Next Generation Network Engineer - Infonas

Main purpose

• To join Infonas Service Provider Network and Engineering Team

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• Participate in the Service Provider Network architecture
• Perform the research and development of new products
• Handle proof of concept with vendors
• Handle L2 and L3 escalations
• Provide presentations and demos in customer meetings
• Responsible for project delivery.

Key Competencies

• Experience with Level 2 and Level 3 Support or Network Architecture role in a Telecoms Service Provider environment.
• Routing Protocols including BGP OSPF.
• Switching Protocols including VXLAN Multicasting.
• Cisco XR IOS.
• Ciscos Nexus 9000 and Application Centric infrastructure (ACI) based networks.
• SDWAN.
• IP Security technologies including Firewall cryptography IPS/IDS VAPT Threat prevention and Identity Services.
• VPN technologies including IPsec VPNs sitetosite VPNs Layer 3 and Layer 2 MPLS VPNs VPLS and multicast VPNs.
• Cisco CUCM Cisco Unified Communications Manager
• Optical technology components and optical features including OTN and DWDM.
• Basic programming competency RESTful API (XML & JSON) and Python is a plus
• Data Center virtualization technology areas such as SDN and NFV within virtualized environments such as VMware and OpenStack.
• CCNP Collaboration or CCNP/CCIE SP R&S or Datacenter Lab. CCNP certification achieved is a mandatory requirement

Experience Education & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree/ Masters degree in Computer engineering/ Computer science

Working conditions

• Physical demands
  • Standard working hours
  • Spending long working hours sitting and using office equipment such as computers which can cause muscle strain.
  • Remote troubleshooting for issues with public facing application services
  • Work nights for tight deadline or production functionality issue resolution
  • Required to be oncall out of office hours
  • Travel for meetings with clients and partners
• Environmental conditions
  • Working in normal office environment
• Sensory demands
  • Spending long working hours in intense concentration
• Mental demands
  • There are several deadlines associated with this position which may cause significant stress.
  • Dealing with a variety of people on numerous issues