Senior Network Engineer - Contract

Senior Network Engineer

Duration: Long Term Contract

Location: Getzville NY – Onsite

Note: should be expertise in NOC and Operation and should have active Certificate with CCNA, CCNP

Job Description:

As a Network Operations Engineer, you will:

•             Provide 1st/2nd line technical support & incident management, monitoring for circuits and hardware. Report and track carrier issues, hardware RMA’s etc.

•             Manage operational network maintenance activities and implement changes

•             Provide monitoring & fault management and remediation of alerts. Tuning & optimization of monitoring systems

•             Assist with root cause analysis of incidents

•             Assist with periodic network reviews and analysis

•             Help with establishment of operational procedures & support documentation

•             Review, track and update network operations policies, standards and documentation

•             Assist with development of the network management platform adoption, configuration and tuning

•             Complete Daily network checks and operational handover duties

•             Participate in shift rotation coverage

What You'll Need:

•             10+ years’ experience in IT infrastructure operations/support role

•             Knowledge of network routing and switching technologies and routing protocols

•             Experience with various Cisco equipment (routers, switches)

•             Experience with Checkpoint, Cisco firewalls, load balancers and WAN accelerators is desirable

•             Experience in scripting and programming skills (Python, Ansible, Terraform) is desirable

•             Formal technical certification such as CCNA/CCNP