S.A.M.I's Nanbargaley!: Openings for Resident / Network Engineer (Multiple positions open) @ NJ, CA, OH, MN, VA, WI

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From: Pruthvi <pruthvi@suntechnologies.com>
Date: Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:00 AM
Subject: Apply for Resident / Network Engineer (Multiple positions open) @ NJ, CA, OH, MN, VA, WI
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Hi,

This is Pruthvi from Sun technologies

Have multiple job openings for Resident / Network Engineer

Kindly go through the requirements given below:

Requirement: 1#

Location: Branchburg, NJ

Duration: 12 months contract

Desired experience (in years): 5-10 Years

National Network Operations (MX, EX, QFX)

Expertise required: JUNOS routing and switching, JNCIE preferred

Primary Responsibilities

Objective:

Strengthen technical bench for NNO engineering for ongoing infrastructure support of NNO Applications. Current applications are Internet Router, IMS NEC, FES-V/MPN, NNI, Route Reflector, NSC and Super Core convergence.

Program Details:

RE's will work with NNO Engineering to support applications per above
NNO's RE will assist with MOP/SOP Development, Integration Plans and Related Support (Maintenance Windows)
Juniper/Verizon Wireless is in the process of deploying New Internet Routers and we expect to be deploying Route Reflectors later this year (2012)

Secondary Responsibilities

Problem Statement:

The rapid application deployment plans and consistent moving timelines/requirements are creating challenges for Juniper and Verizon Wireless implementation Teams. SE's are covering Maintenance Windows and are spread very thin.

Additional RE Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Assisting JTAC with open JTAC cases.

Acting as a technical liaison with Juniper Networks Customer Service and Engineering groups

Development and maintenance of fault diagnosis procedures to support effective fault resolution

Development and maintenance of network operational support procedures related to the Juniper Networks products

Assessing the health of a network

The preparation of equipment configurations and validation of configurations for new installations, changes within the network, software upgrades etc

Network related testing to ensure that the Juniper Networks products operate correctly

Implementation, integration & migration planning
Validation testing of the Juniper Networks products
Troubleshooting of network issues
Ongoing, informal, knowledge transfer
Submission of problem reports
Advice and demonstration if necessary, of new software and hardware features

Requirement: 2#

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Duration: 6+ Months

Required: JUNOS, Juniper MX/ QFabric, EX, SA/SSG/SRX/NSM, MPLS, QOS

Northwestern Mutual has been a Juniper customer on the security side (SA/SSG/SRX/NSM) for five+ years. On the networking side, they've been using Juniper access/aggregation solutions (EX) for three years & are in the process of deploying Juniper equipment for their core network, data center & edge solutions (MX/QFabric). This RE position will have key role in ensuring the success of the aforementioned networking projects as they role into production in early 2013. This RE position will be two-thirds design/build & one-third run/operations.

• Understanding of the concepts and guidelines behind traditional routing or security system design (depending on requirements). Will be asked to provide internal and external guidance on key customer networking & security issues.

• Detailed understanding of routing protocols including: TCP/IP fundamentals, IP sub-netting, super-netting and hierarchical routing principles, routing protocol operation with traffic engineering (OSPF, BGP), general understanding of MPLS L2 and L3 VPNs and the associated tunneling technologies (GRE, IPsec, etc.), network/router security and common/best practices.

• Strong understanding of: IPSec VPNs, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, UDP, and ARP.

• Strong understanding of Layer 2 protocols and technologies including: Ethernet, 802.3ad, STP, etc.

Describe the ideal candidate's strengths and experiences:

• Expert level relationship management, communications skills and interpersonal skills to manage face to face communications on a daily basis with multiple levels of customer management and engineering staff across multiple departments within the host company in a responsible and professional fashion.

• Experience in designing & implementing critical network & data center solutions (using Juniper equipment)

• Expert level troubleshooting methodology to isolate and identify configuration, design, and software anomalies; ability to clearly articulate findings in written and verbal communications with development level engineering staff.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and work calmly under pressure.

• Self starter, team player, personable, enthusiastic, hard working, and enjoy interfacing with customers on a day to day basis.

• It would be a plus to have hands-on configuration and operational knowledge of other vendor products (Cisco, Riverbed, etc.) and their operation.

