Network Engineer

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Job Title: Network Engineer

Location: New York, NY

Job Description:-

Overview:

Network Security Engineering position. Candidate will perform day to day operations, implementation of new technology and support on a variety of Network, Security and Telephony equipment in various locations within the United States and the Americas.

Responsibilities:

• Support the bank's local and wide area network during core support hours (07:00 - 18:00 Monday to Friday).

• Work with the Architecture and Engineering and other functional groups within the bank to implement engineering solutions to meet the project and ad-hoc requirements of the organisation.

• Support network and datacenter installations including racking, stacking and cabling of various types of equipment.

• Ensure all design, implementation, support and maintenance activities adhere to the bank's system development life cycle;

• Ensure adherence to the bank's standards and strategies;

• Ensure all technical documentation is maintained to an appropriate level and reflects the as-installed environment;

• Assist in problem determination activities, leveraging the bank's fault reporting system;

• Ensure faults reported via the bank's fault reporting system are monitored, managed and progressed;

• Ensure faults reported via the bank's fault reporting system are updated with sufficient narrative to ensure a complete audit trail of a fault's life-cycle;

• Ensure alerts generated by the bank's pro-active monitoring systems are managed and progressed;

• Ensure carrier maintenance notifications are managed and progressed;

• Provide support to 1st level support staff;

• Be prepared to work unsociable hours and weekends, and be contactable when away from the office;

• Develop technical skills pertinent to role

• Provide timely progress reporting to the Network Manager; and,

• Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by the Network Manager.

 Qualifications:

Required Experience:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is mandatory.

• Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years industry experience in a similar environment.

• Excellent IP networking fundamentals and extensive experience in the application of IP protocols.

• In-depth knowledge of and experience with major Internet routing protocols; specifically BGP and OSPF.

• In-depth knowledge of and experience with major Cisco platforms; specifically with Cisco 3800 and 3900 ISRs, 4500, 6500 and Nexus switches and 7200 series routers including all compatible supervisor and line cards for these platforms.

• Experience with Cisco CUCM and VoIP is highly desired.

• Experience with firewalls, VPN, WEB filtering and load balancing equipment and concepts is also highly desireable.

• Excellent network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills.

• Configuring load balancers, troubleshooting traffic engineering using BGP and OSPF and large scale network design and maintenance is critical.

• Candidates should also have had significant past experience with, and expertise in many of the following protocols & technologies: MPLS, DMVPN, DS3, SONET (OC3, OC48), Ethernet, 802.2/3, 802.1d, 802.1q, IP, TCP (internals & flow control), BGP, OSPF, HSRP, IGMP, TACACS, IPSEC & VPNs, Netflow, DHCP, DNS.

• Experience with mission critical multicast systems is highly desired. Technical writing abilities a big plus. Experience working with UNIX and Windows OS.

• Past work experience within a financial IT environment

Required Knowledge:

• Should have experience with the maintenance of a large global corporate network consisting of multiple routers, switches and various network equipment.

• Experience with protocols such as TCP/IP, VoIP, OSPF, BGP, etc. is required.

• Should understand and have experience working with carriers and their networks. 

• CCNA/CCNP, CCDA/CCDP is highly desirable.

• This position also requires strong interpersonal skills, project management and time management skills and a successful track record of coordinating and driving issues to resolution.

Special Requirements:

• Needs to be able to lift 70lbs.

Nights and weekends are required as needed (most of my team has worked a minimum of 12 weekends). Hours are flexible and the candidate must understand that he/she could be working either early 8-4, 9-5 or 10 -6 and will rotate through this schedule as needed.

• Cisco SAN experience a plus.

• Fluent in the use of Microsoft office suite including Visio.

• Employee will have to be able to work in varying locations, NYC, Jersey City, and Wappingers Falls NY which requires a car to get t

• Travel within and outside the US may also be required. Requires valid passport.

Thanks & Regards,

Prabhat Kumar

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