Network Consulting Engineer Job Description
Network consulting engineer
provides 24x7 L3/L2 network operational support of existing network, capacity planning, conduct infrastructure audits, configure security policies/VPNs.
Network Consulting Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Design, implementation, and deployment of various networking technologies within the division
Assist with the design, implementation, monitoring, and support of hardware and software to support the division network
Assist with the creation, implementation and maintenance of standard operating procedures for equipment installation, configuration support, and division network operations which improve service and repeatability
Participation in and support of division and facility-level technical implementation projects
You have minimum a Bachelor degree from a 3-4 year technical program (Engineering, Information Technologies, Computer Sciences, Physics or Mathematics preferred)
You are fluent in English and German
You are able to begin full-time employment on 31 August 2015
Establishes and monitors adherence to project master plans and schedules
You have a Bachelor’s degree or an Associate’s degree with two years of technical experience
You’re interested in information technology and/or computing networking
Network Consulting Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Network Consulting Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDA, CCDP, CCVP, DC, R&S, ITIL, VCP
Education for Network Consulting Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the network consulting engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, Technical, Network Engineering, Business, Technology, Information Security, Computer Information Systems, Mathematics
Skills for Network Consulting Engineer
Desired skills for network consulting engineer include:
Network management
Network availability & capacity planning
Routing protocols
LAN Switching
Arriving at Network Architecture and Network strategy in customer digital transformation journey
L2/L3 VPN
Virtualization technologies is desirable
Implementation
Storage
Desired experience for network consulting engineer includes:
Exposure to N9k platform and ACI is a plus
You are willing to travel to customer sites (amount of travel will vary based upon your technology team)
You are a Mexican Citizen
Skills on SPGW/GGSN
Perform architectural planning and design, configuration and integration support within project delivery and ongoing consultative engagements
Present the product at field events such as conferences, seminars
Network Consulting Engineer Examples
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Our growing company is looking for a network consulting engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for network consulting engineer
- Generate voice network configurations from Low Level Design for highly complex environments
- Some exposure to the principles of Security through degree study
- You have a degree in Engineering, Information Technologies, Cyber Security, Computer Sciences, Physics or Mathematics preferred
- You are fluent in English the native language of the country of your application
- You are able to begin full time employment on 1st March 2017
- You are fluent in English & Polish
- Provide local leadership, subject matter knowledge, coordination, and communication for projects involving network solutions, including defining scope, and ensuring deliverables are met
- Ensure alignment and continuity between corporate and division-based business and IT strategies
- Create business case proposals, analysis of technologies, financials, and proposed project plans
- Create RFPs and conducts reviews/assessments, make vendor recommendations
Qualifications for network consulting engineer
- Typically requires BS Computer Science or equivalent
- Other beneficial qualifications are CISSP, TOGAF, CCDE, CEH, CISA and CISM, or other relevant security qualifications such as those from Check Point, Netscreen, Symantec
- Ability to quickly establish credibility and excitement with personnel, work collaboratively and in hands on manner with technical professionals
- Has good written and verbal communication, listening, negotiation and presentation skills
- Provide training to other NCEs real-time escalation response for support issues
- Significant IT experience (10+ years relevant work experience) with at least 3 years as an Engineering Technical Lead / Technical Architect
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of network consulting engineer. 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 network consulting engineer
- This level of engineer will be responsible for design, implementation, and maintenance of firewall infrastructure including Fortigate, Palo Alto, and ASA firewalls
- This role researches developments in their assigned technology disciplines, determines business requirements, proposes changes, and develops migration and implementation plans as needed
- In addition to the design and consultation responsibilities, this role will also perform implementation and delivery of new security infrastructure including refresh and migration activities, support the operations teams on escalated incidents, and support off-hours maintenance activities for release management and changes associated with assigned projects
- Perform contract reviews and ensure risks are mitigated
- Proactively address a change in business requirements by leveraging existing network investments, and providing scalable options
- Coordinate a team of virtual resources assigned to accomplish specific technical tasks
- Manage data collection, reporting, and trending for critical network devices and components
- Provide 24x7 on-call support based on division IT staff rotation and carries a pager as warranted, to assist with the most complex troubleshooting, coordination, escalation, and resolution of network or security-based incidents, equipment failures
- Lead the build of technology operational models and work flows for the division
- Provide strategic contingency planning from a division network perspective
Qualifications for network consulting engineer
- Knowledge of EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Cisco & PaloAlto Firewalls, WAN Optimization and iWANs
- An opportunity to become an expert in network services, use that expertise to build creative solutions to real business challenges and add to your knowledge as you leave your mark on the world of tomorrow
