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Saxon Global

Senior Network Engineer

Saxon Global, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246


Senior Network Engineer

Requirements:Senior level Cisco Network Engineer with 7+ yrs of experienceStrong cisco network design, deployment, and documentation skillsStrong ability to self-manage, organize, and prioritize workloadStrong communication skills to negotiate work scope, apprise project team, and to resolve issues by involving othersHighly skilled with Cisco Switch Stacking, Layer2 (Trunk, LACP, STP design), Layer3 (BGP, SVI)Able to make recommendations to Architect on design, and able to flex to use company standards or other best-practicesAble to document implementation design and guide team through physical installation

Strong implementation skills & experience

Rack-n-StackConfiguration according to best practices

A preference towards automation

System hardening according to Cisco guides

Able to document as-built design (L1 - L3) and provide KT/hand-off to support teamAble to create full set of test-cases and validate & document network failure conditions

Able to manage compute systems or automation to perform validation

Preferred automation might include Robot framework, Python, Ansible etc.

Specifically they'll need to have the following skills/experience:

Cisco CCNP level experience for 5+ yrs

Switch Stacking - (initially 9300L, followed by 9300S when delivered)Fiber interconnections (20-40K SMF, Local MMF)LACP Port ChannelsStrong hands-on understanding of subnetting and IP Address planningiBGP configurationeBGP configurationL3 SVI'sL2 LACP trunk to downstreamL2 LACP trunk to upstream + 2 x /30 SVI's for L3 BGP establishmentL2 Spanning Tree loop-free Design (prune appropriate VLANs on Fiber ring)

Palo Alto experience

FW RulesBGP configuration or updatesVPN Tunnel configuration or updates

Required Skills : Amazon Web Services (AWS),CiscoBasic Qualification :Additional Skills :Background Check :YesDrug Screen :YesNotes :Selling points for candidate :Project Verification Info :Candidate must be your W2 Employee :NoExclusive to Apex :NoFace to face interview required :NoCandidate must be local :NoCandidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::NoInterview times set : :NoType of project :Development/EngineeringMaster Job Title :Net/Sys Eng: CiscoBranch Code :Houston