Network Engineer - Testa Consulting Services : Job Details

The Network Engineer position is part of client's technical team and is expected to lead engineering design, implementation and solution development. This position will also oversee and approve network design and solutions recommended by other staff engineers. The responsibilities include the following services: WAN/LAN network design/administration, virtualization, enterprise wireless, cloud architecture/design, SAN fiber, network load balancers, business continuity/disaster recovery and performance tuning/monitoring. The technologies supported include Cisco (Client/PRIME/Switches/Routers), Palo Alto, Nexus, Avaya, Netmotion and F5. Job Duties: The opportunity to lead and collaborate with IT engineers to design and build technology solutions and architecture to support People's technical and business project portfolio. Your solution led, can-do approach will be empowered to add value from day one and affect changes which will impact the entire business! Serving as the subject matter expert on key network technology trends you'll have the chance to develop innovative solutions for business problems and initiatives. Your participation in cross-functional teams is required to analyze business problems as well as recommend solutions or enhancements to current procedures or processes. Basic Qualifications A 4-year degree in Information Technology / Computer Science field A minimum of 7 years' experience in network engineering A Cisco professional level cert - CCNA Additional certs - (CCDP/CCNP/CCDI/CCIE) are a plus. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Deep understanding of the following: BGP, OSPF, FHRP's, SAN networking (NPIV, zoning, etc.), QoS, Network design and standards, VRF-Lite, VDC, Fabric-Path, Enterprise wireless - 802.11g/n/ac, VLAN's, port trunking, and EtherChannel. Expert level in Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking concepts with hands on experience. Proficient in VPN technologies utilizing IPSEC and SSL. Excellent problem solving and organizational skills.