Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Net2Source (N2S) is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to oversee the planning, design, configuration, integration, and installation of their local and wide area networks. This role focuses on F5 technologies and involves providing technical support, documentation, and liaising with internal customers and vendors.
Responsibilities
- This role will have a strong focus on F5 technologies, including BIG-IP LTM, traffic management, and application delivery optimization across the enterprise network
- Perform design requirements and recommendations for the enterprise network
- Perform vendor recommendation/selection and coordination for hardware testing, installations, and upgrades
- Create maintenance plans, including detailed documentation & change management coordination
- Perform maintenance and upgrades of both hardware and software
- Scripting and testing of maintenance plans for all upgrades and changes
- Work in either a lead role or an assisting role during maintenance implementations
Skills
- High School Diploma or regional equivalent required
- Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or Network Engineering. At the manager's discretion, additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement
- Minimum 5-7 years of recent experience with network design and build-out of LAN/WANs and/or large-scale network retrofits and remediations
- Hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP solutions, including load balancing and application delivery
- Knowledge of SolarWinds Monitoring and Forescout NAC
- Must have certifications: CCNA and F5 101
- Advanced level experience working with most of the following technologies/applications: MPLS, BGP, LDP, QoS, IPv6, OSPF, vPC, STP, DWDM, EVPN, L2VPN, MPLS VPN, L3VPN, FHRP, VLAN, CDP, port-channels, IS-IS, MPLS Inter-AS, VXLAN, DNS, ACL, RADb, Flow spec, RTBH, GitHub, API's, NFV, Hypervisors, virtual switching
- Multi-vendor experience working with the following platforms: Cisco IOS, ASR 1k (IOS-XE), ASR Company (IOS-XR), Nexus (NX-OS), Aruba wireless and ClearPass
- Experience working in a service provider, datacenter/hosting environment, or large-scale enterprise networks
- Experience researching, evaluating, and recommending hardware and/or software solutions supporting large-scale deployments and/or remediations against the LAN/WAN
- Experience working with 3rd party networking vendors, with an understanding of the service/hardware/software portfolios they provide
- Able to identify areas of process improvement and provide input and solution options to streamline work
- Excellent writing, documentation, and communication skills, possessing the ability to communicate well with technical and non-technical peers
- Customer service-oriented attitude
- Experience with network service monitoring systems (Spectrum, Solarwinds , and Cisco DNAC.)
- Preferred certifications: F5 201, F5 301, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP preferred, CCIE (R&S, SP, or DC) highly preferred (or equivalent experience), Python PCEP
Company Overview
Net2Source (N2S) is a Minority owned global workforce solutions company recognized by SIA as the largest and fastest-growing Total Talent Solutions provider with a presence in 34 countries and in-house Glo-Cal (global and local) teams to support our clients. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://net2source.com.