Network Engineer

Thrive • Atlanta, GA

18h

About The Position

The role is a mix of project work and support tasks that focus on the Thrive Cloud platform, working and reporting to the Director, Cloud Networking to help design and deploy network services within Thrive Datacentres. There is also an element of client work and consultancy for clients that have nonstandard setups and have more complex requirements. As well getting involved in client DR tests. Candidate would be at CCNP level with a minimum of 5+ years of network engineering and administration experience, as well as a bachelor's degree from a related field preferably in Information Technology.

Requirements

• Excellent communication, problem solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• Experience with multi-tenant infrastructure – Cisco VRF-Lite, Fortinet VDOMS, Cisco multi-context firewalls
• In-depth understanding of protocols, routing and networking services such as: (TCP/IPv4, UDP,DNS, DHCP, NAT, SPAN/RSPAN, SNMPv3 )
• In-depth Understanding of switching technology’s such as: (ARP,PVST, RSTP, MST, LACP, HSRP/VRRP)
• Excellent understanding of network routing protocols/applications such as: (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, IP SLA)
• Route redistribution & filtering, provider independent addressing, ARIN, RIPE
• Site to Site VPNs – IPSec, GRE, DM VPN, Front door VRF
• Experience with deploying Nextgen firewalls – URL/App Filtering, Anti-Virus, IPS, SSL Decryption
• Experience dealing with the following networking hardware: Firewalls – Fortinet, Meraki, Palo Alto, Cisco
• Cisco ISR and ASR Routing platforms
• Cisco Nexus – 3k, 9k
• Cisco Catalyst Access Switches – 3750,3850, 9300
• Cisco Meraki Wireless Infrastructure
• WAN Connectivity – Internet and Point to Point Circuits
• Had exposure to VMWare hosts and SANs plus has also worked on Disaster Recovery tests
• Experience working in a datacenter environment including racking, stacking, cabling, dealing with SmartHands & arranging cross-connects
• Accurately designing and documenting client’s infrastructure
• Experience working with network availability and performance monitoring platforms such as Solarwinds, PRTG & Nable
• CCNP level
• 5+ years of network engineering and administration experience
• bachelor's degree from a related field preferably in Information Technology

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, implementing and maintaining the regional Thrive Cloud network, as well as Internal networking infrastructure.
• Research and tailor new networking and security solutions to meet internal and customer’s business requirements.
• Provide on-call support for network escalations on a rota basis.
• Assist in the creation of technical documentation such as MS Visio network diagramming, high/low level designs, user guides and knowledge base articles.
• Frequent visiting of datacentres throughout the USA

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level