Network Project Manager

Collabera•Creve Coeur, MO

14h

About The Position

A growing global company is seeking a talented and motivated Senior WAN engineer to join its Global Project Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the team that is responsible for designing and engineering, an advanced carrier class WAN environment in an enterprise setting. This fast-paced environment will challenge your knowledge of BGP, MPLS, QoS, Multicast, Cisco and Juniper hardware, Cisco IOS/XR, JunoOS, and other complex network technologies. In this role, you will be an important member of a critical team for our firm.

Requirements

Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience with BGP, EIGRP, OSPF and RIP
Hands-on experience with Cisco CRS-1, ASR, 7600, 6500, 7200 and Juniper platforms
Strong knowledge of carrier technologies such as SONET, SDH, DWDM, and Ethernet services as well as the ability to work with carriers for troubleshooting purposes
Strong understanding of MPLS technologies such as L3 VPN, L2 VPN, and any combination of at least two of the following: VPLS, MPLS QoS, MPLS TE and mVPN
Hands-on experience with traffic monitoring and management toolkit, NBAR, NetFlow, SFlow
Strong understanding and hands on experience of multicast technologies such as PIM Sparse mode, PIM Dense mode, and PIM SSM
Minimum of 7 years experience ideally working in a carrier network or a large enterprise network in a design, engineering, or architecture role
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability to clearly articulate complex issues
Team player with proven track record of successful project delivery
Motivated self starter
Excellent attention to detail
BS (or higher) in relevant field
CCIE (any specialization, with lab) is required; CCIE in service provider specialization (CCIE-SP) is desired.
PMP/PMI desired

Nice To Haves

Any quantifiable project management skills, certifications, or experience is a plus
Any team lead or management experience is a plus
Experience with Packet Design, OPNET, and similar tools is a plus
Experience with JUNOS is a big plus
Familiarity with ITIL framework
Juniper MX240 platforms
Hands-on experience with packet design route analysis tool and OPNET network engineering and planning tool is desirable

Responsibilities

Responsible for medium and large project delivery.
Develop and publish network engineering templates and other documentation for use by implementation (and other support) teams
Proficient in engineering of Core MPLS technologies and Multicast capabilities
PM the technical portions of the project and influence the Project managers timelines and schedules to be inclusive of technical deliverables.
Responsible for the end to end delivery of a project.
Standard interval reporting on portfolio of projects.
Leverage standards for project delivery.
Account for service design in LLD.
Must be able to work through others.
Understand business objectives and document business objectives