Senior Service-Provider Network Engineer Juniper Specialist

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We are seeking a seasoned Service-Provider Network Engineer with deep expertise in Juniper technologies and a track record of designing operating and supporting large-scale carrier-grade networks. The successful candidate will hold the top-level Juniper certification (e.g. JNCIE-SP) and bring at least 10 years of real-world experience. You will play a key leadership role: owning design and implementation of core network infrastructure resolving complex issues and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Design implement and maintain large-scale Service-Provider WAN backbones and core infrastructure using Juniper hardware & software.

Configure routing switching VPN MPLS/VPN (L3VPN L2VPN VPLS etc.) QoS multicast and other SP-related protocols/policies.

Troubleshoot and resolve complex network and service issues including control-plane and data-plane problems routing policy conflicts MPLS/VPN issues peering and interconnect problems latency/performance degradations and service outages.

Act as escalation point for major incidents and outages; perform root-cause analysis and produce post-mortem documentation including mitigation and prevention recommendations.

Provide technical leadership: create high- and low-level network designs (HLD/LLD) architecture documentation run-books standard operating procedures (SOPs) configuration templates and network diagrams.

Mentor guide and deliver technical training or guidance to less experienced engineers; review their work share best practices and ensure quality/capacity building in the team.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams operations NOC security projects vendors/partners to deliver end-to-end network and service solutions.

Keep abreast of emerging technologies industry best practices and evolving SP-network requirements; proactively recommend infrastructure or architecture improvements for scalability reliability performance and security.

Provide support for any critical incidents or security vulnerabilities that cannot wait for standard business hours.

Provide Support during high risk or service impacting change activities that includes failover activation or configuration transitions in the Network.

Required Technical Skills / Expertise

1. Deep Juniper expertise Strong hands-on experience with Juniper products (e.g. routers switches firewalls) and Junos OS. Configuring upgrading managing and troubleshooting Juniper gear in a service-provider environment.

2. Routing MPLS/VPN and Core SP Protocols Extensive knowledge of IP routing (BGP OSPF IS-IS) MPLS L3VPN/L2VPN/VPLS multicast (IGMP PIM) QoS traffic engineering VPNs network segmentation including design and troubleshooting in large distributed carrier-grade networks.

3. Network design and architecture Ability to produce both high-level and detailed network designs (HLD/LLD) including resilience redundancy high-availability scalability capacity planning and documentation (diagrams runbooks network standards).

4. Network automation scripting and tools Familiarity with automation and orchestration (e.g. scripting network-management tools monitoring and alerting frameworks) to support consistent repeatable configurations and proactive network monitoring.

5. Security VPNs and network services Experience implementing security VPNs firewalls and applying best practice security policies in a provider network context; understanding of tunneling encryption and secure customer connectivity.

Key Behavioural / Soft Skills & Leadership Traits

Advanced troubleshooting & problem-solving Able to diagnose complex multi-layer network/service issues under pressure and deliver effective resolutions.

Visionary & strategic thinking Ability to anticipate future network growth evolving service demands and design infrastructure accordingly; propose scalable future-proof architectural changes; stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies.

Mentorship & technical leadership Comfortable delivering technical content training and guidance to less experienced engineers; reviewing and approving network designs/configurations; fostering team best practices and knowledge sharing.

Communication & documentation Excellent written and verbal communication; able to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders; produce clear documentation diagrams run books and reports.

Multi-project & cross-functional collaboration Able to lead or participate in multiple concurrent projects; work collaboratively with vendors internal teams (e.g. NOC security operations) and support cross-discipline integration (e.g. data voice cloud).

Adaptability & continuous learning Comfortable operating in a fast-paced evolving environment; motivated to maintain and grow expertise; remain current with new protocols Juniper product lines and SP-networking trends.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology Network Engineering or related field or equivalent proven experience.

Top-level Juniper certification for Service Provider track (e.g. JNCIE SP or equivalent expert-level Juniper credential for SP Routing & Switching).

10 years experience in network engineering with significant portion working in service-provider or ISP environments designing and supporting large-scale WAN / backbone / carrier networks.

Proven record of designing deploying and operating complex SP-grade networks (routing MPLS VPN QoS high-availability) at scale.

Potential Career pathway:

Chapter Lead Technical Product Owner or Architect Role

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