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Must have:
Automation - Ansible (SRE concepts)
Data center technology - Know it cold
Palo Firewall
F5 load balancer
Route/switch
DNS
Job Profile Summary:
The OS Platform Engineer (Network Operations) develops the operational vision and direction for the team in collaboration with the Network Operations managers.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Makes decisions of a global, strategic nature by analyzing complex data systems and incorporating knowledge of other lines of business.
Spearheads complex programs that span multiple inter-organizational units and interfaces with more experienced management.
Is a leader in identifying critical, high pay-off technology strategies and prioritizes team efforts accordingly.
Possesses advanced knowledge of business application and services.
Responsible for coaching and mentoring less experienced team members.
Provide Level 3/4 engineering support for the corporate enterprise network.
Maintains current professional and technical skills.
Keeps abreast of current and emerging technologies, how they integrate and drive value.
Performs advanced break/fix troubleshooting and mentors junior engineers.
Provides failure or root cause analysis when required.
Resolves the most complex issues in the environment with little to no supervision, relying on his/her ability to pull together technical resources to gather accurate information to provide data driven solutions.
Provide after hours and on-call support as needed.
Understand network triggers and execute appropriate workflows.
Demonstrated ability to engineer reliability through automated response.
Supports the development and improvement of technical engineering documentation in accordance with standards.
Author operational documentation and knowledge base articles of known issues and solutions.
Experience automating workflows to troubleshoot, integrate systems, and eliminate toil.
Knowledge and experience with core network automation skills: Python, JSON, Linux, Java, DevOps, and Git.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree
10+ years of relevant experience
Critical thinking skills, must be a self-starter, able to direct activities of the team, dependable and reliable.
Preferred Qualifications:
Extensive infrastructure, applications and security knowledge and experience
Must own ability to learn fast, adapt to new technology and keep current with industry
Embrace and focus on emerging technology and evangelize to the rest of the team
Experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud
Experience in AWS CloudFormation, AWS EC2, VPC, S3 and similar technologies a strong plus
Experience with database technologies and other data services technologies
Experience with any programming language: C, C++, Java, Python or C#.
Experience supporting complex production network environments.
Experience with Cisco and Palo Alto Firewalls, Proxies, F5 LTM/GTM/ASM, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI/MSO), Cisco Identity Services Engine (Client), Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco DNAC and Infoblox DNS/DHCP.
In-depth experience with dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
Advanced understanding of business technology drivers and their impact on architecture design
Advanced understanding of performance and monitoring
Proficient in more than one specific infrastructure technology
Technical certifications such as Cisco CCNP-Enterprise or Datacenter, CCIE, Palo Alto PCCSA, PCNS, PCNSE, or F5.
Excellent communications skills (written and verbal) and ability to work both independently and in a group.
Experience in an enterprise environment and previous banking/financial industry experience is a plus.
An outcome obsessed engineer with a focus on reliability. Drive decisions through data and base them on business outcomes: MTTR, MTBF, Business Delivery.
Experience with coding/scripting/automation/orchestration platforms(Python, Ansible), including interfacing with APIs
Experience writing Ansible Playbooks in YAML
Experience in Network monitoring tools (i.e., NetFlow Tracker, Elastic, and Splunk) is a plus
Experience in Software Defined Network is a plus
Skills:
Network engineering, Firewall, Cisco routers, Router, Paloalto, Ansible, Cisco switches, Data center
Top Skills Details:
Network engineering,Firewall,Cisco routers,Router,Paloalto,Ansible,Cisco switches,Data center
About Us
Skiltrek is an award-winning IT staffing firm and the staffing partner of choice for many leading companies across the US.
At Skiltrek, we promise you the perfect opportunity of building technical excellence, understand business performance and nuances,
be abreast with the latest happenings in technology world and enjoy a satisfying work life balance.
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race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law.
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