Senior Network Engineer

Summary

Join Cologix as a Senior Network Engineer and contribute to the engineering, design, and maintenance of a large data center network. You will evaluate and maintain traffic flows, provide Tier III support, troubleshoot network issues, and evaluate new technologies. This role requires 4-8 years of experience as a network engineer, strong communication and problem-solving skills, and expertise in various network technologies. Preferred qualifications include specific certifications and experience with virtualization and scripting. Cologix offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401k, and an annual bonus.

Requirements

• Minimum 4-8 years’ experience as a network engineer
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and a strong customer service mentality
• Strong analytical and effective problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage assigned tasks and projects with little supervision
• Ability to be a quick learner who can adapt to changing requirements
• Proven experience working in a team-based environment
• Self-starter who possesses good time management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Diplomatic, positive approach to interacting with employees
• Must be punctual, reliable, flexible and willing to work additional hours when necessary to meet the demands of the department
• Strong understanding of routers and switches: Cisco, Juniper, Brocade
• Strong understanding of firewalls: Cisco ASA, Juniper SRX, and Sophos
• Strong understanding of load balancers - Unix platforms
• Strong understanding of MPLS/EVPN/VXLAN/OTV/L3VPN
• Core routing experience
• Strong understanding of routing protocols: eBGP, iBGP, ISIS, OSPF, and EIGRP
• Strong Layer2/Layer3 background
• Experience with Windows, Linux, and MAC Operating Systems
• Experience with Enterprise Server Configuration (Dell, HP, Supermicro)
• Experience with VPN Configuration
• Experience with Private Cloud Configuration and Installation
• Experience with VMware Essentials
• Experience with Physical Racking and Cabling of Enterprise Devices
• Experience with Alarm Monitoring
• Experience with Ticketing System Use

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and maintain traffic flows across transit and backbone links
• Provide Tier III support for network-related problems
• Troubleshoot backbone network
• Evaluate new technologies as needed
• Respond to trouble tickets and escalated customer calls
• Perform hardware installations of network infrastructure
• Turn up high-touch customer deployments

Preferred Qualifications

• Optical Engineering experience
• Virtualization experience: VMWare, Openstack, KVM, Puppet, Chef
• Scripting experience: Python, Perl, PHP, and shell
• CCNA – Cisco Certified Network Associate
• CCNP – Cisco Certified Network Professional
• JNCIA – Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending account options
• Non-accrued PTO
• Company paid holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Annual bonus