Cisco Network Engineer Consultant

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services.

Job Description

Job Summary:

The project scope will be to integrate our newly acquired offices into our enhanced MPLS network with new router and switch platforms. You will be working with Telco suppliers and remote vendors to install and test new data services to insure minimum downtime during site upgrades, in addition to updating and auditing documentation. This platform upgrade will allow dynamic bandwidth allocation across the network while delivering a cloud-based solution for greater flexibility at branch offices.

Job Functions:

1. Ability to alter device configuration for logical or physical changes to maintain service integrity
2. Perform Cisco Routing/Switching, Network upgrades and configuration
3. Coordinate with vendors to insure proper Physical layer connectivity and demark extensions
4. Perform circuit turn-up testing and handoff to operations team for acceptance
5. Create and update as-built documentation and Visio diagrams
6. Implement configurations or compliance changes with HPNA, NCM or NCS scripts
7. Coordinate staging to insure proper configuration and delivery schedules are met
8. Engaged in the implementation and support of critical infrastructure platforms used in the operation of small branch locations through call center, campus and datacenter locations
9. Responsible for overall network troubleshooting and support of corporate internal network

Required Skills:

1. 5+ years of experience in a Network Engineering and Support environment
2. CCNP/CCNA certification preferred or equivalent work experience
3. Strong knowledge of Cisco hardware and software platforms, HP network knowledge a bonus
4. Functional knowledge of routing protocols: BGP, MPLS, EIGRP, OSPF, etc
5. Functional level knowledge of WAN technologies: Frame Relay, DS-1, DS-3, Metro-E
6. Experience maintaining and troubleshooting a large enterprise WAN/LAN data networks
7. Familiar with network design and network management best practices

Qualifications

Cisco, troubleshooting, LAN/WAN, Functional knowledge of routing protocols: BGP, MPLS, EIGRP, OSPF