Monday, April 11, 2016

Role: Data Center Network Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA & Menlo Park, CA

 

Job Description of ENS DC:

·         While working in ENS DC, our job duties at a very high level are to maintain the fleet of

·         network devices. Maintaining the fleet requires to monitor, react, respond, troubleshoot,

·         and fix the alerts, alarms, and issues in various network devices including but not limited

·         to Cisco, Juniper, Arista, HP, Force10 switches and routers. With the huge number of devices

·         customer in datacenters, over time fans, power supplies, optics, cables and sometimes

·         whole devices fail. ENS DC Team job is to identify what pieces and parts have

·         failed, and then fix or replace those parts to ensure the network devices run optimally

·         and redundantly.

·         Another piece of maintaining the fleet is troubleshooting links between network devices.

·         Many types of errors can occur on a link and it’s our job to identify if there is an issue,

·         then troubleshoot the issue to find the root cause, fix the issue, document what we have

·         fixed and make sure asset databases are updated.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

·         Install large-scale production and corporate network infrastructure including

·         routers, switches, console servers and optical transport equipment.

·         Physically troubleshoot various network components on network infrastructure including

·         routers, switches, console servers and optical transport equipment.

·         Provide onsite network support and expertise for all teams on the local data center.

·         Liaison for remote networking teams.

·         Verify capacity, draining traffic, suppressing alarms before replacing; optics, line

·         cards, sup cards.

·         Troubleshooting network link/device/configuration issues, isolating the problem,

·         fixing the problem.

·         Creating new RMA requests through OEM vendors for both replacement devices,

·         as well as obtaining technical assistance when troubleshooting devices.

·         Tracking, maintaining and updating asset inventory of defective and replacement

·         parts.

·         Troubleshoot, tracing , looping links to locate the physical issue.

·         Tracing and isolating cables through patch panels.

·         Testing and cleaning fiber optic cables, and optical interfaces.

·         Schedule and perform network maintenance, repair, and upgrade tasks as needed

·         while limiting the impact on the production network

·         Use internal software, tools, and scripts to configure, monitor, and repair network

·         equipment

·         Working with other teams such as facilities and DC Ops to enlist their assistance

·         with items such as power and rack draining.

·         Perform queue management for alarms, tasks, and incidents and participate in ongoing

·         deployment projects

·         There is a significant amount of lifting, walking, pushing carts, carrying heavy devices,

·         and climbing ladders involved. We will also be using power tools for various

·         tasks.

·         Strong working knowledge of Linux OS, CLI navigation, Cisco IOS, Juniper OS and

·         bash.

·         Auditing switch locations, first locating switch in data center environment by following

·         Building, Suit,Row,Column, and Rack position. Updating the database with

·         all changes and randomly cross referencing for troubleshooting.

 

SKILLS

·         The ideal candidate will have 7+ years’ experience in data center network support

·         Experience with Cisco and Juniper Enterprise and Service Provider network hardware

·         platforms and architectures including data center switching platforms.

·         Strong working knowledge of routing and switching technologies and protocols

·         Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations and utilize troubleshooting

·         skills, systems and tools, and creative problem solving abilities under pressure

 

APPLY FOR THIS JOB:

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(Candidates)  Click Here to Apply

 

CONTACT DETAILS:

NAME: ABRAHAM

PH NO: +1-678-720-3170 || SKYPE ID: abraham_vdart || EMAIL ID: abraham@vdartinc.com

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