Senior Network Engineer
Infogain Corporation
Redwood City, United States of America
15 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Redwood City, United States of America
Tech stack
Link Aggregation (Ethernet)
Bash
Border Gateway Protocol
Customer Data Management
Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
Data Centers
Perl
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
Networking Hardware
IPv4
IPv6
Interoperability
Javaserver Pages
Python
Network Troubleshooting
Routing
Open Shortest Path First
Ruby
TCP/IP
Virtual Local Area Networks
Job description
- Manage network provisioning functionsincluding transporting and peering circuit turn-up, testing, and decommissioning as defined in the applicable Client standard operating procedure ("SOP").
- Manage provisioning tasks through Client internal tools and per SOP.
- Configure network devices utilizingClient systems as needed during the provisioning process.
- Manage circuit cross connect installation and work with Client teams in data centers and externalvendors for circuitsin Client point of presence ("PoP") sites.
- Ensure all circuits and cross connections are properly documented in Client databases and third-party vendor systems per SOP.
- Submit service orders and trouble ticketswith third-party vendorson behalf of Client as needed.
- Manage project timelines to support networkturn-up within expected completion intervals.
- Monitor Task queue and take ownership and/or distribute to the team members tasks and tickets within the scope of this SOW.
- Assist in the creationof scope of work instructions provided to vendorsfor the purpose of their Services execution at the PoP sites.
- Provide back-office type support and guidance to Client team.
- Proactively contribute to documentation, automation and processesas they evolve.
- Assist in commissioning and decommissioning of PoP sites.Maintain documentation including specs, cross connects, and inventories.
- Work closely with networkengineering, logistics, and equipment vendors as new equipment and technologies are integrated into the production network.
- Monitor Task queue and take ownershipor distribute to the team members tasks and/or tickets within the scope of this engagement.
- Track available firmwareupdates to ensureservers remain in compliance.
- Beresponsible for orderingcross connects and working with carriers for letter of authorization ("LOA").
- Work with carriers and network provisioning engineers to turn up new circuits and engage and escalate with vendors to troubleshoot out-of-service or faulty circuits.
- Strictly follow documentation guidelines while enabling a circuit.
- Verify and validate cross connects, circuits,and optical power levels before commissioning circuits.
- Perform end-to-end testing after a circuit is provisioned.
- Build appropriate templates and scripts to further automatetasks while ensuring low risk to the network via a change control process.
- Work with Optical/DWDM NetworkManagement Systems to successfully provision and troubleshoot Metro and Long Haul circuits.
- Deploy and Provision Data Center Racks
- Work closely with EdgeOps and DCOps teams for deployments.
Requirements
- CCNA/JNCIA or CCNP/JNCIP
- Intermediate networking skills.
- Ability to troubleshoot intermediate networking issues like interoperability, diagnostics, and configuration.
- Working knowledge of major networking hardware.
- Deployment and operational experience with service providers, WAN, or large enterprises.
- Proficient in routing and switching technologies and protocols (TCP/IP, STP, VLAN, CDP, LACP, BGP, ISIS/OSPF/EIGRP).
- Experience with IPv4/IPv6 and developing network build and troubleshootingscripts (Python, Linux/Unix Shell, JSP, Ruby,Perl).
- Proficient in fiber-optic technology.
- Experience with field-based work in POPs,metro, Colo, or Enterprise environments.
- Adequate communication skills.
- Certification such as CompTIA, CCNA/JNCIP, CCNP/JNCIP preferred.