Network Architect

Skills

Description

Design, Deployment, and upgrade of PTP and CMPLS WAN circuits (MPLS, BGP, VRFs).
• Cisco Product line exclusively ASR 9000s & 1000s, Catalyst 4500s,3850s,3650s and Nexus 3000 series in addition to legacy cisco product line 7200,6500, ISR, FWSMs & ASA.
• Configuring & troubleshooting Layer 3 network protocols such as OSPF, ISIS & BGP.
• Experience with QoS implementations for voice and video on Enterprise Networks.
• Experience with BGP routing protocol on internal Enterprise Networks.
• Experience with eBGP & MPLS to providing routing to diverse, globally connected ISPs and other autonomous systems.
• WAN circuit service provider migration. Collaborated with ISP to resolve WAN issues.
• Troubleshooting of BGP, MPLS, IS-IS peering issues and work with ISPs.
• Exposure to entirely different distributors.
• An intensive understanding of how networks function.
• Knowledge and Data of network system capabilities
• Expertise in Network design
• Switching Models Cisco 6500/6900, Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K, VPC, FEX, VDC, Cisco VSS, Cisco Catalyst 4500, 3800, 3500 2900

Responsibilities

• • Handling Cisco ISR/ASR routers, Protocols include BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VRF, L3 VPNs, IPsec, VPN, QoS, Intelligent WAN
• • Good working experience with routing protocols like EIGRP/OSPF/BGP/IS-IS/MPLS.
• • Preparing specifications to define and illustrate network designs and configurations.
• • Need to design network solution architecture and implementation documentation (customer and operational).
• • Provide network WAN/LAN design, implementation, consulting and leadership for data and congregated communication infrastructure utilizing available Network equipment.
• • Perform design integration for complex, cross-functional systems and lead technical design reviews of various infrastructure projects and function as a high-level technical resource.
• • Provide Network Design Engineering services in support of a global customers network.
• • Should develop network designs and cost models for customer specific opportunities and same to be presented to product and contract management teams.
• • Define and follow standards and best practices for network design, testing, and implementation methodology.
• • Experience developing network designs and cost models
• • Review the network design and bill of material with project manager and peer network engineers
• • Coordinate schedules, tasks, resources, and dependencies for network design projects.
• • Training the peers on end-to-end network designs and operating procedures.
• • Design WAN infrastructure & Remote Connectivity to sites for customer.
• • Need to designed IP address plan and naming convention to minimize address usage, optimize performance, and standardize equipment names.
• • Participate in on-call rotation.
• • Execute evening & weekend changes, as agreed within team.

Educational Requirements

• • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• • Juniper Network Certified Enterprise Routing and Switching Expert
• • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Enterprise Infrastructure (desired)
• • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider (desired)
• • Optical: Experience working with Cisco or Ciena optical transport systems (eg. photonic switches, Cisco NCS platforms, Ciena 6500 platforms, etc)