Principal Network Engineer

Job Title: Principal Network Engineering

Job Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Key Responsibilities:

· Effectively gather functional/support/capacity/reliability requirements for infrastructure and applications on the network

· Evaluate different solutions to solve issues by partnering with vendors, internal customers, engineering, operations and platform teams

· Provide pros/cons evaluation of solutions and recommend the best overall solution, with the necessary justification and cost-benefit analysis

· Document and aid Engineering/Implementation teams to do certification/validation in dedicated labs, and up to the first-office-application

· Creation of High-Level Documentation and a draft of Low-Level Documentation (for Engineering/Implementation to finalize during implementation

· Effectively communicate potential solutions to highly complex and multi-variable problems.

· Provide technical expertise in the execution of network and systems solutions along with integration and validation plans for the solutions

· Work independently with vendors to assess capabilities, limitations, and long-term strategies leveraging specific vendor solutions

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Ideal Principal Network Engineering candidates have:

· Bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer Engineering is a plus

· Ten to fifteen years of experience in large enterprise or carrier space

· Professional networking certifications a plus – CCIE or equivalent

· Public cloud certifications a plus – advanced networking, cloud Network Engineer, or equivalent.

· Successful Network Engineer candidates have knowledge in:

o IP routing(OSPF/ISIS/BGP)

o QOS (5QI knowledge a plus)

o Enterprise Ethernet Switching(Spine-Leaf) (ACI experience a plus)

o Service Provider Networking Technologies(L3VPN/L2VPN/EVPN)

o IP Addressing (CIDR/IPv4/IPv6)

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $40.00 - $50.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Principal Network Engineering: 9 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Philadelphia, PA (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Philadelphia, PA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person