Network administration Jobs in College station tx

IS&T is helping the Mgr of Global Networks for a global Maritime Energy firm find a skilled Network Engineer. This is a key hands on technical position, as well as technical lead / mentor opportunity / role.

Advanced Skills / understanding in the following :

• Firewalls and Routers – Cisco (ASR, ISR), Palo Alto (VPN, ACLs, ACI (next gen), BGP, OSPF
• Switching – Cisco Catalyst, port config, STP, LACP LAGP
• SD-WAN - Palo Alto preferred
• ACI (understanding and skills, preferred, but not required)
• NAC - ISE, Clearpass, etc.
• Wireless : Aruba, Extreme Networks, etc.
• Network Monitoring : Solarwinds or similar
• Cloud Networking : AWS and / or Azure
• Load Balancer - NetScaler, F5 ADCC, VPX, A10
• Open DNS, Hybrid Environment, Automation (Ansible)
• Basic Understanding of the following :
• Microsoft Azure AD, DNS, DHCP, Office 365 Suite
• Virtualization : VMware, vSphere, VDI

Preferred but not required : Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)

Notes from a detailed Teams meeting with the hiring authority, the Global Network Manager :

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I now lead a global team of 5 Network Engineers, of varying levels of experience. I am seeking a Network Engineer to join our team. This Network Eng must have the ability to plan, design, engineer, and deploy network solutions.”

This is a Project Based & Ops Network Engineer; work ratio is 50% Ops / 50% projects. The Projects will be enterprise in scope, supporting a global network of ~180 global locations, and growing….”

The highest profile project is implementing SD-WAN solution for our global network. Palo Alto Prisma ION. This Network Eng will contribute ol lead, depending on experience. Design, engineer; with my input and support, of course - but I'd like this kind of project to excite this Network Engineer."

I foresee Palo SD WAN being a 2 -3 year project; a planned global deployment."

Another project example : design and engineer and deploy Aruba NAC solution"

another Project example : taking lead on doing a technical assessment, then execute activities for M&A migration of a newly acquired company, with 50 locations….”

another example - assess our BGP and OSPF currently in place, decide what is working, what is not; and bring improvements, and standardization to BGP and OSPF routing config…

another example : Our data centers are not up to current generally accepted standards. Do health check / analysis and design upgrade of DC’s. We have 3 DC's located on east coast, and in Asia.”

I need someone who is engaged, reliable, and has natural ability & inclination to be a solid contributor and / or lead on the team.

There is opportunity for both...

The reason for the opening is a recent Network Engineer departed us, who on paper looked like a rock star – held a CCIE certification, but did not have the real world experience or critical thinking skills to design and implement network solutions, configurations, direct installations; and define, document and enforce network infrastructure standards. Added to this, he was not showing up for meetings, calls, etc.”

I want someone who is reliable, and cares about their work product. The is the hole I am seeking to fill on the team."

Ideally, I’d like this person to be someone who wants to continuously update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintains a personal network / lab; and / or participants in professional organizations. Their head’s in the game, so to speak…"

This Network Eng will participate in an on-call rotation. On call consists of 1 week, every other month (every 8 weeks). May also receive a call from Junior staff when not on-call for escalation purposes. As a global company, the coverage required by Houston staff is minimal. Realistically, this will be a couple hours in the evening (CST) until APAC takes over, during the week. Then Friday after 5 PM, through Sunday evening until APAC takes over. Singapore is 12 – 13 hours ahead of us, depending on daylight savings time.

Lastly – this Network Eng will provide mentorship to junior member / s of the team.

Job Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 7 years of experience, or 10 or more years of experience that is directly related to the job responsibilities.
• Certifications are a plus, but NOT required (CCNA, Network+, etc.).
• Ability to demonstrate troubleshooting skills, think analytically while working in a fast-paced environment and the flexibility to work with a wide range of technologies.
• Must multi-task and juggle multiple priorities while ensuring successful completion of all deliverables.
• Forward thinker who designs for current business needs as well as plans for scalability and longer-term solutions.
• Excellent written skills and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel globally, including Singapore / SE Asia, China, Eastern Europe, West Europe, etc. This would be infrequent; but is possible.

Interview process :

Initial Teams call with me, then a team call / interview with key team members; then a final interview with VP of Infrastructure. If this person makes it to final interview; it is likely get the offer.

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