Network Engineer: IV (Lead) - INSPYR Solutions

Title: Lead Network Engineer 
Location: Remote or Brentwood, TN hybrid on site 2 days per week.
Duration: 6 months contract to hire.
Compensation: $80-$90 HR W2
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US 

Job Description:  

• Communication
  • Responsive, Clear Communication
    • To Team
    • To management & Leadership
    • To Customers
    • To PMO and Project leadership teams
    • To Sr. Leadership & Cross Departmental
    • To Vendors
    • To Architects
• Track and follow up on multiple threaded tasks effectively
• Drive updates and communication till resolution
• Project Administration
  • Communicate Status and Lead IC and Contractor team for large technology deployments
  • Lead effort to document standard operational process for new technology.
  • Lead process creation and execution for complex technology installations
  • Learn, understand, and drive new architectures and standards associated with all TSC architecture.
  • Organize and Participate in Project design and organization with PMO
  • Help delegate functional project work to Engineer/Senior Engineer team.
  • On assigned projects act as technical project manager working closely with project managers to build project plan, objectives, definition of done.
• Training
  • Train and socialize new processes and technologies to peers and internal support team.
  • Write and publish Knowledge base articles for internal and external troubleshooting and configuration processes.
  • Review and approve KB articles written by other team members.
  • Lead Team training in specialized areas of network work for other team members
• Inter-team Collaboration
  • Work with other support teams to identify process gaps
  • Work with other support teams to identify technology gaps
  • Actively develop and lead relationships cross-departmentally
  • Have visibility and contribute strategically to support roadmap.
  • Represent networking at change and architecture review boards.
• Leadership
  • Lead communication efforts with leadership on high priority trouble issues.
  • Strong verbal and written communication ability at a leadership level.
  • Participate in organizing support team for larger initiatives
  • Participate in Strategy and Architectural Design Sessions
  • Be able to answer leadership questions about network design and operation
• Vendor relations
  • Work with equipment vendors to determine product roadmaps, software bugs, and device lifecycle needs
  • Work with circuit carriers to improve capacity, redundancy and resiliency
• Intra-team Collaboration
  • Work closely with architects to drive improvements to our network reliability
  • Work with all networking engineers to explain projects, teach and assist with resolving chronic problems
• Documentation
  • Define documentation standards
  • Document and create repeatable resolutions to common problems
  • Manage the process to socialize resolutions with lower support tiers
  • Create and approve Knowledge Base Articles to socialize with Help desk and IT Operations
  • Create in depth Network Documentation and Architectural network diagrams
  • Write Standard Procedures for support team to work from
  • Write and publish standard architecture/Golden Configs
• Support & After Hours On Call
  • Regular rotation for on call after hours and weekend
  • Ability to provided escalated on-call support for all networking issues (store, DC, datacenter, cloud)
  • Lead P1 Troubleshooting bridge, delegate support tasks and information gathering for this purpose.
  • Participate in Day 2 Change support
  • Execute change initiatives in all areas of network presence

Skillset / Experience:  
 

• 10 years of experience in Azure
• 10 years of experience in DevOps

• • Expert Level Network Route Switch Knowledge
    • OSI Layer Understanding/TCP Stack understanding
    • Understanding of Common Protocols
  • BGP – Advanced (IBGP, Prefixes, Prefix lists, communities, traffic engineering & Route Propagation, EVPN for Vxlan environment)
  • OSPF – Advanced (Distance Vector, LSA Fundamentals, Area types, traffic engineering, Route Tables)
  • MPLS/LDP – Advanced (LSP's, synchronization, link state database)
    • Fluent reading and understanding of Juniper & Cisco Configurations
    • Ability to create/edit basic router & Switch Configurations without the use of a template
    • Ability to peer review all network changes
    • VXLAN spine/leaf architecture
    • Define standards in collaboration with entire teamResponsible for proof-of-concept lab testing and validation in support of change/project objectives in collaboration with stakeholders
    • Define best practices
  • Advanced Juniper/Cisco Configuration understanding
    • Vlan Configuration/Understanding
    • VRF Configuration/Understanding
    • SVI/IRB Configuration/Understanding
    • Expert understanding of Routing protocols
  • BGP Path selection, OSPF Area architecture
  • Protocol troubleshooting
    • Deep understanding of Tractor specific Store Configuration
    • Deep Understanding of Tractor Specific DC configuration
    • Deep understanding of Datacenter Architecture and its interaction with distributed networks.
    • Define best practices
  • SDWan vendor Specific Knowledge (Palo Alto CloudGenix)
    • Understand the specifics of CloudGenix configuration
    • Ability to make unscripted intentional Configuration adjustment
    • Functional understanding of Store and DC SDWan Architecture
    • Complete understanding of store and DC SDWan Architecture
    • Define best practices
• Cloud (Microsoft Azure)
  • Understanding of Azure cloud networking concepts
  • Ability to deploy new networks/subnets in Azure
  • Provide networking support to firewall, load balancer and server teams
• Reliability
  • Raise network reliability concerns to leadership and architects
  • Monitor network capacity trends and recommend needed augments
  • Lead holiday readiness as it pertains to networking
• Voice Platform
  • Understanding of platform configuration standard
  • Understanding of Voice Specific Protocols and how they travers our network
• Wireless
  • Senior level understanding of store Wireless Vendor Technology (Aruba)
  • Functional understanding of Store AP architecture
  • Ability to make unscripted intentional Wireless Configuration Adjustments
  • Ability to process standard configurations and suggest changes for specific outcomes
  • Ability to perform in depth troubleshooting and escalation of wireless issues.
  • Functional understanding of DC Wireless Architecture.

Our benefits package includes: 

·       Comprehensive medical benefits 

·       Competitive pay, 401(k) 

·       Retirement plan 

·       …and much more! 

About INSPYR Solutions:  
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com. 

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.