Network Engineering Senior Specialist - Alpharetta, GA (Local)

[Sid K]

HI Folks,

My client is looking for Network Engineering Senior Specialist for 12 Month Contract role based in Alpharetta, GA (Onsite)

 

Position: Network Engineering Senior Specialist

Location:  Alpharetta, GA (Onsite)

Duration: 12 Month Contract

Note: Local candidates with photo ID only are required.

 

Qualifications:

8+ Years of experience with LAN/WAN network design, engineering, and feature testing/ certification.

CCIE/CCNP certified or equivalent Level of experience

AWS Advanced Networking, Azure Network Engineer, or GCP cloud Network Engineer certifications are desired.

4 + years of experience with Cloud PaaS and/or IaaS (Azure, AWS). Well versed in cloud networking solutions, understanding of cloud compute and related cloud operating models.

 

Must have understanding:

AWS constructs like VPC IPV6 addressing, Internet Gateway, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53

Azure: VNet IPv6, Azure Load balancer, IPV6 Express Route, NSGs, Azure Network Watcher

GCP: Cloud Routers, Google Access for IPv6, Cloud NAT64, Interconnect, VPC Flow Logs

3+ years of IPV6 Networking and validation experience.

Experience with building Lab designs, and certification of hardware and software of products, performing PoCs.

Strong knowledge of Networking technologies: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPBGP, MPLS VPNs, VxLAN, Multicast

Well versed in DMVPN, IPSEC and Encryption Standards, Network Security

Experience on Cisco IOS-XE, Nexus Devices.

Python Network programming knowledge is a plus.

Knowledge in Agile process is a plus

Work under minimal supervision

Experience in using test tools like Ixia/Spirent/ iperf, Latency generators a big plus

Network traffic analysis, able to read pcaps, Wireshark

Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills

Collaborate and co-ordinate with Network and Security teams, and vendors.

Ability to deal with multiple projects and prioritize the tasks

Excellent spoken and written communication skills a MUST

Create all necessary test cases and develop config templates and operational manuals.

Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, while working with diverse audiences including highly skilled IT professionals and senior management.

Collaborate with other technical teams at Morgan Stanley to deliver product and solution level support.

Facilitate the transition from PoC to certification to pilot to a fully established prod environment, with focus preparing test plans and incremental updates to stakeholders.

Extensive liaising with Cisco and Arista

 

Skills Required:

Excellent Knowledge of Network protocols BGP, OSPF, Spanning Tree protocol, Multicast

Strong understanding of IPV6 fundamentals, addressing, NDP, ICMPv6, DHCPv6, SLAAC, IPV6 + IPV4 implementation.

Experience with Routing Protocols OSPFv3, BGPv6

Knowledge on Cloud Networking and Security best practices (AWS, Azure, GCP)

MS Azure VNet, VNet-Peering, Private Link, vWAN, Express Route, Firewall, Load Balancer

AWS Global infrastructure, VPC, S3, EC2, Route 53, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect

Knowledge of firewalls and NAT64/DNS64 configuration.

Design and troubleshoot Cisco, Arista Network platforms and protocols

IP Routing Platforms: ISR, ASR1K, ASR9K, Catalyst 9K, Catalyst8Kv, Nexus9K

Multicast: IGMPv2/v3, PIM, Static RP, RP-Anycast

Overlay technologies like IPSEC, DMVPN, VXLAN, MACSEC and SDWAN/SDA a plus

Cabling and optics 10/25G/40G/50G/100G – Break out cables, break out panels.

Ansible knowledge a huge plus

Proficient in traffic generation tools like Ixia/Spirent, iPerf3, Wireshark.

Test automation within CI/CD infrastructure, ROBOT framework a plus

Experience with Kubernetes and IPV6 enabled CNI plugins like Calico and Cilium is a plus.

Thanks 
Sid