Network Analyst

Position Overview The IRS Enterprise Computing Center in Memphis • Memphis, TN

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About The Position

The IRS Enterprise Computing Center in Memphis is seeking a Network Analyst to support, design, implement, and maintain data center networking technologies. This is a hands-on engineering role involving Cisco enterprise and data center platforms, routing and switching, network automation, cabling, and optics. The role also supports compliance and change management, monitoring, documentation, and collaboration with data center teams on virtualization technologies.

Requirements

• Experience with Cisco Nexus NX-OS and Catalyst IOS-XE platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco ACI fabric technologies.
• Knowledge of routing and switching protocols, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and STP.
• Experience with high-availability designs and redundancy protocols such as HSRP, vPC, and StackWise Virtual.
• Practical experience with copper and fiber cabling standards and optics.
• Familiarity with network automation using Ansible and Linux scripting.
• Proficiency with monitoring tools, SNMP, and troubleshooting utilities such as Wireshark.
• Strong documentation, diagramming, and change management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with VMware vSphere, virtualization, and VRFs.
• Exposure to IPv6 transition mechanisms, including dual stack and NAT64.
• Familiarity with Nexus Dashboard applications and modern data center monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of ServiceNow or similar ticketing systems.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus NX-OS and Catalyst IOS-XE platforms.
• Engineer and support spine-leaf, collapsed core, hierarchical aggregation, and access network architectures.
• Manage Cisco ACI/APIC fabrics, spine/leaf configurations, policy-based networking, and vPC domains in ACI and traditional NX-OS environments.
• Configure and maintain EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP, including redistribution, route summarization, tagging, and convergence optimization.
• Implement and troubleshoot QoS policies and configure redundancy and failover technologies such as STP, port-channels/LACP, HSRP, StackWise Virtual, BFD, and dual-homing designs.
• Optimize IPv4 and IPv6 coexistence and transitions, including NAT64 and dual-stack deployments.
• Deploy and manage copper and fiber cabling, work with patch panels and POTS lines for modem-based out-of-band access, use cable testing tools, and select and validate optics/transceivers.
• Apply ACLs, prefix-lists, and route-maps for security, routing protocol functions, redistribution, and QoS.
• Support compliance and change management through thorough documentation and adherence to standards.
• Use Ansible and Linux for network automation and orchestration; leverage Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Insights, and Data Broker for visibility and optimization.
• Manage SNMP-based monitoring and troubleshooting tools, including Wireshark; use physical TAPs and SPAN for network visibility and monitoring.
• Collaborate with data center teams on VMware vSphere, VRFs, and hypervisors, with exposure to Nutanix AHV as the organization moves toward hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Document designs, configurations, and changes, and produce diagrams and technical documentation.
• Support ServiceNow ticketing and ITSM workflows and contribute to effective change management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed