Job Title: Network Engineer – Data Center/Cloud (CISCO ACI)
Describe Job Type: 6 month CTH
Target Interview date: Immediately
Target Start date: 2 weeks from offer
Street Location: 5701 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120
Is USC or Green Card required: Yes
Local candidates only? Out of state ok?: Out of state okay
*****Please include a copy of a network diagram from the candidate that was created in VISIO****
Job Details and Requirements:
- Explain what the scope of work/project is.
- Information about the Project or department:
- Wireless Networking group
- What part or role with the candidate play in project or team?
- Designing, planning, and implementing complex Data Center and public cloud network configurations using AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Automating the server virtualizations like VMWare with CISCO ACI so that they can seamlessly talk between the two
- What will candidate be doing for the first 30 days?
- No ramp up
- Is this new headcount or a back fill?
- New Head Count
- What is the size of the team or group the candidate will be working with?
- ~6-10
- Describe the work environment/team culture.
- Working as a “start-up” mentality, very energetic and excited about their work
- Work Hard, Play Hard
- Happy Hours every Thursday
- Core Hours: 9am-5pm
Candidate Details:
- What non-technical skills are necessary (communication, problem solving, team player, i.e.)?
- Really great communicator and energetic personality
- What are the top 3-5 required skills/technologies?
- Extensive experience around Data Center network design and engineering specifically with CISCO ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) – Make sure they can talk confidentially about an implementation with it
- Has designed, planned, and implemented complex Data Center and public cloud network configurations with AWS, AZURE, or GCP
- Extensive experience working with VMware
- Can confidentially talk about their experience doing Network deployment and automation
Buzz words a good candidate will say:
Tenant
EPG (End point Group)
Service Chain
- Who are the influences and decision makers involved?
- Dish Recruiter, Hiring Manager, VP
- Describe the interview process: in person or telephone? Who will do the interview etc…
- 1st: Non-technical screen with Recruiter
- 2nd: Assessments
- 3rd: Interview with HM and Team
- 4th: Interview with VP
- Ideal candidate background and how many years of experience required?
- Min 8 years of experience working on Telecom networks
- Min 5 years of designing and architecting the network
- Must have good tenure at previous jobs – does not want to see job hopping
- Recruiters: Please condense resumes if they are too wordy
- Education requirements/preferences
- Min Bach Degree
- What type of personality would fit in best with your team?
- “Manager can teach technology, but he can’t teach personality”
- Great communication
- Are there any companies you would like to see on a candidate’s resume?
- Verizon, Rakuten, AT&T, T-Mobile, etc.
- Are there any certifications that the candidate must possess?
- Networking Certs are a plus
Job Requisition: Network Engineer - Data Center/Cloud
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
We’re looking for experienced network professionals to join DISH’s Wireless 5G Network Engineering Team. The Network Engineer will join a team of other passionate engineers and bring a start-up spirit to design, evaluate, test, deploy, and optimize DISH’s future standalone 5G network. The candidate should also be innovative, analytical, a planner, have strong execution skills, and have the ability to learn, teach, and work in a team environment.
Primary responsibilities fall include:
- Design and engineering of effective and scalable network systems and solutions
- Participate in evaluation, testing, selection, and deployment of foundational network elements for a nationwide greenfield network buildout
- Ensure that solutions adhere to defined standards and best practices and/or assist in the development of these standards and best practices. Effectively communicate engineering solutions through detailed high and low level diagrams
- NOTE: Candidates must provide example documentation of their engineering work including high and low-level network engineering diagrams.
- Routinely research, analyze, test, retest, and troubleshoot complex problems.
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment, under pressure, with strict deadlines, both as an individual contributor and team player.
- Participate in knowledge transfer, documentation and information sharing while staying abreast of new technology/technical areas.
A successful candidate will be able to:
- Provide advanced technical leadership for complex project work, including functional subsystem upgrades for mission-critical network devices and services as well as strategic upgrades to the network
- Design, plan, and implement complex Data Center and public cloud network configurations
- Supply advanced technical direction and leadership to the organization through the planning and implementation processes
- Establish requirements, provide analysis for network and services specifications, network design, network partitioning, and network architecture definition
- Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation, and integration plans on projects, and assurance of network integrity
- Work independently with vendors to understand, test, and drive new innovative features
Candidate should have extensive knowledge in the following areas:
- Data Center network design and engineering
- Multi-site architecture, Spine/leaf configuration, VDCs, edge routing, (Specific to CISCO ACI (Application centric Infrastructure) - can talk confidently about an implementation with CISCIO ACI, Multi-tenant
- eBGP, iBGP, IS-IS, VRFs, and QoS
- Integration with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Server virtualization - VMWare, Openstack
- Network Deployment and Operations Automation - Ansible, Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)
- Network configuration automation (Scripting with Perl/Python/Bash)
- IPv6 - SLAAC and DHCPv6
- Software Defined Networking (SDN) - Design and Traffic Engineering
- Solid Understanding of the OSI model, routing and switching protocols, network security, IPv4 and IPv6 networking, subnetting, and operational experience
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering preferred, or ten or more years of professional experience in large enterprise or carrier space
- Professional networking certifications a plus- CCNA/CCNP/CCIE or equivalent
- Public cloud certifications a plus - Advanced Networking, Cloud Network Engineer, or equivalent
Thanks,
Garima Gautam
Source InfoTech Inc.
3840 Park Avenue, Suite C-205, Edison, New Jersey 08820
Phone : 6099173409 Email: garima@sourceinfotech.com