Position : Project Manager – Network Rollout
Location: Secaucus, NJ
Duration: 3+ months
Job Description:
This individual will be hands on as well as oversee the engineering team with the delivery of projects, ensuring engineers are technically prepared, services are completed fully and efficiently, and have met or exceeded client expectations. In this role you will act as a focal point for highly complex network problem resolution, lead design workshops and support pre-sales activity for highly complex networks. You will consistently evaluate, develop and refine technical deployment methodology & documentation. Training is available in advanced technologies.
Key responsibilities include:
Technical Leadership
Client Relations
Business Management
Team Building
Required Skills:
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience
Strong technical and leadership skills - ability to provide insight to enhance the viability of the business & drive differentiation in the market place.
Must possess strong technical account management skills and have excellent troubleshooting skills.
Flexibility and having a car is must for this position as the successful candidate will be visiting client sites quite regularly.
Required Experience:
Extensive knowledge and experience of Core Routing and Switching design, configuration, and troubleshooting, and usage of Cisco Best Practices :
Routing protocols—OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
IOS, IOS-XR
WAN connectivity such as T1/T3, OC3, OC12, MPLS, Metro-E
Spanning-tree, VTP, Port Channels, Load balancing, SPAN
Multicast PIM Sparse/Dense, MSDP
NAT
Potential candidates must possess experience and demonstrate expertise in at least one or more of the following areas:
Nexus configuration and design
VDC, VPC, OTV, LISP, FabricPatch, DCNM
Cisco Network Security design, configuration, and tuning of Cisco security appliances
Excellent understanding of VPN—site to site, remote access client, IPSEC (including the protocol suite), IKE, tunnel modes, SSL clientless/AnyConnect, Tunnels between ASAs, Routers
ASA Firewalls and FWSMs—NAT, ACL configuration, IPSec and SSL VPN, configuration of IPS, CX, BotNet modules; CSM and Next-Gen features
HA configurations, multi-context, transparent mode
IPS appliances and in-line modules, tuning of alerts
Cisco ACS for network Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Cisco ISE integration with wired data and wireless infrastructure
Cisco/Ironport ESA/WSA
SourceFire and/or Palo Alto Firewall experience
Cisco Enterprise Wireless communication design, configuration
Configuring Lightweight and Autonomous APs, WLAN Controllers, PRIME
Bridging, outdoor/mesh, location tracking, wIPS, guest access
Wireless surveys, site assessments, and audits
Meraki wireless
Quality of Service understanding and configuration; able to customize across all Cisco platforms to support Voice, Video, and selected applications
MPLS Traffic engineering design, configuration, and troubleshooting
LDP, TDP, RSVP Label distribution
MPBGP-VPNv4, Multi-VRF and VRF-Lite
Application and WAN Optimization appliance design and configuration
Appliances such as NetScaler, F5, Riverbed, and Infoblox
Required Qualifications:
Cisco® CCNP/CCIE certificate OR equivalent experience
Cisco Meraki experience (Preferred)
Strong communication skills
Solid documentation experience with Microsoft® Visio, Word, and Excel
Ambitious and goal-oriented, with initiative to work until job is complete
8 years of related experience with project Deliverables from a VAR/Integrator experience (strongly preferred)
Prior experience working closely with customers and collaborating with IT staff
Strong technical and leadership skills, that will provide insight to enhance the viability of the business & drive differentiation in the market place.
Must possess strong technical account management skills and have excellent troubleshooting skills.
Prior management experience preferred
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience.