Squarepoint is looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented Network Core Specialist to architect, develop, optimize and secure scalable networks for Datacenter, Campus and Cloud infrastructures.
The Network Core Specialist is part of a team that work closely with stakeholders, software engineers and other infrastructure teams to design enterprise network solutions that align with Squarepoint business objectives in a timely manner and ensure high availability and performance.
Position Overview :
- Design and implement scalable, highly available and deterministic network solutions in a multi-vendor enterprise environments (LAN, WAN, DC, Campus and Cloud).
- Translate business requirements into technical network architectures.
- Provide details and professional documentation, including diagrams.
- Project delivery / management collaborating with internal and external vendors.
- Select software and hardware components based on technical and business requirements.
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies to improve network performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
- Collaborate and provide guidance to Network reliability team to ensure proper implementation and support.
- Provide L3 escalation support to remediate performance and availability issues.
- Identify areas of improvements adopting automation and innovative solutions.
Required Qualifications :
Degree in Network engineering, Computer Science, or related Information Technology disciplineCCNP certification or higher (CCIE preferred)Minimum 7 years of experience in network engineering and project delivery, with a strong track record of successful project execution.Deep knowledge of routing and switching protocolsRouting : OSPF, BGP, EVPNMulticast : PIM, RP, MSDP, IGMP, SSMSwitching : STP, PC / vPC / MLAG, CDP / LLDP, QoS, HSRP / VRRP, VLAN / VxLANMonitoring : LANZ, Sflow, Kibana, PrometheusSecurity : AAA (Radius / TACACS), control planes, device hardeningExperience with Arista / CiscoDatacenter / office network infrastructure buildout experiencExperience with network diagnostic and performance tools - netcat, tcptrace, wireshark, etc.Proficient with Cisco’s Unified Communication, Collaboration products and Voice technologiesIn depth knowledge in cybersecurity solutions : Palo Alto, FortinetExperience with cloud-based solutions : AWS, GCP, AzureStrong scripting and automation experience – Git, Python and Ansible preferred.Experience with monitoring / orchestration tools as Prometheus, CVP, Elastic and Grafana.