Network Engineer

Company: UST
Location: West Des Moines
Posted on: February 21, 2021

Job Description:

Network Engineer Contact /Fulltime Description:?UST Global-- is looking for talented Network architect to enhance and maintain the current network infrastructure solution and will be working with one of the leading providers in the US. The ideal candidate should have the ability to ensure the network infrastructure is secured and reliable and resiliency is built in the environment. The ideal candidate must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability and knowhow to collaborate effectively with domain experts and IT leadership team.Responsibilities:* Analyze and review business and application requirements for corporate data and voice networks* Architect, plan, design, install and upgrade network environments* Ensuring uptime and availability of the network devices, designing resiliency, redundancy where applicable with version control and backup for all network configurations.* Audit and troubleshoot network issues, problems and make recommendations for better network performance* Enable continuous monitoring of networking systems and optimize by tuning the thresholds monitored* Schedule maintenance on network systems for life cycle management and vulnerability remediation in the environment* Knowledge of several network utilities and applications to perform all job responsibilities* Plan upgrades based on findings from internal troubleshooting and external/vendor recommendations* Look for ways to enhance network performance for applications while reducing operational costs* Well trained in all aspects of project management, team building, training, and mentoringRequirements:* Minimum 10 years' relevant experience in leading teams in NETWORK architecture, implementation, support, operations and migrations in a datacenter and public cloud environment* Must be able to independently lead diverse and multi-region teams, and take complete ownership and responsibility of the teams and solutions* Excellent practical knowledge on basic network technologies, like routing, switching, firewall, WLC* Good knowledge of AWS networking, direct connect, VPC, and maintenance using console and CLI* Good understanding and implementation knowledge of Software Defined Networks and Digital Network Architecture* Good understanding and implementation knowledge of Cisco products - Cisco ACI, Cisco SDA and Cisco SD-WAN, vEdge routers* Good understanding and implementation knowledge of Firewalls, FMC, FTD* Good understanding of Technologies such as: LAN, ISE/ASA, Overlay Networking, DNS, EVPN* Good understanding of WAN Design - MPLS VPNs, Internet, QOS over WAN, DMVPN, EVPN, Service Chaining, NFV* Able to determine the most suitable hardware and software for any network type and hardware installs* Collaborate with vendors for new, refresh and upgrades of existing hardware* Very good knowledge of network security and basic understanding of NetDevOPS* Implementation knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, using Ansible for Network automationCertifications preferred* Cisco CCNA, CCIE, SDWAN, * AWS certified practitioner *

Keywords: UST, West Des Moines , Network Engineer, Engineering , West Des Moines, Iowa