Sr. Network Engineer Job in Santa Clara 95054, California US

This employee will be a member of the Information Technology Network team and will work with various functional areas on gathering requirements, evaluating, designing, implementing, and supporting network (LAN, MAN, WAN, wireless, VPN, content networking) technologies that will enable the organization to work effectively and productively. The employee will define, document and implement strategy, direction and architectures for the global network environment. This requires extensive and broad functional experience with switching, routing, firewall, VPN, wireless, content networking, and network management systems across a wide range of complex architectures, platforms and mediums.

 

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

·         Research, design, plan, and implement new network technologies into current operating environment. Test and evaluate future looking technologies by participating in beta tests of given technologies.

·         Look for ways to provide enhancements to existing network services. Make recommendations, define the ROI, and implement these improvements using an accepted change control methodology process.

·         Define and follow standards and best practices for network design, testing, and implementation methodology. Document the environment.

·         Configure, deploy, fine-tune, monitor, maintain, upgrade, troubleshoot, support and repair the Broadcom global network as required. Provide training to regional site staff for same.

 

Job Requirements

5+ years of direct engineering and design experience in the telecommunications and/or networking industry. Cisco CCNP/CCDP or CCIE certifications preferred.

·         Expertise in creating repeatable, reliable, scalable network architectures, with fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery. Expert working knowledge (including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot) Cisco routers, switches, VPN concentrators, firewalls, 802.11 wireless access points, and load balancers.

·         Understanding of transport protocols, routing protocols, and security/authentication protocols at all layers of the OSI model with emphasis on TCP/IP are essential.

·         Must have knowledge networking features and protocols such as spanning tree, ARP, CDP, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, Etherchannel, 802.1Q trunking, MLS, HSRP, QoS, multicast, 802.11, IPsec, Frame Relay, RADIUS/TACACS+, SNMP, T-1/E-1, BRI/PRI, MPLS, dial-up services, and caching services.

·         Additional areas of expertise in areas such as VoIP, DSL, BlueTooth, dial-up, and cable access desired.

·         Experience with network management tools such as Sniffers, Ethereal, MRTG, HP Openview, Whats Up Gold, Netreo Omniscient. Sniffer certification or CNX a plus.

·         Experience supporting Windows and UNIX products systems/applications on networking technologies. Certifications and/or experience equivalent to MCSE, Solaris, and Linux are a bonus.

·         Ability to learn new things quickly, and need minimal direction.

·         A high degree of creative ability, analytical and technical skills and independent judgment/decision making.

·         Good strategic planning, project management, organizational and time management skills to handle multiple complex enterprise-scale complex projects simultaneously.

·         Excellent communications and presentation skills and candidate must have the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations.

·         Strong interpersonal skills needed to team well with peers, customers, project managers, and vendors. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Performs under the general direction of the Manager of Network Infrastructure. Must be self motivated, and self directed.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

 Be able to manage vendors, consultants, or peer team members to fulfill the above functions and responsibilities.