Engineer Networking Job Description
Engineer networking
provides support for network and network security architecture that includes routers, switches, firewalls, proxies, VPNs, and load-balancers.
Engineer Networking Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Has purchasing authority or responsibility for purchase justification
Facilitates, hands-off, the implementation of new transport elements, collaborating with the circuit provisioning team, project management team, testing team, contractors, and local market
Works closely with the PSTN Capacity Planners to analyze traffic reports and make recommendations concerning network plans based on these reports
Works with vendors, and management dealing with vendors, to find the best, most cost-effective solutions to connectivity issues, design architecture
Produces and distributes project status reports to management to be used in the preperation of KPI reports
Provides comprehensive network telephony designs (cost estimates, product recommendations, configurations, and implementation plans) for capital and operating projects
Provides technical guidance to network telephony technical and support staff
Creates and maintains technical drawings and supporting documentation of the Company's network telephony infrastructure
Analyzes root causes to quickly recover from network telephony service interruption and to prevent recurring problems
Investigate network functions and features and design test plans
Engineer Networking Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Engineer Networking
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CCNP, CCIE, ASE, AIS, CCNA, JNCIE, CCDP, ACMP, UNIX, JNCIP
Education for Engineer Networking
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the engineer networking job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technical, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Education, Mathematics, Management Information Systems
Skills for Engineer Networking
Desired skills for engineer networking include:
Trends
Cloud computing and networking applications
Industry directions
Competitive architectures
Load Balancers
Network Security technologies
Operating Systems
Layer 4-7 load balancing and SSL acceleration
AV
Firewalls
Desired experience for engineer networking includes:
Must be a team player with outstanding customer service skills
Understanding of network virtualization solutions
Knowledge of VMware or/and Microsoft virtualization solutions would be an advantage
3+ years of network-focused engineering experience
Broad understanding of client-server and peer-to-peer architectures
Strong debugging and optimization skills working in a multi-threaded environment
Engineer Networking Examples
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Engineer Networking Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of engineer networking. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for engineer networking
- Utilize Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development best practices
- Design and deliver products that meet specifications
- Participate in Agile development processes and assist with automated, load and performance testing to support software quality efforts
- Analyze and troubleshoot internal/testing and customer issues
- Review changes to router and switch management alerts and thresholds
- Participates in project calls and with internal groups to gather detailed technical documentation and understanding of operational impacts
- Review performance data during issues and daily hours to identify anomalies
- Responsible for operational documentation of network
- Complies with change management control processes
- Participates in continuous process improvement
Qualifications for engineer networking
- Certifications and/or experience equivalent to Cisco CCNP+ is preferred
- All supported Layer 2 and 3 protocols and features (STP, HSRP, VLANs, CDP, port-channels, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, DWDM)
- Monitoring systems (Arbor, Zenoss, Syslog, SolarWinds, WhatsUp Gold)
- CCIE-level expertise is required
- T1, T3, ATM, Frame-Relay, MPLS
- Strong analytical, organizational and teamwork skills are a must
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of engineer networking. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for engineer networking
- Interface with multiple layers of contacts within an organization, including but not limited to CIO, IT Directors, CTO, Application Managers
- Demonstrates leadership to ensure that the SHI's recommended e-solutions are comprehensive, achieve customer expectations and meet customer business needs and planning
- C and C++ development
- Designs and plans new functionality
- Leads the implementation and verification work
- Works with key technology partners
- Provide field support during Spirent Lumos certification process at pilot sites in Mexico City and Guadalajara
- Install, configure, and commission Spirent Lumos probes at designated AT&T offices
- Provide technical support for ethernet service assurance products deployed in AT&T’s network via telephone, online networks, email and occasionally site visits based on software installation and upgrade issues
- Diagnose and troubleshoot system and customer reported issues related to system performance, functionality, or installation/upgrades across Spirent Lumos solution including network switch types Cisco and Nokia
