Company:
Saxon Global
Location: Boston
Closing Date: 04/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Senior Network Engineer - C2C opening -
Boston, Massachusetts
Candidates will be required to work onsite 2 days per week from the office in Boston, MA
Max bill rate is $75/hr. Ideal rate is $65/hr.
*Candidate must be vaccinated for Covid
*Candidate must be local (75 mile radius or less is ideal)
Responsibilities/Duties
Boston, Massachusetts
Candidates will be required to work onsite 2 days per week from the office in Boston, MA
Max bill rate is $75/hr. Ideal rate is $65/hr.
*Candidate must be vaccinated for Covid
*Candidate must be local (75 mile radius or less is ideal)
Responsibilities/Duties
- Planning: Conducts short- and long-term planning to meet network requirements.
- Network Monitoring: Analyzes network activity and network problems to discover and prevent systematic errors. Recommends network design changes/enhancements for improved systems availability and performance. Expectations to be proficient with monitoring and diagnostic tools like SolarWinds, Fluke and Wireshark, PC Microsoft OS system commands.
- Network System Design and Implementation: Designs, implements, and document network systems.
- Configuration and maintenance of routers, switches (Cisco, Extreme Networks, Junipers, Brocade), and firewalls (Juniper, Brocade, Palo Alto).
- Able to implement projects plans as assigned by the Manager, Network Engineering, deliver progress reports, identify, and communicate impediments, and provide clear and concise documentation on completion.
- Provides support for network connectivity or related network issues for the user community.
- Issue Resolution: Troubleshoots diagnoses and resolves network problems. Researches, analyzes, and recommends the implementation of software or hardware changes to rectify any network deficiencies or to enhance network performance.
- Disaster Recovery: Ensures planned testing activities are performed and technical criteria are met.
- Network Performance Assessment: Assesses network performance to ensure that it meets the present and future needs of the business. Provides network planning recommendations to management.
- Vendor Management: Evaluates services provided by vendors and recommends changes.
- Research emerging technologies, as requested.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Take ownership of a problem through resolution.
- Arrange for equipment repair, upgrade, or replacement.
- Communicates effectively with stakeholders, technical support, and project teams.
- Assist with the design of complex Core and WAN networks, IP, and routing summarization, includes configuring routers and switches.
- Retrieve hardware quotes from resellers in support of procurement.
- Hands-on experience with administering, maintaining, and troubleshooting Avaya/Cisco PBX a plus.
- Works closely with peers from IT to learn of network change management, operational support best practices, and future strategies that impact the EEA landscape.
- A BS/MS degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of ten years of relevant IT work experience.
- Knowledge of Cisco SRND/SAFE and industry best practices.
- Strong analysis and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in team environment as well as individual with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
- Familiarity with network, server, storage virtualization, i.e., MDS switching infrastructure, VSAN, VRF, VPN, and VMWare vSphere.
- Knowledge of voice TDM technologies is also very useful.
- Experience with VOIP, like Avaya systems, Mitel systems and variety of Nortel systems.
- Experience with branch routers and LAN switches. Preferred knowledge, Cisco, Juniper Networks and Extreme Networks. Knowledge of Brocade/Ruckus ICX, VeloCloud a plus.
- Advanced knowledge of IOS, NX-OS, EXOS, JUNOS, EIGRP, BGP, GRE, OSPF, MPLS, Spanning-tree, VRRP, LAG, VLANS, SIP, H.323, PRI, SD-WAN, QoS, TCP/IP.
- Knowledge of Enterprise system monitoring and management tools such as, Lansweeper, Wireshark, sflow, NMAP, SNMP and Syslog.
- Knowledge of commercial enterprise-level tools and products to provide network services, including firewalls, IPS/IDS, DNS, DHCP, web security, TACACS+, VPN and NAC.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and vendors.
- Must be proficient with latest versions MS Visio, MS Windows, and MS Office and/or O365.
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