Network Test Engineer

• 8+ Years of Strong Network Engineer experience; specifically LAN/WAN network design, engineering, testing and certification/validation
• Strong hands-on routing & switching background OSPF and Layer 2 protocols/Spanning Tree.
• Strong experience with Cisco networking platforms, including Catalyst and Nexus; experience with IOS/NE/NCOS and code/features

• Strong Linux foundation - administration, networking and automation

• Strong hands-on python automation experience

Hands-on Ansible experience, including creating/maintaining automation workflows and playbooks

Strong troubleshooting exp w/ wireshark and/or TCPdump

Exp designing and testing Network hardware including routers and switches

Must understand network performance testing

Independent worker with strong communication skills - written and verbal

• Must be able to document findings and present recommendations.

Must have Lab experience

• In NYC they will be sitting in the lab

Plus:

• Network Lab testing certifications
• CCIE or CCNO level knowledge
• AWS or Azure cloud Exp

• Work within the Enterprise Network Services Engineering team with a primary focus on network lab testing and certification
• Test and clarify network hardware/software to ensure performance
• Perform testing across campBranch, WAN/MAN, Data Center and low latency network environments
• Perform rapid certification of patches, particularly when driven by CVEs, security vulnerabilities or high risk events
• Validate that patches/code can be safely deployed into production network devices
• Build and improve automated network testing solutions using python and ansible to increase coverage and operational efficiency.
• Develop and execute testing strategies for routers, switches and other network infrastructure
• Perform performance, interoperability and compatibility testing
• Document test results

Misc:

• The Ideal candidate is one that has prior worked on network engineering designs and testing plus evaluated products within a network lab
• This is NOT a simple production network engineer/NOC role. The strongest profiles will combine deep network engineering knowledge with testing, certification and automation.
• IDEAL background is someone who has designed networks AND tested/certified network products or code in a lab environment.
• BIG emphasis on LINUX, Python/Ansible automation, Kubernetes and modern cloud architecture