Network Architect

Network Architect position available at Mindlance, requiring experience in large Retail, ISP and/or Content Service Provider environments and skills in network security, routing protocols, and switching protocols.

Requirements

• Have experience in large Retail, ISP and/or Content Service Provider environments
• Able to handle multiple, complex, short term projects and incidents simultaneously
• Must have operational experience with; Enterprise/carrier-class routers and switches (Juniper and Cisco)
• Must have design, implementation and operational experience in Palo Alto Firewall and Juniper SRX.
• Must have experience in network security features (ACLs, VPN, L2VPN, L3VPN, IPSEC, GRE) with a focus on Cisco, and Juniper
• Experience and operational familiarity on BGP, OSPF, and other network routing protocols.
• Experience with F5 load balancer
• Experience with Cisco Nexus switches
• Must have knowledge of network switching protocols: STP, 802.1[q,s,w], 802.3ae
• Familiarity with Unix especially in respect to networking Familiarity with developing tools in scripting e.g perl, shell, python, expect, etc.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation
• High degree of initiative, dependability and the ability to work with little supervision.
• Exceptional written and communication skills are a must.
• Creative problem solving abilities