Senior Network Engineer

Title : Senior Network Engineer

Location : Mountain View California (Onsite)

Job type: Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Deployment & Operations:
• Deployment configuration and maintenance of network hardware (routers switches firewalls) from Cisco and Palo Alto (C9200 C9300X C9200 PA5500). Ensure all network systems adhere to security and compliance standards. Make sure there is the least user interruption with any deployment or migrations.
• Troubleshooting & Resolution:
• Troubleshooting of complex network issues performing deep-dive analysis root cause isolation and permanent resolution for incidents affecting end users.
• Automation:
• Develop and implement network automation
• tools and scripts (e.g. using Python Ansible Terraform) to streamline operational tasks provisioning and configuration management.
• Performance Tuning:
• Proactively monitor network performance and capacity identifying bottlenecks and implementing optimizations to improve latency and throughput.

Required Qualifications

• Experience:
• 7 years
• of progressive experience in an enterprise and large-scale network engineering design and operations preferably within an ISP large enterprise or cloud/tech environment.
• Good to have Linux Operating system experience.
• Networking Mastery - L3:
• Expert-level knowledge of TCP/IP
• host routing issues.
• Networking Mastery - L2:
• Deep practical knowledge of Layer 2 technologies
• is mandatory including Spanning Tree Protocol (STP/RSTP/MSTP)
• VLANs/Trunking
• EtherChannel/LAG VTP and addressing L2 security and stability concerns in large domains.
• Hardware:
• Deep hands-on experience with Cisco and Palo Alto
• platforms including expertise in their respective operating systems (e.g. IOS XE PAN-OS) and technologies like Cisco Stackwise and Cisco Stackwise Virtual. Experience with troubleshooting optical issues.
• Automation Skills:
• Proficiency in Python
• for network automation API interaction and data manipulation. Experience with configuration management tools like
• Ansible
• is highly desirable.
• Security:
• Solid experience with network security
• best practices firewalls Palo Alto Panorama.
• Certifications:
• Professional-level network certifications (such as CCNP or equivalent)
• or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with network monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Zabbix PRTG etc).
• Experience in
• cross-functional projects
• involving servers virtualization and storage.
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a related
• field.

Key Milestones

• Preparation phase (mid Jan to)
• Configuration of all network hardware (C9200-24PXG C9300X-48TX) along with helping with cabling issues
• Migration phase (starting up to June)
• Migrate the network for all cells after coordination with the research teams (one cell at a time) ensuring transition as smooth as possible with minimum user disruption
• BAU phase
• Turning up the network hardware for any new cells
• Troubleshooting network issues
• Creating vlans or changing vlans
• Documenting any changes in the IP/vlan spreadsheet
• Updating firewall policies based on issues and user requirements