Sr Network Engineer Contractor
CEdge Inc
- Saint Louis, MO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Remote or Office environment
- Provide Quality internal customer service surrounding the Company Values.
- Completes projects on time. Capable of breaking down large projects into logical components and implements them with attention to detail and required documentation.
- Provides clear and accurate communications with internal customers regarding the status of their requests in a timely fashion.
- Will be considered to be SME for assigned projects and assist all other engineers on the team with questions regarding the environment, in order to ensure a smooth transition into Tierpoint EOC and/or Managed Service Operations.
- Responsible for writing and reviewing MOP’s as a part of the Tierpoint change management process.
- Provides operational support of the Tierpoint core network infrastructure as well as offer recommendations for improving overall network performance.
- Provide technical assistance to other engineers/teams.
- Participate in team stand-up meetings and provide accurate status of projects and next steps. Alert Network Manager and tean lead to any obstacles or delays.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Customer-focused and portrays energy, professionalism and welcoming characteristics.
- Strong ability to work in a highly sensitive and confidential environment.
- Ability to meet deadlines and handle sensitive and pressured situations.
- Ability to identify issues and help develop strategy and tactical plans for various department initiatives
- Ability to use good judgment and decision making skills
- Ability to use a PC, keyboard, and other standard office equipment
- 8+ years of hands on network/security experience working in IT operations.
- Experience using a ticketing system or project management work tracking, notation keeping, and internal communications
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Expert level understanding of core networking technologies including:
- Routing protocols: BGP, OSPF and IS-IS
- Routing and switching infrastructure from Cisco, Juniper, Arista.
- Layer 2 technologies such as Spanning Tree, STP, RSTP, EVPN, VXLAN, MPLS
- Experience with virtual environments, specifically NSX-T
- 8+ years of production support and design of the above technologies
- 6+ years of experience with network security technologies and best practices
- 6+ years of production support for two or more of the major firewall platforms below:
- Cisco ASA
- Fortinet Fortigate
- Expert level network troubleshooting skills utilizing packet capture/analysis packages such as Wireshark, etc.
- Experience using the following: Python, Jinja, Ansible, Git
- Experience writing design and implementation documents, Visio drawings, process documents, etc.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to prioritize and organize effectively
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to work both independently and with others
- Ability to operate in a fast moving, team-oriented, collaborative environment with tight deadlines
- Proficiency in using MS Office Suite and Windows-based computer applications
- Experience supporting large scale data center infrastructure environments.
- Experience supporting the networking requirements for Multi-tenant environments.
- 5+ years of support and design of load balancer implementations including:
- Kemp
- F5
- A10
- Experience and knowledge of network monitoring/management technologies (SNMP, Netflow, syslog, monitoring applications, etc.)
- Good knowledge of DNS
- Experience with various operating systems including Windows and various flavors of LINUX
- Advanced level industry certifications
- Remote or Office environment
- Medical Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Sick Leaves