Network Design Engineer - (US-NY-New York)

Network Design Engineer - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $125K - $150K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: BAKJA1e

Qualifications & Skills: 

* 3-5 years of hands-on network development experience on an advanced network. 
* Significant hands-on experience with large L3/L2 network design and development. 
* Significant hands-on experience with IOS, JunOS, NX-OS and hardware. 
* Significant knowledge of routing and switching concepts and technology. 
* Significant hands-on knowledge and experience with BGP, OSPF, IGMP, PIM & RSTP/MSTP. 
* Significant knowledge of MPBGP, MPLS, VPLS, BGP/MPLS IPVPN, LACP. 
* Excellent and rapid network troubleshooting and repair skills. 
* Significant documentation skills. Mostly Visio schematics. 
* Strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively with NOCs, systems software developers and administrators. 
* Good knowledge and experience with network security. 
* Good knowledge and experience with L4-L7 services such as load balancers. 
* Good knowledge of QoS and queueing theory. 
* Good knowledge of advanced networking trends. 
* Significant progamming experience with Perl. 
* Very good knowledge and experience with network management apps such as: Openview, Smarts or other major products. 
* Very good experience with all areas of network management (FCAPS). 
* Good knowledge and experience with SNMP & RADIUS. 
* Holistic perspective and approach to network design and development. 
* Strong unix knowledge and experience (Solaris, Linux mostly). 
* Strong sense of organization and obsessive attention to detail. 
* Self starter, independent worker and enthusiastic team player. 
* Excellent multi-tasking and time management skills. 
* Willingness to work evenings and weekends. 
* Responsible, reliable and flexible. 
* Professional and ethical conduct. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

* Rapid troubleshooting and repair of network related issues. 
* Maintain the high availability and performance of the data center networks. 
* Assist with design, develop, and deploy appropriate network solutions as requested. 
* Assist with identifying, testing and developing new network technologies collaboratively that increase value for the business. 
* Proactively identify technology gaps and develop and implement appropriate solutions collaboratively. 
* Proactively ensure that data center networks operate optimally. Requires tracking everything from bandwidth and cpu to licenses and processes. 
* Work closely with data center, systems and other groups on business projects, assignments, problems, etc. Maintain excellent relationships. 
* Create formal guidelines, policies and procedures related to ensuring the smooth and error-free operations of the data center networks. 
* Ensure network and processes conform to approved standards. 
* Stay familiar with the relevant current and future technologies and trends. 
* Maintain daily work log and provide clear and regular project updates using the reporting systems. 
* Create and maintain clear and accurate network documentation. 


Please quote your best rate and email a resume in Word that makes it obvious how you match the specification 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

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