guides as necessary.
• Develops automated methods to mitigate and remediate network events and minimize operational complexity.
• Assist in the evaluation of new technology solutions, provide perspective to the selection of new technology and adoption of processes.
• Strives towards optimizing the network in every possible way

Requirements

• Graduate of BS degree, preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or other related field
• 3-7+ years in the following:
• Network engineer / operations in a multi-site, multi-national company.
• Building and supporting LANs, MANs, WANs, VPNs, and remote access solutions in a variety of topologies in a multi-vendor environment.
• Competency in at least three Products (WAN, LAN, WLAN/Wireless, Data Center, Security, Voice).
• Competency in at least one Technical Domain in each Product listed.
• Competency in multiple Tech Domains in at least one Product.
• Can troubleshoot across any part of the network; from end-to-end network.
• Competency in internally managed parts of the network.
• Full comprehension of the design of a given Tech Domain.
• Ability to implement and support something in given Tech Domain (if given a product, platform or solution).
• Can execute simple to moderately complex changes as explicitly directed by Project Engineer or Architect.
• Writes Project-related documentation including technical design plans, cost summaries, implementation plans, and Operations handoff documentation.
• Experience with high end Layer2 and Layer3 Switching platforms such as Cisco Nexus, Catalyst and Arista Networks
• Hands-on experience with Cisco IOS, NX-OS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR routers.
• Hands-on experience with Network segmentation and Endpoint security.
• Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) preferred (eg Fortinet, etc)
• Knowledge of Network Access Control and Zero Trust Network models
• Deep Understanding of various network protocols such as OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP, VRFs, MPLS, EVPN/VxLAN, QoS
• High level understanding of Datacenter Virtualization and virtualized workload mobility
• Advanced knowledge of Multicast
• Knowledge of F5 Load Balancers (physical and virtual)
• An understanding of Network monitoring, analysis, and management with tools such as DNA Center/Assurance/Spaces, Cisco Prime, Solarwinds, Arista Cloudvision, and/or other Network monitoring tools.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills
• Cisco Certified Network Associated (CCNA) required
• Other preferences:
• Public and Private cloud knowledge
• Python / Ansible and any relevant hands-on Network automation experience
• Project management skills o Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and/or Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
• Media/Entertainment/Video Distribution/Broadcast/Finance/Banking industry experience, but not required.

Benefits

Gov't Mandatory.

Others will be discuss