Network Administration Professional

Trimbleis recruiting for aNetwork Administrator II to fill an opportunity inChennai.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to be member of Trimbles globalcorporate networking team.The successful candidate will be responsible for independent operations of the companys internal worldwidecommunications systems including local area networks (LANs) wide area networks (WANs) and voice networks.

A Network Administrator II is an mid level position.The successful candidate will act as a Network Operation Center (NOC) team member for the Trimble Global Network. Duties may include installing and configuring equipment resolving user problems (via tickets) troubleshooting wireless issues. The successful candidate will be involved in troubleshooting and maintaining both inhouse and vendor network connectionsincluding systems monitoring configuring routers switches wireless access points and other devices and technologies as required. Also may include coordinating with vendors for installation of such items as direct internet access (DIA) circuits. The successful candidate may also assist with proposal writing and/or be responsible for project planning cost analysis and vendor comparisons. Occasional travel may be required.

Key Responsibilities:

• First level escalation for operational support in five key technology concentrations Monitor and maintain: Routers (including SDWAN) Switches Firewalls WiFI and Cloud Services to include monitoring and operations support for the Trimble Global Network.

• Perform firstline and in depth troubleshooting of network issues.

• Respond to all incidents and outages for critical infrastructure and drive incident resolution.

• Provide firstline and in depth response and escalation for critical operations devices and sites.

• Compliance: Monitor and correct compliance issues including.

• Monitor VPN infrastructure.

• Patch and upgrade: Perform firmware / OS upgrades on routers switches firewalls access points and virtual cloud devices and other devices in accordance with company needs.

• Capacity Planning: Review circuits and device capacities and recommend actions to the regional Network Manager.

• Interface with ISP and carriers to install/commission/test new circuits and/or troubleshoot existing circuits.

• Occasional oncall duties typically two days on call approximately every 8 weeks.

• Assist in maintaining the global network monitoring systems.

• Mentor more junior team members.

Skills & Experience Required: (Desired/Preferredskills are denoted)

• 3 to 5 years experience required with BS BE or BA degree in Computer Science IT Engineering Networking similar field or 46 years combination of education training or work experience.

• Must have good written and verbal skills in english.

• This is a team role Candidate must be a team player and work collaboratively within the team and other teams.

• Proven knowledge of the operations implementation and maintenance of network systems.

• Willingness to learn and continue education.

• On or more of the following certifications:

  • Cisco CCNA Routing andSwitching or CCNA Security

  • Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching greatly preferred

  • Other industry certifications may be considered in lieu of Cisco certifications.

• Basics knowledge the following technologies: Routing Switching NG Firewalls WiFi and Cloud and intermediate knowledge of two of the five listed technologies in design/implement/troubleshooting capacity is essential (experience preferred):

  • LAN Switching Examples include CiscoIOS/NexusVLANsSTP/RSTP CoS QoSEtherchannel / trunking etc.

    • Knowledge of Cisco routers and switches isrequired experience with Dell switches is desired.

  • Routing: BGP EIGRPHSRP orVRRPPBR Direct Internet Access (DIA) Point to Point circuits (PTP) MPLS MetroEthernetetc.

  • Next Generation (NG) Firewalls: ACLS Layer 37 filtering IPS NAT DMZ etc.

  • Wireless: Knowledge of wireless solutions 802.11g/n/ac/ax etc. and other new/emerging standards

  • Cloud: Operational Knowledge of AWS Azure or other cloud platforms and services

  • VPN Solutions: Knowledge of L2L and client accessVPN solutions and/or dynamic VPN solutions such as ADVPN or DMVPN desired

• Authentication solutions including Cisco ACS/RADIUS/TACACS /Certificates(PKI) preferred.

• Network troubleshooting using packet capture and analysis using toolssuch as Wireshark preferred.

• Experience with SolarWinds monitoring solution is preferred.

• Experience with SolarWinds monitoring/managementproducts or other monitoring systems preferred.

• Experience with global enterprise networks is preferred.

• Network security experience preferred.

Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning modeling connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity quality safety and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions Trimble software hardware and services are transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture construction geospatial and transportation and logistics.

Trimble is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race gender age color religion national origin marital status disability sexual orientationstatus as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws or any other protected factor. EOE/M/F/V/D