Velo Cloud Network Engineer

Acuative•Fairfield, NJ

62d

About The Position

Acuative is a global IT solutions provider committed to delivering top-tier managed services, managed solutions, and network infrastructure support. With a client-first mindset and a relentless drive for excellence, we empower organizations to scale securely and efficiently. Our success is powered by our people-we invest in our employees through continuous on-the-job training, mentorship, and assisted learning that helps to grow our teams. At Acuative, you ll find a collaborative environment built on professionalism, innovation, and the shared pursuit of achieving high results. Join us and help shape the future of IT. Will help with Tier III support and will be responsible for working tickets escalated to the team from Tier I and II. The Network Engineer will be located near Strongsville Ohio, Fairfield NJ, or Herndon VA will drive the issue to resolution by working with external vendors or internal technical support. They will update customers regularly on the status of their issue and escalate major issues to their management as needed. The GCC Network Engineer will be expected to use independent troubleshooting skills to resolve issues as quickly as possible. The expectation of this position is for the Network Engineer to be the absolute subject matter expert regarding multiple network and Security technologies. Will perform solutions firmware upgrades, Network Changes, Network Problem Management. Review and provide customer network improvement recommendations.

Requirements

3-5+ years of Network Operations experience
3-5+ years of troubleshooting on VeloCloud Solutions
3-5+ years of experience using VeloCloud Solutions
VMware SD-WAN Foundations
SD-WAN Experience
5+ years of troubleshooting WAN/LAN/WLAN infrastructure issues including: T1, T1 Multilink, Ethernet Hand-off, DIA, Broadband, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VPN, Wireless, etc.
Customer focused
Ability to multi-task
Work with minimal supervision
Excellent customer service skills
Must be proficient with using Microsoft Visio
Required to work evenings and weekends when requested
Required to participate in on-call rotation when requested

Nice To Haves

VMware SD-WAN Foundations
Knowledge of ITIL Incident, Problem and Change Management process

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot and resolve customer network problems as quickly as possible with assistance from other engineers as needed
Troubleshoot and resolve customer security events as quickly as possible with assistance from other engineers as needed
Work effectively with vendors to resolve issues, escalating issues with the vendor as needed
Work effectively with field service technicians remotely, providing over the phone direction to resolve issues when needed
Effectively escalate and communicate customer issues to higher levels within the GCC, management, and other internal departments
Will be responsible for any Problem Management/Root Cause Analysis that needs conducted
Will be responsible for any Change Management that needs conducted
Will design, configure, implement, and test network changes
Will design, configure, implement, and test security systems changes and policy changes
Will perform forensic analysis on network/security events
Customer network improvement analysis
Review vendor software advisory notifications
Must be able to communicate technical issues to customers
Training/Mentoring of lower level Analyst
Reviewing/Updating all process documentation when requested
Be able to effectively communicate with peers and all levels of management within the organization both written and verbally
Ability to effectively Triage and Troubleshoot a variety of Network and Voice issues
Ability to troubleshoot WAN/LAN/WLAN environments