Network Lead

  • Full-time

Company Description

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Job Description

Role:                     Network Lead

Locations:           Irving, TX

Interview:           Phone/Skype

Emp Type:           Permanent Job

 

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

Project Managerto provide oversight, leadership, and coordination, Service level management for Managed Network services and IT Invest projects as well as the network portions of site-based projects.  This position will be the primary interface to the out-sourced Project Engineering team and will be accountable for overall project delivery by the team.  This Project Manager will be involved in projects such as: new site build outs, site moves, site closures, site restructuring, technology feasibility studies, new technology implementation, and new service/process implementations.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strong knowledge and working experience in designing networks.

Strong knowledge and working experience in  troubleshooting, problem and performance analyzing

Strong knowledge and working experience in Firewalls, IPS, Loadbalancers

Good knowledge and working experience of traffic analyzing with  wireshark and Netscout

Strong knowledge and working experience of WAN accelerators (Eg Riverbed), WLAN networks and Load balancers (Cisco ACE) designs.

Strong Network and Security troubleshooting Skills

Knowledge and working experience of Bandwidth and performance analysis tools ( Packeteer, NetQOS, MRTG etc) and Traffic analysis tools (Netscout)

Hands-on experience of various routing and switching protocols -EIGRP,OSPF,BGP and QOS, STP, HSRP, RPR,RPR+,SSO

Hands on experience with QOS configuration and troubleshooting and various router/switch redundancy/failover protocols - HSRP,RPR,RPR+,SSO etc

Understanding of SBR and RADIUS authentication and working knowledge of Juniper Steel Belt Radius

Good understanding and Experience on WLAN technology (802.11a/g/n)

Experience in handling of Juniper Firewall.

Experience in handling of 2 factor authentication ( RSA Authentication Manager)

Understanding of DNS and DHCP designs and hands on knowledge on  IP management tools

Experience  in handling  and troubleshooting  below devices:

switch: 35xx, 37xx, 29xx, 45xx, 65xx, Nexus

router: 2800,3800,7200,6500,3750,4500 etc

service modules: ACE, FWSM, ASA,

Juniper SSL SA appliance, SBR,

Proteus’ DNS & NTP appliance,

Cisco WLAN Controller and access points

Identifying route cause of the problem and escalating to re-solver group

Vendor coordination for incident creation and escalation

Follow ups on open incidents until resolution

Familiarity with ITIL process

Should have very good communication and time planning skills

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS :

Maintaining the agreed SLA/KPI with Client

Maintaining good team collaboration

Taking ownership of process and to make visible improvements in the same

Perform tasks without escalation and to actively take part in shift handover and take over

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION | WORK EXPERIENCE | SKILLS

Educational Qualification: Minimum Requirements : Any Degree/ Diploma (From reputed Institution)

Work Experience:

Minimum Work Ex. Required

7 to 10 years ( Enterprise routing, L3-7 switching, network security, VPN, enterprise network design and implementation)

3 to 5 years: QOS design, Advanced IP Routing, Firewall technologies/management

Technical Skills and Capabilities (Primary - Must have) : CCIE / CCNP

Technical Skills and Capabilities (Secondary - Nice to have)

Juniper Certifications, CheckPoint Certifications. Cisco Wireless

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.