Title:- Network Engineer - SDWAN and Meraki Location:-(Remote work) Canada.
Duration:- 12+ Months Contract Keywords: Network Engineer, Meraki, Viptela and FortiGate firewall
Skills: Cisco Meraki~FortiGate SD-WAN
Experience Required: 5+ Years
Education:
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, self-starting Information Technology professional with a minimum BS/BA degree or equivalent experience.
Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in developing, implementing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and supporting infrastructure etwork architectures
Must Have Skills:
Network Engineer with expertise in Meraki, Viptela and FortiGate firewall
Strong technical discovery, solution design, and documentation skills.
Expert-level knowledge of networking protocols, technologies, and standards including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, QoS, SDN and SD_WAN.
Strong understanding of network security principles, best practices, and compliance requirements including Firewall, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and encryption.
Strong understanding on Meraki network design, template & configuration binding.
Manage and optimize Meraki MX, MS, and MR networks using Meraki Dashboard.
Fortinet, Cisco and/or Aruba certifications ( CCNA, CCNP,CCIE, SDWAN, ACSDP, 300-415 ENSDWI,NSE)
Cisco Networking Hardware: Routers, Swicthes, Firewalls, (Catalyst, 6509-E, Nexus, etc.)
Strong hands-on experience with FortiGate firewalls including policy-based routing, static and dynamic routing and redistribution.
Experience with network analysis and operational monitoringlerting tools (wireshark, Solarwinds, etc.)
Ability to productively work under minimal supervision
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The primary functions of the Senior Network Engineer, include (but are not limited to):
Maintain networkconnectivitycloud and associated solutions
o Provide day-to-day operation support, monitoring, maintenance, updates, triage, and troubleshooting for Enterprise Networking environment
o Provide expertise and collaboration on defining enterprise-wide technical design standards for network related technology solutions and propose solutions to leadership
o CreateMaintainUpdate enterprise network diagrams and documentation
o Research, design, review, test, and implement network related technologies and solutions
o Engage in solutions research and deployment, systems standards, internet services, capacity planning, Disaster Recovery, platform upgradesmodernization, and process improvement.
o Contribute to design of network related solutions and partner with Information Security and Compliance in review of all solutions against corporate security and compliance standards and requirements
o Design, implement, maintain, and support Network Operational monitoringlerting platform(s) including Business driven dashboards, metrics, and KPI reporting to facilitate clear communication of network related performance across the enterprise
o IP Address space design
o External facing infrastructure, fault-tolerance, redundancy, DR, etc.
Work with internal departments and clients to determine requirements and then executedelegate required planssteps complete implementation.
o lead efforts with cross-functional teams on enterprise network impacting initiatives and implementations
o Oversee Network-related projects and initiatives planning and implementation
o Work with required areas and support staff to facilitate appropriate logistical planning, communication, and execution of network related initiatives
o Collaborate across business areas to assure compilation of necessary business requirements from stakeholders
o Review and assess impact of proposed changes to existing environment
o Participate in implementations and support of all open initiatives and implemented network related technology solutions
Provide Mentorship, Training, Vision
o Provide technical leadership for network related technologies and solutions
o Work with Company leadership to develop medium- and long-term strategies as the company's goals and needs evolve
o collaborate across the organization to perform solution impact assessment and set strategy for efforts with major business impact
o Maintain strong architectural expertise and knowledge of current and emerging technologies and products, and evaluates for both general and specific usage
o Overseeing test plans, networkconnectivity viability reviews, performance metrics designimplementation, and overall network strategy