Job Description
Job Title: Data Center Network Engineer - Cisco
Job Location: Jericho, NY 11753
Onsite Requirements:
- Cisco
- Network engineer
- CCNA or CCNP
Job Description:
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supply instructions and best practices to the existing Data Center teams for confirming power setup, physical cabling, and hardware installations, including configuration and troubleshooting support of network devices.
- Configure and troubleshoot Cisco routing and switching infrastructure.
- Monitors and manages incoming work, provisioning of network workflows, and incident requests.
- Other support tasks, duties, and responsibilities may be assigned depending on workload and the employee's skill level. Examples include hardware installations, troubleshooting, and DNS / DHCP administration.
- Occasional after hours and weekend work may be required in order to perform tasks that cannot be done during business hours.
- The engineer will be expected to participate in the Network Engineering on-call rotation and will carry a pager and/or cell phone 24x7.
- Complies with all customer Network Engineering services, policies, and procedures.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Valid Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.
- Valid Wireless certification is desirable (CCNA and/or CWNA).
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years' experience with networking and internetworking devices and software.
- Experience with large mission-critical internetworks required.
Skills/Abilities/Competencies:
- Cisco Routing and switching knowledge with Nexus, Catalyst, and Integrated Service Routers.
- Experience with administrating DNS / DHCP systems.
- Knowledge of cloud technologies - VPC, SaaS, PaaS.
- Ability to work in integrated and multicloud environment - Azure, AWS, GCP.
- Routing protocols - MPLS, BGP, and OSPF.
- Network protocols - Spanning Tree, VLANs, 802.1Q, and VPC.
- Cisco Wireless technology - Wireless Controllers and Wireless Access Points.
- Customer Service.
- Project Management.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to learn and be self-directed.
- Diligent about creating and maintaining detailed computer incident logs.
- Dependable regarding providing regular status reports.
- ** 3rd party and subcontract staffing agencies are not eligible for partnership on this position. 3rd party subcontractors need not apply.
- This position requires candidates to be eligible to work in the United States, directly for an employer, without sponsorship now or anytime in the future. **
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