Network Systems Engineer

• Maintaining and resolving any network issues escalated to this position
• Identify opportunities for improved monitoring to make sure recurring issues have metric coverage
• Work with other teams to continually improve performance of store networks / wan links to stores
• Work with own team and be a mentor for less senior positions
• Taking ownership of issues and driving towards resolution of known issues
• Recognize trends, and propose solutions to improve performance and security
• Help manage and establish best practices for configurations across switches, routers, and other network equipment
• Assist with improving monitoring of WAN links and individual LANs to reflect real life experiences
• Use available tools and create scripts / tools to validate network performance from network edges
• Have an insatiable curiosity about issues, identifying root causes, and developing ways to either automatically resolve issues, or expose them so action can be taken

• Deep understanding of all levels of OSI model
• Configuration experience with multiple vendors of equipment - routers / switches / WAPs / etc.
• Familiarity with configuring routing protocols on large networks (BGP/OSPF)
• Understand best practices for building secure networks
• Large scale network configuration utilizing tools like PacketFence or Aruba ClearPass
• Extensive troubleshooting; able to identify MTU issues, BGP route issues on multi-homed network, etc.
• Ability to mentor other network engineers
• Ability to clearly explain issues to non or less technical individuals
• Experience utilizing open source tools to create scripts to validate performance
• Use of packet capture tools, and ability to interpret results
• Scripting experience (Python/Bash)

Useful Certifications (while not required, may indicate experience / abilities):

• Cisco CCIE
• Red Hat RHCE