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ID #15384004
State New York
City Buffalo
Job type Permanent
Salary USD $80,000 - $100,000 80000 - 100000
Source Pyramid Consulting, Inc.
Showed 2021-06-12
Date 2021-06-08
Deadline 2021-08-07
Category Et cetera
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Network Engineer

New York, Buffalo, 14201 Buffalo USA

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Position: Network Engineer

Location: Buffalo, NY

Duration: Full Time

Job Description:The Network Engineer is an experienced technical resource responsible for developing and implementing end-to-end solutions to complex business networking and communications problems for new and existing clients. For the first approximately 12 months of employment with Meridian IT, this individual will work with a dedicated Client on staff augmentation basis. Upon staff augmentation completion, the Engineer will work with Meridian’s Project Management Office to staff project-based network implementation work, as well as respond to implementation requests, T&M or managed service work. The Network Engineer will work with the Project Management Office to staff project-based network implementation work, as well as respond to ad-hoc support and implementation requests. The Network Engineer is responsible for the entire lifecycle of an engagement (Planning to Close) to which they have been assigned. The ability to properly and professionally manage customer expectations and to calmly handle stressful and complex troubleshooting scenarios are requirements of this position.

Duties and ResponsibilitiesPost-Sales Implementation and Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshoot complex LAN/WAN infrastructure issues under stressful conditions.
  • Good understanding of Cisco wireless architecture.
  • Good understanding of Cisco Client.
  • Design and implement scalable and highly resilient LAN/WAN infrastructure solutions utilizing products from such manufacturers as Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, F5, Riverbed, Client, etc.
  • Design and implement perimeter and data security solutions including firewalls, intrusion detection / prevention, VPN’s, remote access and monitoring tools.
  • Successfully manage the entire lifecycle of an implementation engagement from Plan to Close.
  • Successfully work with a project team to implement a portion of an implementation engagement.

Risk Management
  • Escalate issues to the Project Management Office and Service Manager before they jeopardize the success or financial viability of an engagement.
  • Participate in quarterly meetings with the Infrastructure team to discuss recent engagements, challenges and opportunities; incorporate improvements into the pre-sales process.

Communications
  • Manage cross-functional interdependencies.
  • Responsible for clear and timely communication to multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Responsible for communicating the details of an opportunity/engagement to both the business and technical teams.

Miscellaneous
  • Participate with the Project Management Office in project post mortems and collaborate on recommendations reports in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

Qualifications & Requirements
  • 3 to 5+ years’ experience as an IT professional, working hands on designing, configuring, and installing network solutions (wireless, route/switch and datacenter), with a demonstrated increase in responsibility over time
  • CCNP Cisco certifications are required
  • Proficiency in MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint, & Visio)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interface at varying and appropriate levels of management
  • Excellent customer relationship management skills
  • Ability to break down technical concepts into business terms
  • Strong team player with emphasis on soft skills and relationship building
  • In-depth knowledge of numerous security technologies including firewalls, intrusion detection, VPN’s, remote access, and monitoring tools
  • Significant, hands-on experience with design principles ensuring high availability, reliability and security and the implementation of solutions relying on those principals
  • Extensive knowledge of current IEEE networking standards and a fundamental understanding of future technologies
  • Significant, hands-on experience with core distribution and access layer design and implementation strategies
  • Experience with infrastructure costing and sizing, data center design, and DR planning
  • Significant, hands-on experience with Cisco LAN/WAN networking and Internet hardware and software:
    • Cisco access switches, Cisco datacenter switches, Cisco wireless controllers and lightweight access points, and Cisco routers (ISR, ASR).
  • In-depth knowledge of numerous networking technologies including wireless (a, b, g, n, ac, ax), spanning-tree, routing protocols (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP), various layer-2 and layer-3 LAN/WAN protocols (Ethernet/GigE/10GigE, PPP, HDLC, Frame-Relay, SONET, ATM, MPLS, etc.), load-balancing, content filtering, and monitoring tools
  • Proven ability to solve technical challenges under stressful conditions
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Well organized, thrive in a sense-of-urgency environment, leverage best practices, and innovate through any problem with a can-do attitude
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities and interruptions with minimal impact on productivity
  • Demonstrate a high level of independent judgment and initiative, self-starter
  • Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule
  • Ability to obtain and maintain both pre- and post-sales technical certifications from manufacturers (e.g. Cisco, Juniper, Client, etc.)

Regards,

Ashwini Sinha

Pyramid Consulting, Inc.Desk 1-Cell: 3060 Kimball Bridge Rd.,, Suite 200 Suite 200Alpharetta, GA

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