Cisco Network Engineer

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Job Summary

Provide Cisco: Routers, switeches, firewall configuration, implementation and installation.

Provide management on the site and guide the team

Must be able to provide turn key project to the client from ground to completion

Duties & Responsibilities

Network Design: Provide network design services which meet and exceed the needs of major financial services firm, ensuring adherence to departmental policies and procedures; coordinate and define network requirements (i.e. design, configure, install, etc.) to include coordinating with other groups within and outside the Infrastructure team to determine the scope and objectives of proposed networking configurations; oversee the timely and accurate analysis of company and third-party vendor requirements, evaluating if network configuration is possible with existing resources and managing end user expectations to keep them at a realistic level; develop and implement network back up and recovery plans to maintain reliable network operating system.

Develop detailed implementation plans to accommodate network growth, security, and enhancements by maximizing functionality of network equipment (i.e. Cisco routers, gateways, switches, etc.); monitor network implementation, providing support in an timely and accurate manner; know and support approved corporate and departmental policies relating to business procedures, philosophies and conduct; design network performance reports, detailing network status, for management in an accurate and timely manner


Technical Research and Analysis - Analyze data traffic patterns within network infrastructure, detecting operational problems and recommending improvements to ensure optimal performance; proactively identify symptoms and instabilities in a timely and accurate manner to include performing analysis, capacity planning, and testing for organizations network environment; make recommendations to management on enhancements to network that will improve the quality and reliability of the networks performance; provide recommendations of the most cost-effective solution to management, including all cost, procedural, and contractual considerations necessary to make decisions; research and identify new technologies available that offer business advancements; provide written documentation to support the recommendation and benefits of implementing new technology.

Provide network security by configuring routers, switches, firewalls etc. according to client security standards; monitor security measures in place within network perimeter, ensuring security breaches do not occur and information is safeguarded from unauthorized users, etc.


Ensure information is properly protected by assisting the Infrastructure team in developing secure architectures within Production and corporate network environment.

Provide management with status reports throughout assigned projects detailing project status and timeline, to include completing a project completion report to document if all milestones and objectives were met

Problem Resolution - Proactively oversee the activities involved in quality resolution of complex technical issues, responding with an appropriate sense of urgency to problems escalated to Network Engineer’s level; coordinate with appropriate departments to determine positive solutions that increase end user satisfaction, following through to completion, and communicating resolution results to end user; escalate to management any situation that could adversely impact the service provided to the end user; monitor trends in documented incidents and determine appropriate actions necessary to eliminate future occurrences and improve customer service levels in an appropriate timeframe; respond to 24-hour/7-day-a-week
service needs while adhering to established departmental guidelines

Perform Site Survey and provide detailed Network Infrastructure report based on the site survey with complete proposed bill of material including the sketches.

Duties as Assigned - The job description documents the general nature and level of work but is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all activities, duties, and responsibilities required of job incumbents. Consequently, job incumbents may be asked to perform other duties as required.

Job Requirements

Minimum five years network infrastructure experience required

Minimum Requirement: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), CISCO IP TELEPHONEY SUPPORT SPECIALIST
Preferred: CCIE, CCSP, CISCO FIREWALL SPECIALIST, CISCO IPS SPECIALIST, CISCO VPN SPECIALIST, CCNA, CHECKPOINT FIREWALL CERTIFICATIONS

Skills: Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003/2000/NT and Workstation 4.0/XP/2000, Mac OS X 10.x, DOS 6.22, Linux (Red Hat) 9.0, UNIX (Solaris).

Applications: MS office 97/2000/2003, MS Exchange 2003/5.5, Black Berry Enterprise Server, Visio 2000, Pc Anywhere 9/11.1, Norton Antivirus

LAN/WAN: TCP/IP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, CDP, IP Routing, Frame Relay, Multi Layer Switching, ACL’s, NAT, T1/Ds3, WAN Equipment - Paradyne 91xx / 95xx / 96xx Framesaver, 3160 / 71xx; Adtran TSU, DSU III / IV, Total Access 750 FXS / FXO Channel Bank; Motorola Codex 35xx, UTA 220

NMS / Analysis: Cisco Ciscoworks 5.0 / 2000, BBSM; IPSwitch What’s up Gold, Network Associates Sniffer Pro 4.5 / 4.6, Sniffer Reporter; Wildpackets Etherpeek; Agilent / HP Internet Advisor 2300, PRTG, Cacti, Orion

Routing: Cisco 4000 / 4500 / 6500 / 7200 routers, Protocols include OSPF, ISIS, BGP, EIGRP, MPLS VPNs, 802.1q, ISL, EtherChannel, Multicast, VMWAre , SNMP, HSRPIPSec, DHCP, Frame Relay Traffic Shaping, Voice over Frame, Voice over IP, Multiflex Voice WAN modules, Video / Voice QoS (CBWFQ, LLQ)

Switching: Cisco Catalyst 3500 / 3550 / 3700 / 3900 / 4000 / 6500 series switches, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.1q, ISL, EtherChannel

Load Balancing - Netscalers, F5 and Cisco

Security: Cisco Catalyst FWSM, Cisco ASA 55xx, PIX 506 / 515 / 525 / 535, Firewall IOS, IPSec VPN (Cisco Secure Client, Cisco VPN 3000 Client, Microsoft Client, Router-Router, Router-PIX, PIX-PIX, Redundant tunnels), VPN Concentrator 3005 / 3015, ACS, TACACS+, Radius, Cisco Secure Scanner, Checkpoint Firewall 4.1 / 2000 / NGFP2/3; Sonicwall PRO / DMZ / XPRS2 Firewall and VPN; NetScreen 5XP; RSA SecureID ACE Server, Cisco intrusion detection system, Snort, IBM MSS system.

Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

Submission Guideline

Email:admin.gtech@gmail.com
Cell: +93774511073

Functional Area

IT - Hardware

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