Network Engineer

Technical Skills:

Hands-on experience on Palo Alto Firewalls ASA/Cisco/Checkpoint/juniper/Fortinet.

Network Engineer provides support, evaluation, and research into the deployed Palo Alto Networks equipment's processes and problems. The technician will assume responsibility of the Palo Alto Networks products, such as firewalls, IPS/IDS, and VPN, among others

Hands-on experience on F5 Load balancing.

Proven knowledge of WAN, LAN , MAN ,Wireless and Security.

Hands-on experience troubleshooting Cisco routers & switches and firewalls

Experience with network architecture, engineering & migration activities

Good understanding of high availability fundamentals (HSRP and VRRP)

Reviews and helps identify and implement improvements to the provision of network service operations.

Implement and manage the deployment, and be accountable for the quality and effectiveness, of project

Configuring/Troubleshooting Routing protocols including but not limited to EIGRP, OSPF, BGP & layer 2 protocols

Identifies, designs, implements and maintains effective policies, procedures, tools, techniques and plans relating to network service level management activities.

Configuring/Troubleshooting LAN Switching VLAN, VTP, STP, EtherChannel, CoS, etc. Strong functional knowledge of TCP/IP required

Configuring/Troubleshooting Application protocols - HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, SSL etc.

Configuring/Troubleshooting Network Security - IPSec VPN, AAA Architecture, TACACS+, RADIUS

Configuring/Troubleshooting of Cisco 7k, 5k and 2k, 6500 and other Catalyst Series switches

Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K Series of switches

Configuring/Troubleshooting of Cisco Routers 3800, 3900, 7600 Series

Configuring/Troubleshooting Cisco IOS Software

Proven knowledge of DNS, IP, Firewalls, latency issues, WAN acceleration tools Implement security policies through ACL's and MAC level restrictions in LAN and WAN Cisco Security firewalls deployment including Cisco / Checkpoint /Fortinet/Juniper SRX is a must

Infoblox support and management is preferred.

Good Communications skills.

Candidates with troubleshooting and performance management of data infrastructure networks operations.

Personal Attributes

Excellent architecture and technical support documentation skills.

Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

Ability to perform general mathematical calculations for the purpose of creating needs assessments, budgets, and so on.

Highly self-motivated and directed.

Keen attention to detail.

Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Strong interpersonal and consultative skills.

Work Conditions

On-call availability as escalation support

Sitting for extended periods of time.

Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, power tools, and to handle other computer components.

Make recommendations to support present needs and future network initiatives for the organization and stakeholders.

Familiarity with ITSM processes such as change management.

Ability to analyze network packets and log data