Sr. Network Engineer

Job Description :

Job Title : Sr. Network Engineer

Location : Houston, TX

Hire Mode : Fulltime

1. Network Engineer with Fortigate and Fortinate, CISCO SD-WAN

2. Network Engineer with CISCO SD-WAN and CISCO FTD (Firepower Threat Defense).

Must have Experience in the following technologies

Cisco Routers Switches

Cisco WIFI

F5 Load Balancer

Palo Alto Firewall Cisco ASA Firewall

WAN Optimizers

Cisco VOIP

Certifications CCNA CCNP is preferred

Experience in automation using ansible python is plus

Key Responsibilities :

Deployment and Operations of the network hardware in the IT infrastructure It includes new implementations expansion and support of NX OS N2K N3K N5K N7K and N9K IOS Catalyst 3850 9500 and 9300 switches routers Load Balancers and Firewalls in Data Centers

Working on Routing Protocols EIGRP BGP IS IS and Switching Protocols STP RSTP as part of implementations and operations

Engage in ON CALL rotation which needs working on priority 1 and priority 2 cases in real time providing immediate solutions to the issues impacting the live production

Successfully deployed new ASA Firewalls dedicated to ACI infrastructure in multiple data center locations

Experience on load balancing strategies techniques expertise in application switching traffic management knowledge of persistence and SSL certificates

Providing the Root Cause Analysis RCA and implementing Long term fix for the problems and discuss about the solutions to the team

Perform code upgrades to the network switches and routers in the cisco infrastructure to overcome vulnerabilities bugs and maintain the standards

Configured new ACI Fabrics in the Cisco Infrastructure from building of the APIC controllers Spines and leaf architecture and have prepared detailed documentation on this

Strong experience in a medium large scale enterprise networks 5 years of relevant experience

Network and security knowledge on Cisco products routing switching and firewalls

Strong network troubleshooting skills from layer 1 7

Experience with enterprise grade load balancers e g F5 and Cisco Access Points

Experience working on monitoring tools SolarWinds Orion NCM and NPM Aruba

Experience with ACI F5 Load balancer is a must

Should have worked on DC network documentation and related processes

Should have experience in handling data center network related incidents within defined SLAs

Must have working knowledge and experience defining and engineering VoIP SIP and or IMS based services

Residential telephone services are built using IMS and VoIP components

Installation configuration and strong troubleshooting experience in Cisco devices Experience in Voice WAN Wireless Site Networks maintenance Datacenter support

Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs patches hot fixes and security configurations

Provide Level 2 3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues within SLA