Qualifications for engineer networking
- Knowledge of 2+ areas in NIC drivers, virtual LAN, bonding, bridge, ethernet, Open VSwitch, dpdk, route, tunnel, IPv6, IGMP, SCTP, IPsec, TCP and netfilter
- Familiarity with Bash, Python, or C programming
- Willingness to coordinate and help others
- Experience with kernels is a plus
- A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required
- Basic knowledge with major internet routing protocols
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for an engineer networking. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for engineer networking
- Troubleshoot\Diagnose\Root cause issues coming from customers
- Be part of the team that shapes the automation future of our next-generation data center networks
- Providing top level technical support for router and switch architecture (both hardware and software) to Cisco customers, partners, account teams, and other TAC engineers via phone/email/Jabber consultation to independently troubleshoot & debug product problems
- Interacting internally with CSEs, SEs, NCEs, and internal engineering departments
- Designing scripts and processes to automate network operations
- Leverage router, switch and load-balancer APIs to speed up deployments
- Integrate with cloud providers such as Amazon AWS for fully automated roll-outs
- Laisse with the Systems Infrastructure DevOPs and SRE teams to architect seamless systems for automated deployment, monitoring and stability
- Participate in the design sessions of the offering side by side with developers and project managers to scope, prioritize new features, and propose appropriate test strategies
- 80% Windows Server administration/engineering
Qualifications for engineer networking
- Have experience with software/firmware QA on embedded systems
- Be comfortable with C programming
- Be comfortable working in a Linux environment
- For SSE position looking for L2/L2+ support mandatory
- Candidates with troubleshooting and performance management of data infrastructure networks operations
- Hands-on experience on Load balancing
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of engineer networking. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for engineer networking
- Manage Airborne Data Networks and Communications Systems baseline in the Mission System Sustainment Lab (MSSL) at ALC
- Helps maintain an environment of Linux, UNIX and Windows systems *
- Responsible for performing analysis on major system projects *
- Responsible for providing analytical support in the conceptualization, development and implementation of complex systems *
- Responsible for defining system objectives and for preparing system design specifications that fit user's needs *
- Formulates logical statements of user requirements and develops solutions *
- Partners with Application Delivery teams for the design and deployment of technical systems and services that enable PetSmart's stores, distribution centers and corporate strategies and processes
- Documents new and legacy solutions/technologies in both written and visual formats
- Provides level 3 support of solutions via standard escalation mechanisms such as trouble ticketing and emergency call-out
- Provides design, implementation, maintenance and support of processes and systems used with PetSmart's disaster recovery program
Qualifications for engineer networking
- Proficiency in TCP/IP networking, architecture and core technologies (DNS, HTTP, Routing)
- Objective C experience a plus
- RTOS experience a plus
- Experience setting up and helping with Microsoft environments—Group Policy, AD
- Organising, and developing IT network system technologies
- BS, or relevant, new graduates are encouraged to apply
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of engineer networking. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for engineer networking
- Report progress and results of the tasks performed periodically (to team and management)
- Performs incident and problem management resolution
- Implement solutions to synchronize gameplay systems between multiple players
- Analyze and manage bandwidth usage taken by the client
- Implement features to mitigate latency in regard to gameplay features (prediction, interpolation, lag compensation)
- Make the client robust to cheating and griefing
- Work on related online features, such as matchmaking
- Participate to the implementation of asynchronous online features
- Work with designers and gameplay programmers to establish guidelines and best practice in regard to developing for an online environment
- Test and integrate LED light engines and LED drivers for new products
Qualifications for engineer networking
- CCNA or equivalent certificate
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, to be able to communicate with senior management
- Practical understanding of the OSI model (how different devices, protocols, and applications can interoperate to provide a network)
- 5 + years experience in a Tech Support environment including a minimum of 2-3 years within an Escalation-level team collaborating with Engineering to resolve problems within Enterprise-level customer environments
- Must possess a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Familiarity with UNIX (BSD and Linux) scripting languages (Perl, Bash, Kixtart)