- A competitive salary and generous benefits
- Significant experience working with security teams to plan and implement network security including building/maintaining firewalls, applying encryption, filtering policies, managing host security, file permissions, and other related items
- You're experienced with scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Bash
- Certifications Preferred – CCIE ( Preferred ), CCIP, CCNA, CCNP ( Plus )
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of network consulting engineer. 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 network consulting engineer
- Provide vendor management, service level definition and service level management for vendors of unique division network technologies and/or services
- Ensure continuity of network service management plans with other IT&S infrastructure departments
- Actively forecast workload, prioritize, and allocate resources
- Conduct division-specific network planning sessions, financial and budgeting analyses with regard to telecommunication expenses
- Conduct consultations with business partners, customers, and vendors, as warranted
- Actively participate in division and corporate-sponsored technical seminars, planning sessions
- Mentors and trains division Sr
- Effectively works with division and corporate IT&S personnel to ensure that division priorities and standards are achieved
- Provides 24x7 on-call support based on division IT staff rotation and carries a pager as warranted, to assist with troubleshooting, coordination, escalation, and resolution of network or security-based incidents, equipment failures
- Mentors and trains division Network Administrators and Associate Network Administrators, as needed
Qualifications for network consulting engineer
- High-level, out-of-the-box thinking, analytical reasoning, and creative problem solving skills with the ability to convert thoughts to real and pragmatic execution
- B.S or equivalent degree (C.S
- With a seasoned mix of broad networking knowledge and specific area expertise, excellent Customer relationship skills, you will
- Experience with at least 3 product lines like Catalyst 6500/4500/3850/6800
- Candidate must possess strong technical account management skills
- Excellent communication skills to interact with and assist all various levels within customer organization
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Our growing company is looking for a network consulting engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for network consulting engineer
- Working on our key account you will assist in implementing design changes and set the security perimeter for our clients’ networks
- Interact with technical and management staff to develop and problem solve technical requirements
- Meet the clients, understand their requirement and design a solution to suit their needs
- Primary responsibility will be supporting global transitions and implementations for managed security customers
- Collaborate with Network Engineering and Project Management to create and implement custom solutions that adhere as closely as possible to existing Design Standards
- This position provides research and analysis for planning, organizing, and managing project related network security tasks
- This engineer will be required to give presentations via training sessions, web pages, or 1-to-1 training to the floor engineers on designs that are being implemented
- Under minimal supervision, this engineer will be responsible for translating functional business requirements into a technical solution that conforms to global design standards
- This role must also understand and effectively articulate the implications and impact that proposed architectural changes will have on the business (to technical and nontechnical audiences)
- The engineer will develop lab scenarios to mock user environments and test components of proposed solutions
Qualifications for network consulting engineer
- Design and deployment experience of Secure Mobility, Voice over WLAN, Location Based Services
- CCNP certification or equivalent knowledge is a must, CCIE level knowledge would be a great plus
- Fluent English language skills, other European language would be a plus (Italian, French or German)
- Plan and Design
- Audits and Optimization
- Customer facing account management
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of network consulting engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for network consulting engineer
- This role provides input into the security technology plan for the organization, and ensures that plans for their assigned technology discipline integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical infrastructure
- This engineer will also be expected to deliver detailed project documentation to both the customer and operations that fully describes new implementations and is used as the primary reference for day-to-day management
- This role will support large scale infrastructure migrations and baseline reviews
- The engineer will support changes in strict accordance with customer's change management policies
- The engineer will be expected to propose appropriate changes to standards, policies, and procedures based on emerging business/technology trends and operational challenges with the existing guidelines utilizing performance metrics and operational SLAs as justification
- Analyzing existing network security solutions and recommending solutions, including the design, and configuration of Cisco FirePower/ASA firewalls, Palo Alto Network firewalls, VPNs, Cisco LAN switches (core, distribution and access), Cisco routers and other network security solutions
- You will work collaboratively with customer to define a functional design
- Oversee build, configure, and / or upgrade new or existing system components to meet functional requirements
- Be the operational in-depth technical expert for a complex and bespoke managed network solution or technology (eg Cisco (Routing and Switching), HP, Juniper) and be final escalation point
- Act as a key escalation point for Tier 1 and Tier 2
Qualifications for network consulting engineer
- Expertise working in IDE environments like Eclipse
- Knowledge of NFV is mandatory
- 7+ years experience in Networking/Telecommunications
- Familiarity with Web 2.0 technologies like REST, SOAP, SOA
- Exposure to RDBMS databases like SQL, Informix, Oracle
- BS In Computer Science, Electronic Engineer or similar field of study