Lead Network Engineer

• BS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent
• Relevant experience of 5-8 years
• Ability to be self-sufficient and to grasp new technologies easily
• Maintain knowledge of present and emerging technologies
• Thorough understanding of following technologies and tools.
• Routing protocols
• TCP/IP
• Multicast (PIM, IGMP, MSDP, GRE, MP-BGP)
• DNS
• LAN switching
• Wireshark
• Sound understanding and expertise on Multicast and Real Time
• Experience with BGP, EIGRP routing protocols
• Router / Switch architectures
• Good understanding of Protocols like HTTP / HTTPS / DNS / DHCP / SNMP / SMTP etc
• Broader understanding of Cloud Computing technologies like AWS and Azure.
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot and isolate technical issues in a timely manner
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to be a cohesive member of a group
• Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders and service providers, both internal and external
• Ability to manage many projects simultaneously and prioritize effectively
• Familiarity with common network automation tools
• Python, Perl or other scripting language
• Ansible, Salt or other automation tools
• REST APIs
• YAML, JSON and other data models

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Competence in some of the following technologies:
• LAN Switching
• Optical Networking
• Load Balancers
• SAN
• Wireless Networks
• Network operating systems (IOS, IOS-XE, JunOS, EOS, F5/tmsh)
• NSX
• Infoblox
• Linux
• Solid, and intuitive understanding of WAN & LAN technologies and how each device, protocol or system interacts as part of the network as a whole
• Understand the modern datacenter stack and how todays application compute and storage drive network requirements