Requirement: 3#

Location: Minneapolis, MN or Arlington, VA

Duration: 6- 12 months

JNCIE-SP Certification or demonstrated real experience

Describe the network environment and name the products that will be supported:

The ideal candidate will have detailed knowledge of Juniper MX Series Routers. (MX960, MX480) and subscriber management protocols (PPPoE, DHCP, RADIUS, DHCPv6) and basic knowledge of service provider routing protocols (OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, RSVP and LDP).

Describe the Ideal candidate's strengths and experiences:

Expert level relationship management, communications skills and interpersonal skills to manage face to face communications on a daily basis with multiple levels of customer management and engineering staff across multiple departments within the host company in a responsible and professional fashion.
The engineer assuming this role will need to be aware of and sensitive to the operational impact of technical recommendations.
Customer Culture – Most of the engineers in the customer operations group have over ten years' experience with a variety of vendors and have a lot of breadth if not depth. The staff engineers have both breadth and depth and have high expectations from their vendor representatives. The engineer assuming this role can expect to be treated as an equal part of a close-knit team. An individual with a friendly, casual demeanor would be ideal for this role.
Strong troubleshooting skills to isolate and identify configuration, design, and software anomalies. Ability to articulate findings clearly in written and verbal communications with engineering staff.
Ability to apply knowledge to real world scenarios.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and work calmly under pressure. Ability to identify issues affecting customer traffic and prioritize tasks accordingly.
Self starter, team player, personable, enthusiastic, hard working, and enjoy interfacing with customers on a day to day basis.
It would be a plus to have hands-on configuration and operational knowledge of other Vendor products and their operation.

Requirement: 4#

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Duration: 6+ months

1. Internal Juniper employee who is working in, or recently worked in, JTAC with MX focus.

2. Internal Juniper employee who has worked in JTAC (supporting MX) but has been out of that role for 1-2 years max and continues to work with Juniper engineering staff (i.e. someone from SysTest).

3. External candidate who previously (within the last 2 years) worked for Juniper in TAC supporting MX. Preferably someone still working with Juniper products.

These are the 'must haves':

Solid MX product experience
Experience with MPLS-TE (Traffic Engineering)

At a very minimum this candidate must have experience with MPLS-TE on another vendor's product (i.e. Cisco).

Requirement: 5#

Location: Columbus, OH

Duration: 6+ months

Describe the network environment and name the products that will be supported:

This is a highly technical role that provides post-sales, on-site and potentially on-call support of Juniper Networks products for one of the country's largest Cable Service Provider. The ideal candidate for this role must have a detailed understanding of protocols used for IP based service provider networks and be able to demonstrate technical expertise in the configuration, troubleshooting and operation of IP based routers and include hands-on operation of management tools and network analyzers. It requires excellent customer interface skills, including both written and verbal.

Required Skills Experience:

10+ years design, implementation, and operational experience in large scale IP networks.
JUNOS
Understanding of Juniper hardware – e.g., MX, EX and SRX
Work experience at a large Service Provider
Experience with core routing BGP, OSPF, ISIS protocols
Experience with MPLS, VPLS, L2VPNs
Experience with design and/or deployment of routing and switching products within the Customer infrastructure.
IPv6, Multicast, L3VPNs
Experience in fault isolation logic and techniques.
Strong customer interface and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

Support design and planning of Juniper MX, EX and T Series network routing products within the Customer infrastructure.
Support ongoing efforts in defining best practice policies for Juniper product applications used by Customer.
Partner with other internal employees performing similar resident engineering roles where lessons learned may help minimize risk associated with major network upgrades or changes in the network.
hold design and information gathering workshops with the customer to understand the customer's existing network design and technical requirements.
understand the customer's organizational structure and become familiar with the customer's network implementation and support processes and procedures.
carry out testing of new features and functionality required by the customer in a laboratory environment and to implement and verify that they are operating correctly in the live network.
Test patches and fixes to operating software and to ensure that they are implemented and functioning correctly in the live network.
Troubleshoot equipment and network problems and to open and track JTAC cases through to problem resolution.
Hold technology workshops with the customer to discuss equipment and network problems, and to provide case status updates, including the reasons for any problems encountered and the workarounds and/or solutions that are being tried.
Train the customer's design, implementation and support personnel to configure and operate the Juniper Networks products.
Assist the customer to develop Network Operating and Equipment Operating Procedures.
hold design and information gathering workshops with the Customer to understand the Customers existing network design and technical requirements of new network designs.
Raise equipment Return Material Authorizations (RMAs) and to track these through to problem resolution
Produce a written summary report of the status of Design projects, equipment and network problems on a regular basis to the Customer.