Cisco Network Engineer

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Job Summary

As a Network Operations Tier 2 team member, reporting to the Manager of Equinix Global Network Operations, you will be a technology leader ensuring the reliability and security of our strategic network platforms.  These platforms include but are not limited to Cisco/Juniper LAN/WAN, Palo Alto Firewalls, Mist and Meraki Access Points and F5 load balancers.  In this role, you will strategically focus on Equinix’s WIFI technology platforms but also be able to provide support to our other platforms on an as needed basis.  You will provide second level support of break/fix, service requests, observability improvement, documentation/reporting, capacity management, and provide critical feedback to Engineering and Architecture teams.  You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Architecture, Infosec and AppDev teams to drive performance optimization, implement best practices, and ensure a secure environment.  Act as SME for Cisco infrastructure as well as low level IP services (DNS/DHCP/NTP) at operational level, as well as Solarwinds SME for operational support and configuration.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME for Cisco infrastructure as well as low level IP services (DNS/DHCP/NTP)

• Monitor and ensure network uptime and SLA compliance for Equinix’s global enterprise network

• Maintain, monitor and support enterprise network operations related to WIFI platforms

• Act as the second line of support for Network issues and escalation for Tier 1

• Perform T2 operational tasks such as to Incident response, triage, troubleshooting, resolution and process standard service requests.

• Identification and proactive problem management of assigned Cisco and IP Services platforms

• Resolve internal customer issues and work closely with customers and vendors until resolution

• Perform level 2 network support such as configuring of, switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, and other network devices

• Perform advanced troubleshooting and health checks, configuration modification, and upgrades

• Vendor management, cooperation and escalation for ISP's and OEM's to support the infrastructure

• Ensure network configuration and design principles are adhered to

• Support processes and procedures automation for network operations

• Document and publish approved KB articles, work instructions and procedures for internal reference

• Willing to work in multi-national team and 8x5 operation in the follow the sun model

• Participate in the periodic weekend on-call and ad-hoc weekend or after-hours activities

• Participate in infrastructure projects on an as needed basis

• Provide network on-site support as required (<10%)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience

• Proven experience as a Network Operations T2 team member or in a similar role, with strong focus on Cisco systems and IP services infrastructure and observability.

• Industry knowledge and hands on experience of ServiceNow and ITIL process to understand Incidents, Requests, Problems & Change processes

• Hands on experience in troubleshooting complex Cisco and IP services (standards, security, configs, best practices, etc.). Cisco (Nexus, Catalyst, ISE) Infoblox and Windows DNS/DHCP required

• Demonstrable experience in supporting global network infrastructure (troubleshooting, operations, configurations) and OSI layers

• Advanced knowledge and experience of routing and switching protocols (OSPF, BGP, STP, VLAN, etc.) and network hardware (switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers etc.) Juniper/Cisco/Palo Alto/F5 preferred

• Multi-Year hands-on experience in production network configuration changes and troubleshooting         

• Experience in use of packet capture tools such as Wireshark

• Intermediate understanding of security best practices concerning all aspects of the network (PAN Firewalls, Cisco ISE, Global Protect, SSL, IPsec, Dot1x)

• Possess excellent English verbal and writing skills.

• CCNP, CCIE or similar professional level certification preferred

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