Network Engineer

SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER Hybrid role from Newark, NJ Fulltime Opportunity Seeking a Network Engineer who will be responsible for design, implementation, and support of network technologies across the Client's global landscape with a high degree of focus on security and next generation connectivity. The individual will also provide on-going day to day tier 3 support for the global data network in response to related support tasks and troubleshooting. QUALIFICATIONS Minimum 5-8 years of domain experience, CCNP certified REQUIRED. Possess excellent network troubleshooting skills. Must be able to quickly identify and resolve network related issues in smallest possible time. Must be able to clearly interact with the customer, understand the requirements and communicate with the offshore team. Must be able to participate and represent the team in change and incident management meetings. Experience with SDWAN - Silver Peak preferred. Experience with Next Gen Firewalls - Cisco Firepower preferred. Experience in troubleshooting routing loops. Troubleshoot asymmetric routing & STP loop issues. Implementation of operational changes & coordination with project team for project related changes. Configuring/troubleshooting Cisco ASA, IPS. Configuring/troubleshooting Cisco ISE. Configuring/troubleshooting wireless - Cisco WLC preferred. Configuring/troubleshooting routing protocols - EIGRP, OSPF, BGP. Configuring/troubleshooting LAN switching - VLAN, VTP, STP, EtherChannel. Configuring/troubleshooting quality of service. Configuring/troubleshooting TCP/IP protocol suite. Configuring/troubleshooting application protocols - HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, SSL etc. Configuring/troubleshooting network security - IPSec/SSL VPN/Cisco AnyConnect, AAA architecture, TACACS, RADIUS, 802.1x. Cisco Catalyst & Nexus 9K/7K series of switches. Configuring/troubleshooting Cisco IOS, NX-OS software. Configuring/troubleshooting of application load balancers. Experience with firewall cloud services - Zscaler preferred. Experience with Data Center - Nexus environment (ACI preferred). Working on all applications such as SAP, Citrix, Portal, etc. Analyzing the outputs of all the tools and making recommendations example: High CPU utilization on core device at data center. AWS, GCP, Azure Cloud experience is considered a plus. Citrix NetScaler load balancer, Cisco FTD (FW), Aruba SD-WAN, and Azure Cloud all considered a plus for experience.