Veredus - DC is hiring a Sr Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer RESPONSIBILITIES: . Provides technical support for new and existing technologies in collaboration with other technical and management stakeholders . Supports the setup of disaster recovery strategy for production environments . Communicates status and/or concerns regarding technical and project tasks to IT, business, and project management staff . Identifies and proactively resolves infrastructure/systems issues. . Identifies and manages risks and issues as a subject matter expert for daily operational support and projects. . Collaborates with technical staff to administer and support infrastructure environments. . Acts as primary support owner of contact for all network infrastructure environments, collaborating with other project team members and management to: o Define and manage the overall support process o Configuration, deployment, and administration of networking systems including routers, switches, wireless access points, WAN and internet services. o The individual will perform hands-on support of production LAN/WAN, and take ownership of all network documentation initiatives. o S/he is responsible for the daily monitoring of the network. S/he reports on network and system capacity utilization and drives initiatives to improve the network o As the lead network person, s/he is the third level of escalation and should be reachable when there is a network issue that requires senior attention. o S/he collaborates with Systems Engineering team to design integrate and maintain an environment compliant with internal and external regulations. Core Competencies: . Excellent communications skills interacting with technical and business audiences . Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals. . Strong knowledge and expertise in local and wide area networking communications. . Provide management, administration and support of Cisco routers, series 72xx, 28xx, 29xx, 38xx, 39xx. . Must have considerable depth with routing protocols, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP as well as configuration of policy based routing. . Provide management, administration and support for Cisco switches series 65xx, 4500, 3500, and 3750. . Provide management, administration and support for Cisco Aironet series 1300 LWAP . Provide management, administration and support for Cisco WCS and WLC appliances and modules. . Must possess strong understanding of switching principles and protocols including, VLAN, STP, VTP, ISL, 802.1Q, Etherchannel. . Knowledge of WAN and LAN architectures, MPLS, ATM, OC3, T1, E1, DS3, E3 and MPLS. . Must possess strong understanding of QOS (Cisco autoQOS, Diffserv, WFQ, CBWFQ, CAC and RSVP). . Must possess strong understanding of wireless technologies and protocols (802.11a, b, g and n). . Must possess strong understanding of packet analysis tools and be proficient at reading network packet streams . Must possess good hardware, network operating systems and troubleshooting skills . Must possess strong understanding of network and system integration principles . Must be familiar with network events monitoring and log management tools; What's Up Gold, SolarWinds Orion and Wireshark. . Must possess proficient in network best practices based on well known standards . Provide management and support for internet services and related systems. . Setup and provide support for VPN communications (IPSEC and SSL) . Must provide continuous evaluation of the company's network infrastructure and initiate expansion or remediation projects to support growth and mitigate risks . Must possess good project management and organizational skills necessary to coordinate across diverse IT and non IT groups to deliver projects on time and within budget. . Working knowledge of Riverbed Steelhead and IP Telephony systems a plus. . Working knowledge of Cisco ISE, Cisco NAC, Blue Coat Proxy Server, Packetshaper and F5 a plus. . Working knowledge of Cisco ASA firewalls a plus. . Willingness to provide oncall support for critical production issues Additional Skills . Bachelor's (or equivalent) degree in Computer Science or Information Technology (and/or equivalent experience). . 5 to 10 years of LAN/WAN experience, design and troubleshooting in a fast pace production environment. . Cisco certifications: CCNP tracking towards CCIE preferred. . Strong analytical and verbal/written communication skills. . Proven mentorship and leadership abilities. . Ability to work independently and make appropriate decisions or escalations. . Ability to align Long term network vision with strategic business direction. . Some travel may be required, valid Passport preferred.