Network Infrastructure Engineer

About The Organization

The Network Operations team is responsible for maintaining a Global network on a daily basis. This includes planning, installation and maintenance to various local and wide area networks with strong emphasis to SLA. The team provides Level II and Level III support for technologies supported on the network. The Network Operation team also maintains the network tool suite which includes NNMi, NetQoS, NetMRI, etc. The team works collaboratively with all aspects of IT (Engineering, Architecture, Design, Applications, and Support Desk). Responsible for daily projects and requests within a global client environment. The team maintains a 24×7 on call rotation and should be prepared to address any issue. This position is located within the New York Metropolitan area.

About this Opportunity

The team is responsible for the entire Network Operations enterprise. Works directly with clients and vendors to help troubleshoot issues, identify root causes, documentation and reporting.

Qualifications/Requirements

Multi-faceted high-end networking individual responsible for maintaining daily operations within the Global Enterprise network.

Requirements:

Minimum 5 years experience leading complex project builds with proven performance and on-time results

Expertise working on a team with motivated cross functional individuals focused on a common goal of delivering cutting edge solutions to meet aggressive business trends

Cisco CCNP certificate or equivalent experience

Monitors ticket queue and responds to service requests and incidents

Maintains structured cable systems, Telecom systems, WAN, LAN and Cellular/DAS

Design and implementation of voice and video network infrastructures

Properly install Network hardware, patch panels and other related hardware

Design and implementation of Quality Of Service(QoS), able to customize across Cisco platforms to support Voice, Video, and other applications

Comprehension of technical instructions

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Solid documentation experience with Visio, Word, Excel

Ambitious and goal oriented, with initiative to work tasks to completion

Responsible for implementing complex projects

Willing to participate in 24×7 on-call rotation

Willing to travel, work off-hours and on weekends with little notice

Extensive knowledge of enterprise, datacenter, DMZ and internet routing and switching design, implementation and troubleshooting.

Experience implementing and troubleshooting:

Routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and ISIS

WAN connectivity especially MPLS

LAN technologies: Spanning-tree, VTP, Port Channels, VPC, HSRP

Multicast Routing, specifically PIM and IGMP

NAT/PAT

Experience with Network Security, including the design, configuration, and tuning of Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls

Excellent understanding of VPN – site to site, client, IPSEC (including the protocol suite), IKE, tunnel modes, SSL clientless/ Anyconnect, Tunnels between ASAs, Routers

Extensive knowledge of Data Center design utilizing the Cisco Nexus product line

Strong knowledge of the Cisco ASR 9000 (IOS-XR) and

Cisco 6500 products

Familiar with common monitoring and alerting systems, comfortable with SNMP and Netflow

Responsible for tier 2/3 troubleshooting and escalations

Design and deploy necessary controls to insure the network meets service levels

Desired Characteristics

Desired Characteristics:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Strong background in wireless communication design, configuration

Cisco Wireless

Wireless surveys

Wireless site assessment and audit

MPLS traffic engineering design, configuration, and troubleshooting, specifically:

LDP, TDP, RSVP

MPBGP-VPNv4, Multi-VRF and VRF-Lite

Experience with F5 load-balancing infrastructure

Experinece with Global Server Load balancing

Experience with DMVPN implementation

Scripting, specifically: Unix shell, python and/or powershell, ideally in a network automation context

Acceptance testing of new hardware and software

Sub-Business

Technology

Career Level

Experienced

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

About Us

At NBCUniversal, we believe in the talent of our people. It’s our passion and commitment to excellence that drives NBCU’s vast portfolio of brands to succeed. From broadcast and cable networks, news and sports platforms, to film, world-renowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties, we take pride in all that we do and all that we represent. It’s what makes us uniquely NBCU. Here you can create the extraordinary. Join us.

Notices

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