Network Engineer ONLY

Reference # : 19-03196
Title : Network Engineer - W2 ONLY
Location : Southlake, TX
Position Type : Contract
Experience Level :
Start Date / End Date : 11/10/2019 / 11/07/2020
Description

This position will support the Core Network Engineering team with responsibilities in the South Central and South East Markets. You will assist with and perform engineering responsibilities for one or more COINs 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 Telecommunication's strategic technology goals including the ongoing migration of core elements to eNSE and onboarding of VNFs. You will work collaboratively with existing team members to meet team goals.

Interaction with design and architecture teams developing future networks.
Develop network configurations from design models and templates.
Work with cross-functional teams to ensure new networks are built, migrated and decommissioned
Work on engineering and deploying directional networks for Intelligent Edge, including but not limited to: SAP ENSE Fabric, Access ENSE fabric, ISP, NNI and Core connectivity.
Build networks for interconnection to VCP 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 with a strong interaction with PNF and VNF applications teams.
Educational and Certification Qualifications:
Hands-on experience of Cisco ACI, VXLAN, SDN/NFV, MPLS VPN, and MP-BGP protocols
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent data networking and telecommunications service experience. Cisco CCNP or CCIE
Minimum of 5 years experience in data networking and telecommunications, including expert knowledge and working hands on knowledge preferrably in the service provider or large enterprise network environment.
Hands-on experience configuring routers, switches and related network equipment. Preferably: Cisco Carrier Routing Systems (CRS), Cisco Network Convergence System (Company), ASR 9K, ISR 3945, Nexus 3K, 7K, 9K, Juniper MX-480, MX-960. Operating Systems: IOS, XR-IOS, NX-OS, JunOS.
Solid understanding of Networking specific technologies: VXLAN, L2VPN, L3VPN, OSPF, ISIS, MPBGP, QOS/Traffic Engineering, MPLS (LDP & TDP) , Segment routing and VRFs
Any cloud and scripting experience i.e. Linux, Openstack, Python, automation, ansibles, virtualization is a plus.