Network Engineer - IV

Job Title: Network Engineer - IV

Locations: 500 W Dove Rd, Southlake, TX (Remote)

Duration: 06 to 12+ Months

Must-have:

* Strong experience with Leaf-and-Spine network fabric leveraging Cisco and Nokia SR-OS *** ***CCIE certification or equivalent level is Required**

* This position will support the Core Network Engineering team with responsibilities in the South Central and South East Markets.

* You will assist and perform engineering responsibilities integrating the network fabric comprised of Leaf-and-spine architecture, and work closely with the Capacity Planning, Design and Operations teams to implement our strategic technology goals and transition to the eNSE network fabric platform.

* You will also work to support strategic technology goals including the ongoing migration of core elements to eNSE and the onboarding of VNFs.

* You will work collaboratively with existing team members to meet team goals.

* Develop network configurations from design models and templates.

* Work with cross-functional teams to ensure new networks are built, migrated and decommissioned

* Build networks for interconnection to Cloud Platforms for growth, capacity and expansion.

* Work with underlay and overlay controllers for network creation, network modeling, and network deployments.

* Leveraging plugins for network deployments across multiple virtualized OS environments.

* Engineer network solutions and can work independently with a strong interaction with application teams.

Educational and Certification Qualifications:

* Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent data networking and telecommunications service experience.

* Minimum of 5 years' experience in data networking and telecommunications, including expert knowledge and working hands on knowledge preferably in the service provider or large enterprise network environment.

* Hands-on experience configuring Nokia (Alcatel Client) routers, switches and related network equipment.

Preferably:

* Nokia ALU 7750 SR1s/7s, and 7250 IXR with hands-on operating SR-OS.

* Others include Cisco Carrier Routing Systems (CRS), Cisco Network Convergence System (Company), ASR 9K, ISR 3945, Nexus 3K, 7K, 9K.

* Operating Systems: XR-IOS, NX-OS. * Solid understanding of Networking specific technologies: VXLAN, EVPN, L2VPN (VPLS), L3VPN (VPRN), OSPF, ISIS, MP-BGP, BGP-LU, QOS/Traffic Engineering, MPLS (LDP & TDP), and Segment routing.

* Any cloud and scripting experience i.e. Linux, Openstack, Python, automation, ansibles, and virtualization is a plus.