Network Engineer

Agama Solutions • Chicago, IL

1d • $50 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Contractor will have experience of working in high impact, mission critical environments where service matters and exceeding expectations is the norm. Reporting to the Network Manager, the Senior Network Engineer is seen as a technical expert in Network Engineering infrastructure. This is a technical and hands on role, with a primary focus on design, implementation and support of network engineering changes; you will be expected as well to provide support to the network management and performance operations team with complex troubleshooting of issues as required.

Requirements

• 10+ years hands on experience as a network engineering lead within a global enterprise scale organization (5,000-50,000 users) with both traditional Datacenter and Cloud (Azure/AWS).
• Considerable first-hand experience of design engineering and building resilient and scalable engineering solutions, ideally within finance or investment banking.
• Strong background in Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Aruba, SDWAN, routing switching, datacentre infrastructure and technologies.
• Solid knowledge of configuration automation tools such as Ansible, Yaml, Chef, Puppet, Terraform.
• In depth knowledge of Layer 2, Layer 3, TCP/IP, and network protocols such as Ether-Channel (LACP,MC-LAG), Virtual Chassis, STP and SNMP.
• Solid understanding of routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, MBGP, VXLAN, TCP/IP and IPv6.
• Solid understanding of Datacenter Spine/leaf architectures using Cisco ACI or Arista spine/leaf, or others.
• Familiarity with SDWAN infrastructure such as Silverpeak.
• Familiarity with Layer 3, 4 and 7 load balancing methodologies and protocols as well as experience with highly available network and system architectures.
• Knowledge of 801.11a/g/n/ac Cisco WLC, WLAN, CAPWAP,LWAPP and other Wireless technologies.
• Experience with Cisco IOS/NX-OS/ASA-OS, JunOS, ArubaOS and/or Arista
• Solid knowledge in the use of various monitoring tools and packet capture tools such as Solarwinds Orion NCM/NPM, Wireshark, Gigamon, Netscout, Cisco DNA, etc.
• Good in software development lifecycle, ITIL, Agile, Kanban process
• Familiarity with a variety of testing tools, networking technologies and techniques to accurately troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems associated with the service, application and network hardware and software.
• Cisco Routing & Switching.
• Juniper, Arista, Aruba, Silverpeak.
• BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Layer2/Layer 3, STP, SNMP.
• Solarwinds Orion NCM/NPM, Netscout, Gigamon and Wireshark.
• Cloud automation Azure/AWS
• Ansible and/or Puppet automation tools.
• Python scripting.
• Workflow automation
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 and Layer 4-7 protocols
• WAN Optimization
• DNS, IPAM and DHCP
• Highly organized and have proven ability to operate well under pressure, working to tight deadlines
• Good problem management and customer service skills.
• Positive attitude and capable of remaining positive even when under immense pressure.
• Able to work with global teams to deliver projects, often at pace and under challenging circumstances.
• High professional standards, who never accepts the status-quo; who challenges why things are done the way they are.
• Strong communicator, both written and verbal
• Discourage hero culture and ensure the team always comes before the individual, although always ensuring for the welfare of staff at all times.
• Always act with integrity and embrace the philosophy of treating our customers fairly (compulsory)
• Work effectively as one IT community across the regions and the business
• Embrace the philosophy and principles of group IT
• Understand and apply Northern Trust's working practices, policies and procedures

Nice To Haves

• Cisco ACI
• CCIE
• Wireshark and high skilled troubleshooting tools.
• JNCIA-Junos
• CWNA
• ITILv3 foundation or higher
• Cisco CCNP Networks

Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining and documenting Network Engineering Standards
• Responsible for the creation of Low Level Design documents to meet requirements outlined in the High Level Design
• Responsible for the creation of detailed Implementation Plans for all engineering related activity
• Responsible for Procurement activities relating to build and delivery of new services (Project)
• Responsible for ensuring the smooth Transition/Handover to Operations in line with agreed Operational Acceptance Process
• Responsible for managing Technical Lifecycle Management for all Network & Communications services
• Responsible for supporting Architecture in creation and upkeep of a Delivery Roadmap for Network Engineering
• Responsible for supporting the Architecture in scoping activities required to produce the High Level Design
• Responsible for supporting Architecture in undertaking Proof of Concept activities
• Responsible for ensuring skillsets are relevant and up to date in order to deliver change and provide a high level of support
• Responsible for providing escalation support to Operations with complex troubleshooting of Major Incidents as required
• Provide on call escalation support (rota basis) and work extended hours as and when required

What This Job Offers

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