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TekLead

Lead Network Engineer

TekLead, Mason, Ohio, United States, 45040


Job Title: Lead Network Engineer

Fully Remote Contract

Experience : 7-10 Years.

A Minimum of 7 years in the Financial Industry, preferably in a Trading environment, is required for this position. The candidate must have experience in the Architecture, Design, Implementation, and Maintenance of Trading-related Network infrastructure, such as: Market Data Distribution Networks, Ultra Low-latency and low-latency networks.

General Competency :The candidate must be highly motivated.Willing to work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.The candidate must have good communication skills.The candidate must be customer focused.Ability to work effectively and productively with others, and still comfortable working independently.Core Technical Competency:

Architect, Design, Implement, and Troubleshoot Networks for different needs in the financial industry.A solid background designing, managing, and troubleshooting diverse multi-protocol, switched and routed enterprise networks.The candidate must be good at documentation in general. Competent with working with network diagrams using Microsoft Visio.Ability to troubleshoot network connectivity issues with both external and internal clients.Heavy hands-on experience with multiple internetworking devicesStrong ability to use packet tracing technologies to troubleshoot network issues.Specific Technology Expertise:

Strong and extensive knowledge of complex protocols and technologies:

Routing Protocols:

BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIPv2, Static Routing, route-redistribution, summarization, Policy-Routing.

Switching:

Trunking, spanning- tree, dot1q, VLANs, VTP, Ethernet switching, multi-layer switching, vPC, MLAG.

Multicast:

PIM, IGMP, MSDP

Network Services:

TCP/IP, UDP, HSRP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, NAT, TACACS, SSH, NTP, SYSLOG, TELNET,

Network Management/Automation:

SNMP, SYSLOG, IPSLA, NETFLOW, Network Telemetry, and Network automation tools.

Security:

IPSEC, VPNS, Firewalls.

Packet Analysis:

Wireshark, sniffers, packet captures, and packet decodes, Market Data packet decodes, FIX packet decodes.

Vendor specific technology expertise:

Cisco switches and Routers: Cisco 4900M, Cisco Nexus3064, Nexus 3548, Cisco 3750, Cisco 6500, Cisco 3800, Cisco 7200, Cisco 7600,Arista 7150, 7050, 7500 seriesFortinet Firewalls and TechnologiesJuniper Netscreen and SRX Firewalls.Corvil CNE-2100, 2110, 2300, 6300 7300, 8600, 8800 and CMCs.SevOne SNMP Management system.

Education:

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required.

Industry Certifications:

Cisco or similar industry certifications will be a big plus

History

Teklead Corporation

is a national Information Technology Consulting company, successfully representing a wide spectrum of clients and their IT needs since 1990. Teklead is dedicated to providing the highest quality

software development/support

and

IT staffing services , both onsite and offshore, using top-notch IT professionals. Having a deep understanding of the IT industry and taking advantage of our extensive network, we've been able to distinguish ourselves by meeting our client's needs and challenges. Our success and reputation are supported by long-lasting client relationships, exceptional customer service and commitment to providing excellent IT solutions.

With more than 25 years of experience, Teklead has expanded to reach a global-level and now has offices in

North America (Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, Dallas, TX), Europe (London, UK)

and the

Asia Pacific (Banglore, Karnataka, India) . As demand for IT - and more, specifically, high quality and cost effective ADM services - increases, Teklead plans to meet that demand. We are constantly looking to expand our operation through increased screening, hiring and IT training, in addition to expanding our delivery centers in North America and the Asia Pacific regions.