Network Engineer: IV

Title: Lead Network Engineer
Location: Remote or Brentwood, TN hybrid on site 2 days per week.
Duration: 6 months contract to hire.
Compensation: $80-$90 HR W2
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US



Job Description:

Communication Responsive, Clear Communication To Team
To management & Leadership
To Customers
To PMO and Project leadership teams
To Sr. Leadership & Cross Departmental
To Vendors
To Architects




Track and follow up on multiple threaded tasks effectively
Drive updates and communication till resolution
Project Administration Communicate Status and Lead IC and Contractor team for large technology deployments
Lead effort to document standard operational process for new technology.
Lead process creation and execution for complex technology installations
Learn, understand, and drive new architectures and standards associated with all TSC architecture.
Organize and Participate in Project design and organization with PMO
Help delegate functional project work to Engineer/Senior Engineer team.
On assigned projects act as technical project manager working closely with project managers to build project plan, objectives, definition of done.


Training Train and socialize new processes and technologies to peers and internal support team.
Write and publish Knowledge base articles for internal and external troubleshooting and configuration processes.
Review and approve KB articles written by other team members.
Lead Team training in specialized areas of network work for other team members


Inter-team Collaboration Work with other support teams to identify process gaps
Work with other support teams to identify technology gaps
Actively develop and lead relationships cross-departmentally
Have visibility and contribute strategically to support roadmap.
Represent networking at change and architecture review boards.


Leadership Lead communication efforts with leadership on high priority trouble issues.
Strong verbal and written communication ability at a leadership level.
Participate in organizing support team for larger initiatives
Participate in Strategy and Architectural Design Sessions
Be able to answer leadership questions about network design and operation


Vendor relations Work with equipment vendors to determine product roadmaps, software bugs, and device lifecycle needs
Work with circuit carriers to improve capacity, redundancy and resiliency


Intra-team Collaboration Work closely with architects to drive improvements to our network reliability
Work with all networking engineers to explain projects, teach and assist with resolving chronic problems


Documentation Define documentation standards
Document and create repeatable resolutions to common problems
Manage the process to socialize resolutions with lower support tiers
Create and approve Knowledge Base Articles to socialize with Help desk and IT Operations
Create in depth Network Documentation and Architectural network diagrams
Write Standard Procedures for support team to work from
Write and publish standard architecture/Golden Configs


Support & After Hours On Call Regular rotation for on call after hours and weekend
Ability to provided escalated on-call support for all networking issues (store, DC, datacenter, cloud)
Lead P1 Troubleshooting bridge, delegate support tasks and information gathering for this purpose.
Participate in Day 2 Change support
Execute change initiatives in all areas of network presence





Skillset / Experience:


10 years of experience in Azure
10 years of experience in DevOps

Expert Level Network Route Switch Knowledge OSI Layer Understanding/TCP Stack understanding
Understanding of Common Protocols


BGP – Advanced (IBGP, Prefixes, Prefix lists, communities, traffic engineering & Route Propagation, EVPN for Vxlan environment)
OSPF – Advanced (Distance Vector, LSA Fundamentals, Area types, traffic engineering, Route Tables)
MPLS/LDP – Advanced (LSP's, synchronization, link state database) Fluent reading and understanding of Juniper & Cisco Configurations
Ability to create/edit basic router & Switch Configurations without the use of a template
Ability to peer review all network changes
VXLAN spine/leaf architecture
Define standards in collaboration with entire teamResponsible for proof-of-concept lab testing and validation in support of change/project objectives in collaboration with stakeholders
Define best practices


Advanced Juniper/Cisco Configuration understanding Vlan Configuration/Understanding
VRF Configuration/Understanding
SVI/IRB Configuration/Understanding
Expert understanding of Routing protocols


BGP Path selection, OSPF Area architecture
Protocol troubleshooting Deep understanding of Tractor specific Store Configuration
Deep Understanding of Tractor Specific DC configuration
Deep understanding of Datacenter Architecture and its interaction with distributed networks.
Define best practices


SDWan vendor Specific Knowledge (Palo Alto CloudGenix) Understand the specifics of CloudGenix configuration
Ability to make unscripted intentional Configuration adjustment
Functional understanding of Store and DC SDWan Architecture
Complete understanding of store and DC SDWan Architecture
Define best practices




Cloud (Microsoft Azure) Understanding of Azure cloud networking concepts
Ability to deploy new networks/subnets in Azure
Provide networking support to firewall, load balancer and server teams


Reliability Raise network reliability concerns to leadership and architects
Monitor network capacity trends and recommend needed augments
Lead holiday readiness as it pertains to networking


Voice Platform Understanding of platform configuration standard
Understanding of Voice Specific Protocols and how they travers our network


Wireless Senior level understanding of store Wireless Vendor Technology (Aruba)
Functional understanding of Store AP architecture
Ability to make unscripted intentional Wireless Configuration Adjustments
Ability to process standard configurations and suggest changes for specific outcomes
Ability to perform in depth troubleshooting and escalation of wireless issues.
Functional understanding of DC Wireless Architecture.





Our benefits package includes:

· Comprehensive medical benefits

· Competitive pay, 401(k)

· Retirement plan

· …and much more



About INSPYR Solutions:
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