Network Architect - Core WAN & TELECOM (NA/LATAM)

Design, Deployment, and upgrade of PTP and CMPLS WAN circuits (MPLS, BGP, VRFs). • Cisco Product line exclusively ASR 9000s & 1000s, Catalyst 4500s,3850s,3650s and Nexus 3000 series in addition to legacy cisco product line 7200,6500, ISR, FWSMs & ASA. • Configuring & troubleshooting Layer 3 network protocols such as OSPF, ISIS & BGP. • Experience with QoS implementations for voice and video on Enterprise Networks. • Experience with BGP routing protocol on internal Enterprise Networks. • Experience with eBGP & MPLS to providing routing to diverse, globally connected ISPs and other autonomous systems. • WAN circuit service provider migration. Collaborated with ISP to resolve WAN issues. • Troubleshooting of BGP, MPLS, IS-IS peering issues and work with ISPs. • Exposure to entirely different distributors. • An intensive understanding of how networks function. • Knowledge and Data of network system capabilities • Expertise in Network design • Switching Models Cisco 6500/6900, Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K, VPC, FEX, VDC, Cisco VSS, Cisco Catalyst 4500, 3800, 3500 2900 • Strong knowledge in Routing technologies: Handling Cisco ISR/ASR routers, Protocols include BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VRF, L3 VPNs, IPsec, VPN, QoS, Intelligent WAN • Good working experience with routing protocols like EIGRP/OSPF/BGP/IS-IS/MPLS. • Preparing specifications to define and illustrate network designs and configurations. • Need to design network solution architecture and implementation documentation (customer and operational). • Provide network WAN/LAN design, implementation, consulting and leadership for data and congregated communication infrastructure utilizing available Network equipment. • Perform design integration for complex, cross-functional systems and lead technical design reviews of various infrastructure projects and function as a high-level technical resource. • Provide Network Design Engineering services in support of a global customers network. • Should develop network designs and cost models for customer specific opportunities and same to be presented to product and contract management teams. • Define and follow standards and best practices for network design, testing, and implementation methodology. • Experience developing network designs and cost models • Review the network design and bill of material with project manager and peer network engineers • Coordinate schedules, tasks, resources, and dependencies for network design projects. • Training the peers on end-to-end network designs and operating procedures. • Design WAN infrastructure & Remote Connectivity to sites for customer. • Need to designed IP address plan and naming convention to minimize address usage, optimize performance, and standardize equipment names. • Participate in on-call rotation. • Execute evening & weekend changes, as agreed within team. • Professional Certifications: • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) • Juniper Network Certified Enterprise Routing and Switching Expert • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Enterprise Infrastructure (desired) • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Service Provider (desired) Optical: Experience working with Cisco or Ciena optical transport systems (eg. photonic switches, Cisco NCS platforms, Ciena 6500 platforms, etc)