Network Engineer, Principal Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of network engineer, principal. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for network architecture and design validation services Cisco Customer Experience Services Customers around Cisco’s Routing and Switching, Datacenter or Mobility products and solutions.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• ODaily Support for Network Security Projects and improvement initiatives
• CiscoWorks Prime and LMS or latest iteration
• Cisco Secure Audit Collection Services (ACS)
• Extreme Networks NetSight
• Extreme Networks NAC
• InfoBlox DNS / Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Juniper Netscreen Firewall Manager
• Cisco ASA Firewall Manager

I would like to submit my application for the network engineer, principal opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for escalation support in troubleshooting Cisco UCM, Unity Connections, and UCCE call routing and voice related issues.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Hands-on experience troubleshooting complex n-tier web applications
• Expert knowledge TCP/IP, SSL Certificate Management, DNS, DHCP, operating systems, and applications data flows
• In depth knowledge on configuring and optimizing Network device monitoring and alerting
• Networking for containers
• Experience with network products from vendors such as Cisco, Palo Alto, and Citrix, Juniper, Riverbed
• In-depth understanding of communications protocols (TCP/IP) and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc)
• Make sound network recommendations to best facilitate ongoing company technology projects
• Coordination of system maintenance, monitoring and installation of multiple WAN/LAN/WLAN environments

In response to your job posting for network engineer, principal, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for operational support for Cisco IOS as well as NX-OS switches.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Type I encryption devices
• SIPRNet and NIPRNet
• OpenStack/Neutron experience
• Research and analyze data or voice networking technologies to remain pro-active and current in the industry
• Thorough understanding of network and routing protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, OSPF and BGP and SMTP including subnetting and packet routing
• Experienced knowledge of T1, T3, MPLS and SIP networks
• Experience with Microsoft directory services
• Occasional travel in North America

I am excited to be applying for the position of network engineer, principal. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for backup support of our firewall and load balancer services as well as Cisco telephony services.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience in design and development of networking software features dealing with specialized ASICs/network processors (such as from Broadcom, Fulcrum, Marvel ,) for high-performance packet forwarding systems is mandatory
• Experience with QOS features like WFQ, Rate Limiting, Rate Policing, DSCP Marking, DCB, Hierarchical scheduling is preferrable
• Requires BS/MS EE/CS
• Experience with a scripting language, such as Perl or Python, automation environment, such as Ansible, is preferred
• Hands on experience with common scripting/programming languages to automate tasks and/or parse data
• Significant experience working in Linux and hands recent experience with Linux network security tools
• Experience monitoring threats via a SIEM console (LogRhythm/Splunk preferred)
• Experience conducting incident response to include

I would like to submit my application for the network engineer, principal opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for operational support for GE’s Global Voice Service, including modern cluod voice (Skype Voice, Cloud Voice services) and legacy voice platforms (Avaya, Cisco, Alcatel and standalone platforms), worldwide.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Knowledge of networking and Data Center Design and Architecture models like Cisco ACI
• Knowledge of QoS and queuing theory, traffic shaping and policy management and other operational/engineering activities
• Experience in BGP/OSPF, Routing convergence optimization
• Familiarity with MPLS
• Knowledge of IPsec, Dynamic and Route Based VPN tunnels
• Basic knowledge of Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems (IDS)
• Working in a controlled environment with regards to Change Management
• ITIL Foundation certificate or equivalent knowledge of ITIL