Network Engineer

Position Title: Network Engineer

Duration: 6+ months

Location: Vancouver, CAN

Overview: The Network Engineer will be part of a team responsible for maintaining Campus and Wide Area Network services in a 24/7, mission-critical enterprise environment and delivering information technology solutions, services, and infrastructure. This level 3 role in the Network Operations team focuses on proactive performance and capacity management, problem management, and escalation support. You will analyze processes and workflows within the existing infrastructure and network services lifecycle, including the delivery for internal and external customers, looking for ways to improve, automate, and simplify it.

Summary

Participate in supporting and configuring the company’s network environment, including switches, routers, load balancers, wireless, firewalls, WAN accelerators, and other hardware.

Make recommendations and provide daily operational maintenance of existing network infrastructure (mainly Cisco and Palo Alto)

Planning and execution of changes, assessing and mitigating risks, and following IT change control best practices for predictable results

Provide highest level operational support, triage, break/fix, and incident resolution, including response to escalations, proactively notifying customers of network issues, and assessing and communicating business impact.

Participate and collaborate in various information technology projects

Improve metrics collection on network devices and expand monitoring of network devices

Use of network tools for administration, maintenance, automation, and visualization/reporting

Prepare and maintain up-to-date documentation for internal and external customers detailing the configuration of deployed solutions

Demonstrate sound judgment in solving problems as well as identifying problems in advance, and proposing solutions and technology guidance to solve business problems and improve existing network

Requirements:

To be a true engineer, you must possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Be passionate about network technology and demonstrate awareness of industry trends/direction.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Minimum Professional level certification - Cisco CCNP or equivalent certification Network Engineering

Skills:

Minimum of 5 years of experience provisioning and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN connectivity technologies, hands-on experience with routers, switches, firewalls

Proven expertise in network and infrastructure principles and general network management best practices.

Good understanding of different vendor cloud platforms. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform

Proven experience with network services and dynamic routing (BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, VRF, QoS, HSRP, IPSLA, IPSec, SNMP, RADIUS, TACACS…)

Familiar with Networking Monitoring and Management Tools

Ability and desire to learn independently as well as in a team

Ability to manage time well and meet multiple deadlines

Excellent writing and communication skills

Strong technical and problem-resolution skills

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to travel to other locations as required

"Tekgence is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. U.S. citizens and Green Card holders are strongly encouraged to apply."

Thanks

Sai Kiran

[email protected]