• Location:
Remote (US Only)
• Pay Rate:
$55 to $70 per hour
W2 or C2C
• Contract Length:
Long Term Contract
Resposibility:
• Participate in design and Implement backbone network design, architecture for on-prem and public cloud migration.
• Design and build hybrid connectivity between on-prem and public clouds with advanced knowledge of interconnectivity options.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and business unit partners in developing project objectives and timelines for various partner onboarding and network connectivity solutions.
• Participate and own the delivery from the Network team for clients infrastructure organic growth and business requirements.
• Drive detailed definitions of feature requirements through discussions with product managers and customers for partner onboarding (Extranet partners).
• Work with vendors, clients, carriers and technical staff on network implementation, optimization, migration and ongoing network management.
• Produce work breakdown structures and plan to execute complex backbone changes, hardware uplift, migrations, and software upgrades to avoid service impact for our global backbone.
• Create and define network engineering best practices, documentation, and building MOP & SOP.
• Review network capacity and develop plans to meet current and future demand for global backbone working with external circuit providers and vendors.
• Provide high-level support and technical expertise in networking technology, and be available to work with global teams in the event of critical outages
• A Positive "can do" attitude with the ability to articulate thoughts and ideas and see them to fruition.
Qualifications:
• 8+ years of network experience in managing large-scale global networks, preferably in the financial network space.
• Hands-on experience configuring & Managing Juniper network and routing devices like Juniper MX & QFX platforms.
• Deep working knowledge of networking technologies, including Layer-2 and Layer-3 protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, MPLS) operating global backbone.
• Hands-on experience managing Backbone traffic engineering (MPLS RSVP-TE), public peering with ISPs, CDNs and partners (BGP Traffic engineering).
• Experience in interfacing with carriers for peering, circuit delivery, troubleshooting and migration.
• Good understanding of AWS/GCP/AZURE services like VPC, Direct Connect/Interconnect/Express route, Transit Gateways, VPN.
• Experience in implementing dedicated and hosted Hybrid Interconnectivity for on-prem to public cloud connectivity.
• Hands-on experience configuring Cisco/Arista routing and switching devices.
• Experience in network design, operations and troubleshooting methodologies
• Juniper JNCIP/JNCIS certification is a huge plus.
• Bachelor’s in computer networks/science or relevant technical field