Network Engineer (Waltham)

Mohd Kaif Malik 6:53 PM (22 minutes ago) to C2C Location: Waltham, MA / New York, NY Experienced Senior network engineer required which aims to modernize and enhance the US network infrastructure to improve reliability, security, and user experience. Key initiatives include replacing end-of-life LAN network hardware and provisioning high-speed internet connectivity services overlayed with new CISCO SDWAN technology. Responsibilities : • Design, implement, and maintain WAN, LAN, and SDWAN infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability. • Provide technical expertise and strategic guidance on network architecture, upgrades, and emerging technologies to meet evolving business needs. • Translate business requirements into technical solutions, producing low-level designs and solution implementation. • Lead network projects, acting as both team leader and individual contributor to deliver on time and within budget. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and managed service providers, ensuring requirements are understood and met effectively. • Create and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including configurations, designs, standards, and operational processes. • Assist with incidents & escalations related to networking services or performance, troubleshooting to resolution the problem areas as needed. • Ensure compliance with security and reliability standards, implementing best practices for network resilience and risk mitigation. • Produce and gain peer review approvals of RoC (Record of Change) documents for network changes. • Gain change management approvals for network changes by submitting well formed ServiceNow change requests with all required details. • Stay current with industry trends and technologies, recommending improvements and innovations to enhance network capabilities. • Prepare operational readiness: create/maintain configuration standards, as built documentation, and support runbooks; store artefacts in SharePoint; hand off for UTOC management.

Key Skills and Expertise Required : · Minimum Cisco CCNP certification level required · CCIE certification is desirable · In depth knowledge of Wireless LAN and NAC solutions (Cisco WLAN, Cisco ISE, Aruba WLAN, Aruba ClearPass) · In depth knowledge of SD-WAN solutions (CISCO Viptela) · In depth knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), carrier WAN and Internet services. · In-depth knowledge of Cisco LAN switching technologies including STP, RSTP, MSTP, VLANs, EtherChannel and switch stacking. · Proficient in configuring and troubleshooting Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches, implementing QoS, and managing network segmentation and redundancy. · Ability to produce detailed designs, implementation plans, and operational support documents. · Strong stakeholder engagement and coordination across multiple environments.