Description:

REQ Qual

Top 3 Skills:

1. Data Center/ACI background

2. Firewalls – Palo Alto

3. Automation – preferably Ansible

Notes

• Data Center troubleshooting – ACI, route/switch, firewall, DNS, loadbalancing

• On call

• This is an Operations/Run team so the team does work out of ticket que. Need to have advance troubleshooting.

• This group is Tier III who gets escalations from Tier I and II – 24/7 – 1,000 tickets per week out of NOC, they drive for resolution.

• Typically the normal Tier III would be a SME in 1 or 2 technologies at minimum

• For this role -heavy Data Center ACI, DNS, Firewalls, Need automation-really wants Ansible

• Predominantly Palo Alto, using Panorama

• Using F5 for loadbalancing

• Automation – making good progress, Ansible is our network automation platform so that is what we’re targeting

• Prior financial services experience important

• Need the scripting at minimum, automation in general is must have, but prefer Ansible

• Personality is really important, Needs to hold his/her own, assertive and go-getter

Job Description

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Must Have

• Advanced in-depth understanding of Ansible network automation is a must.

• 5+ years of experience supporting end to end network technologies such as routers, switches, VPN appliances, firewalls, load Balancers, DNS appliances, and wireless devices.

• Knowledge of network programmability using API’s, Python scripts and/or Ansible.

• Experience with network security technologies like Palo Alto firewalls and NAC (Cisco ISE)

• Software Defined Networking experience (SD-WAN, DNAC, NDO, ACI)

• Experience with UNIX/Linux.

• In-depth experience with dynamic routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF.

• Advanced understanding of business technology drivers and their impact on architecture design

• Advanced understanding of performance and monitoring via SNMP, API, SIEM (Splunk)

• Proficient in more than one specific infrastructure technology

• Advanced understanding of best practices and HNB policies

• Advanced troubleshooting skills

Nice To Have

• Experience working in an Agile/KanBan team aligned to ITIL practices.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure (nice to have)

• Experience in an enterprise environment and previous banking/financial industry experience is a plus.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Network Automation Engineer

The network automation engineer develops code that assists with repeatable processes within the network and telecommunication environments. The Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and documenting network scripts and libraries and will be responsible for administering network related applications and their underlying systems.

Detailed Description:

• Performs advanced network reporting and mentors more junior engineers.

• Maintains current knowledge of hardware, software and network technology and recommends modifications as required.

• Create all required technical documentation in accordance with Change Control and project management processes and procedures.

• Ability to identify manual operational tasks and develop automation to solve problems.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience supporting end to end network technologies such as routers, switches, VPN appliances, firewalls, proxy's, load Balancers, DNS appliances, and wireless devices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in large scale software development in one or more of the programming languages (C, C++, perl, Windows Powershell, Vmware PowerCLI, Linux Bash shell scripting, python 3.x, java, C#, .net, JavaScript and Go).

• The candidate should be proficient in the following Infrastructure automation technologies - Ansible, Puppet, Chef in addition to building APIs and services using REST, SOAP, etc.

• Experience building integrations, via API’s, between various systems.

• Experience working with ServiceNow integrations.

• REST API software development and testing tools such as POSTMAN, curl, HTTPie, and Python Requests library.

• Knowledge of and experience using Git for version control.

• Proficiency with API Development.

• Proficiency with various Python libraries used for Network Automation.

• Proficiency with Cisco-based infrastructure and associated APIs.

• Proficiency with Palo Alto-based infrastructure and associated APIs.

• Proficiency with F5-based infrastructure and associated APIs.

• Proficiency with various network tools such as Splunk, Zenoss, InfoBlox, Endace, LiveAction, etc.

Skills:

Network engineering, Automation, Router, Switch, Firewall, Palo Alto, Ansible

Top Skills Details:

Network engineering,Automation,Router,Switch,Firewall,Palo Alto,Ansible

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

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