Urgent job opening for Network Engineer L3 With Data Center || Secaucus, NJ (Day 1 Onsite).
rajat jaiswal
Please screen resumes for experience in Datacenter and on below skills.
Key Requirement | Description |
Data Center Cabling Terminology | Good understanding of SMF/MMF, LC connectors, patch panels, structured cabling |
Layer 1 / Layer 2 / Layer 3 | Strong fundamentals in networking layers and troubleshooting |
VLAN | Experience configuring and managing VLANs |
STP | Understanding of Spanning Tree Protocol and loop prevention |
BGP / OSPF | Hands-on experience with routing protocols |
EVPN | Knowledge of EVPN for modern data center networking |
VRF | Experience with VRF segmentation |
Leaf-Spine Architecture | Understanding of modern data center topology |
Communication | Strong written and verbal communication skills |
Responsibilities:
• Deploy and operate the front side, backend, and management networks within our on-prem datacenters
• Perform site visits to oversee new network buildouts performed by the operations team
• Optimize end-user experience by architecting the network to lower latency, packet loss, and jitter while increasing scale
• Deploy and support new software releases, system upgrades, and patches for the network infrastructure environment
• Maintain knowledge of vendor products (AMD/Pensando, Cisco, Palo Alto, Arista) and solutions that can enable the diagnosis of complex issues, build redundancy and resiliency along with planning for the future capacity and technology growth of the network
• Develop and maintain networking inventory documentation, including network diagrams, cabling schedules, and DCIM
• Perform troubleshooting and problem-solving efforts often involving outside vendors and other support personnel and/or organizations
• Ensure the network architecture addresses the high availability and performance of mission-critical platforms and network resources
• Monitor the network status of global sites for potential issues or learnings
• Train and enable on-site L1 support teams
• Occasionally perform on-call incident response as L2
Qualifications and Attributes:
• At least 6 years of experience maintaining enterprise and/or cloud network infrastructure – routers, switches, NICs
• Knowledge and experience of hosting technologies, including Hyper-converged infrastructure, Converged Infrastructure, Xen virtualization
• Knowledge and experience with supporting infrastructure service technologies, including DNS, DHCP, BOOTP, PXE, TFTP, NTP, and PAM
• Experience with developing Python/Ansible scripts to automate infrastructure deployment and metrics collection
• Intermediate Linux skills
• Experience with various tools such as MAAS or Infoblox
• Direct experience with Cisco and Arista products
• Arista ACE-Level 3 certification or higher required
• Cisco CCNP Certification – Preferred
• Experience with Cisco Nexus and Nexus Manager
• Experience with VXLAN/EVPN overlays, BGP routing, and leaf-spine as well as traditional data center architectures across multiple data center environments
• Knowledge of RDMA network tuning
• Experience with non-Ethernet-based technologies (such as InfiniBand/ConnectX-5/6) is also a plus.
• Experience documenting network knowledge base and operational runbooks
• Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols
• Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems
• Ability to explain complex network concepts to application engineers and leadership
• Ability to create simplified network diagrams for presentations
• Provides specific, detailed information for hardware and software selection
• Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technology and products using documentation and internet resources
• Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions
• Team player with the ability to work with all levels of staff within/outside of R&D and outside the organization
• A self-starter able to work independently but comfortable working in a team environment
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Dependable and flexible when necessary
Thanks
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