- As Aeris continues to expand, we are growing our Network Operations team
- As Sr/Engineer - IP Network, you will deliver design, implementation and management of IP network/SDN, IP network integration with public/hybrid cloud infrastructure, IP network design and operations for global cloud/data centers
- You will be work with other expert network architects and engineers to optimize and evolve the IP network infrastructure, perform network maintenance and optimization, define and implement network security best-practices, develop automation tools, and manage external network connectivity
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy and manage IP network equipment and connectivity between DC and cloud network services
- SAN, servers/VMs and network management tools in global private data centers
- Perform network maintenance and upgrade of and network equipment hardware and software
- Perform network diagnosis, optimization, capacity planning and circuit management
- Execute NCR (Network Change Requests) through the approval process
- Troubleshoot customer complaints for network connectivity and performance, and provide resolution.
- Build and support Route based VPN, Policy based VPN and Software VPN clients
- Analyze customer traffic through Cisco capture commands and through Netscout tool.
- Schedule maintenance windows with analysis of customer impact, downtime, and MOP including rollback procedure.
- Perform regular failover testing of DC and geo redundant network components.
- Conduct network security audits and redundancy testing on a regular basis
- Develop automation scripts/tools for network operation tasks and support simulated network test environment
- Meet customer KPI expectations in network services
- Produce weekly reports with the status updates, dependency and escalations.
What we look for in you:
- You have a Bachelor s degree with 4+ years of professional experience in service provider networks or a large enterprise network environment and have CCNA certification or higher
- You have hands-on experience working on multi-site data center connectivity for HA applications
- You possess in-depth knowledge and experience in networking protocols and architecture and have expertise in IP routing and switching such as:
- VLAN, STP and other layer 2 technologies, as well as, BGP, OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols, MPLS VPN and firewall policy
- You have hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus routers, ASA firewalls, ISR routers, and public cloud infrastructure
- You have experience using platform and monitoring tools such as TACACS, SolarWinds, Big Brother and Zabbix
- You are a self-starter, organized, attentive to details and excellent in verbal and written communication
- You enjoy problem-solving, applying critical thinking and working in high-pressure situations
- You enjoy working in a collaborative environment - leading/working with our global team
- Things that will set you apart:
- You have experience or knowledge of CDMA, GSM, UMTS or LTE core network
- You have experience in network automation, NFV/VM, or EMC SAN, VMware,
- You have hands-on experience with Google Cloud, Azure or AWS
- You are well-versed with using scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Bash
