Network Engineer (Meraki| Viptela and FortiGate) Louisville, KY Onsite from day 1

[Manasa S]

Hi…….Greetings,

This is Manasa from ITech US Inc. Below are the position details with one of our clients. We would like to know if you are interested in this job or if you can recommend someone who might be a suitable candidate.

Network Engineer with expertise in Meraki| Viptela and FortiGate

Louisville, KY Onsite from day 1

12+ Months

9+Years of Experience

 

Skills: Cisco Viptela~Cisco Meraki~FortiGate SD-WAN

 

VISA : Looking only H1B with PP NUMBER

 

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

·       Network Engineer with expertise in Meraki, Viptela and FortiGate firewall

·       Strong technical discovery, solution design, and documentation skills.

·       Expert-level knowledge of networking protocols, technologies, and standards including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, QoS, SDN and SD_WAN.

·       Strong understanding of network security principles, best practices, and compliance requirements including Firewall, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and encryption.

·       Strong understanding on Meraki network design, template & configuration binding.

·       Manage and optimize Meraki MX, MS, and MR networks using Meraki Dashboard.

·       Fortinet, Cisco and/or Aruba certifications ( CCNA, CCNP,CCIE, SDWAN, ACSDP, 300-415 ENSDWI,NSE)

·       Cisco Networking Hardware: Routers, Switches, Firewalls, (Catalyst, 6509-E, Nexus, etc.)

·       Strong hands-on experience with FortiGate firewalls including policy-based routing, static and dynamic routing and redistribution.

·       Experience with network analysis and operational monitoring\alerting tools (wireshark, Solarwinds, etc.)

·       Ability to productively work under minimal supervision

 

Roles & Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The primary functions of the Senior Network Engineer, include (but are not limited to):

Maintain network\connectivity\cloud and associated solutions

·       Provide day-to-day operation support, monitoring, maintenance, updates, triage, and troubleshooting for Enterprise Networking environment

·       Provide expertise and collaboration on defining enterprise-wide technical design standards for network related technology solutions and propose solutions to leadership

·       Create\Maintain\Update enterprise network diagrams and documentation

·       Research, design, review, test, and implement network related technologies and solutions

·       Engage in solutions research and deployment, systems standards, internet services, capacity planning,

·       Disaster Recovery, platform upgrades\modernization, and process improvement.

·       Contribute to design of network related solutions and partner with Information Security and Compliance in review of all solutions against corporate security and compliance standards and requirements

·       Design, implement, maintain, and support Network Operational monitoring\alerting platform(s) including Business driven dashboards, metrics, and KPI reporting to facilitate clear communication of network related performance across the enterprise

·       IP Address space design

·       External facing infrastructure, fault-tolerance, redundancy, DR, etc.

·       Work with internal departments and clients to determine requirements and then execute\delegate required plans\steps complete implementation.

·       lead efforts with cross-functional teams on enterprise network impacting initiatives and implementations

·       Oversee Network-related projects and initiatives planning and implementation

·       Work with required areas and support staff to facilitate appropriate logistical planning, communication, and execution of network related initiatives

·       Collaborate across business areas to assure compilation of necessary business requirements from stakeholders

·       Review and assess impact of proposed changes to existing environment

·       Participate in implementations and support of all open initiatives and implemented network related technology solutions

·       Provide Mentorship, Training, Vision

·       Provide technical leadership for network related technologies and solutions

·       Work with Company leadership to develop medium- and long-term strategies as the company’s goals and needs evolve collaborate across the organization to perform solution impact assessment and set strategy for efforts with major business impact

·       Maintain strong architectural expertise and knowledge of current and emerging technologies and products, and evaluates for both general and specific usage

·       Overseeing test plans, network\connectivity viability reviews, performance metrics design\implementation, and overall network strategy

 

Education: At least a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software/Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, or a closely related field is required.

 

 

 

 

Thanks & Regards

Manasa Salla
Sr Technical Recruiter
I Tech US Inc.

mana...@itechus.net
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manasa-salla-0836711a8