Individuals that are LOCAL to CHICAGO will only be considered for this position
This role has potential to go Fulltime - W-2 only
Mandatory 3 day's a week on-site in downtown Chicago
Cisco CCNP. CCIE preferred
The Senior Network Engineer Lead's primary areas of responsibility include ensuring there are defined standards in place, manage the technical lifecycle of products and services and deliver change/transformation against created designs; always ensuring a smooth transition/handover to Network Operations.
- 13+ years of experience in IT
- Cisco Routing & Switching. Juniper, Arista, Aruba, Catalyst SDWAN.
- BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Layer2/Layer 3, STP, SNMP.
- Solarwinds Orion NCM/NPM, Netscout, Gigamon and Wireshark.
- Cloud automation Networking Azure/AWS
- Ansible and/or Puppet automation tools. Python scripting.
- Workflow automation
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 and Layer 4-7 protocols
- WAN Optimization
- DNS, IPAM and DHCP
Overall Responsibilities:
- Responsible for defining and documenting Network Engineering Standards
- Responsible for the creation of Low Level Design documents to meet requirements outlined in the High Level Design
- Responsible for the creation of detailed Implementation Plans for all engineering related activity
- Responsible for Procurement activities relating to build and delivery of new services (Project)
- Responsible for ensuring the smooth Transition/Handover to Operations in line with agreed Operational Acceptance Process
- Responsible for managing Technical Lifecycle Management for all Network & Communications services
- Responsible for supporting Architecture in creation and upkeep of a Delivery Roadmap for Network Engineering
- Responsible for supporting the Architecture in scoping activities required to produce the High Level Design
- Responsible for supporting Architecture in undertaking Proof of Concept activities
- Responsible for ensuring skillsets are relevant and up to date in order to deliver change and provide a high level of support
- Responsible for providing escalation support to Operations with complex troubleshooting of Major Incidents as required
- Provide on call escalation support (rotation basis) and work extended hours as and when required