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Network Architect - Juniper

CHICAGO-60613, IL, US
06/04/2019

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Required Skills

Good programming skills

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

6 to 10 Year(s)

Job Description

NETWORK ARCHITECT – JUNIPER

Seeking an experienced Network Architect with a strong background in Juniper to join a global, growing financial organization.

The Network Architect will provide leadership in network design, validation, deployment, maintenance and 24x7 operational supports for the network engineering team.

The Network Architect will lead the network designs in several environments for transformative projects with ultra-low latency requirements and will work on further advancing one of the largest and global financial networks with a wide variety of critical services (Exchange access, clearing, market data distribution, customer connectivity and hosting, Enterprise…).

The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of IP/MPLS routing and switching, Multicast, DWDM transport services as well as advanced expertise in low latency hardware and will be able to multitask in a dynamic team-based environment demonstrating strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities and the highest degree of professionalism.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, support and maintain mixed vendor network infrastructure

Develop, document and publish architectural standards and designs

Assist internal staff with problem solving and escalation procedures

Understand and follow operational policies/procedures and promote adherence to same

Provide technical knowledge needed to ensure safe, effective, and efficient changes to the network infrastructure

Assist with development of policies and procedures for maintaining network infrastructure

Collaborate and work closely with all other IT teams

Lead Incident investigations, diagnosis, and service restoration and always give priority to the resolution of incidents

Be a subject matter expert, able to provide guidance to other Engineers (troubleshooting, design, on-boarding, risk mitigation, operational improvement)

Informal Trainer to Level II; ensures Level II skills are constantly growing through support and guidance.

Maintain technical vendor relations to understand and influence technical product roadmaps

Requirements:

Master's Degree in Computer Engineering or related field preferred

10+ years' experience hands on support and troubleshooting of networks

6+ years' experience with design and implementation on complex networks

Extensive Knowledge of IP Multicast - RP, PIM, IGMP and MSDP

In depth knowledge of Juniper products and JUNOS.

In depth knowledge of Arista products and EOS.

Experience working with Network Carriers to design Wide-Area Networks

In depth knowledge of general network principles and technology and also how to apply them in a service oriented mission critical environment.

Ability to grasp very complex architectural concepts

Ability to lead technical projects from design through implementation and rollout.

Breadth and understanding of current and future network technology direction.

Extensive network routing protocol, MPLS and troubleshooting skills in all of BGP, OSPF, ISIS, RSVP and LDP.

Understanding of network management, security and monitoring

Excellent writing and documentation skills

Excellent customer service attitude

Ability to operate effectively and professionally under pressure

Experience working on financial and HFT networks with Good understanding exchange protocols (FIX etc.)

Expert Level network certifications: CCIE, JNCIE. Etc. preferred

F5, Checkpoint, or Palo Alto advanced certification

RF wireless (Microwave/Millimeter waves) Technologies experience

Automation and scripting experience

Unix/Linux system administration

Running and analyzing sniffer traces with deep TCP/IP protocol understanding.

In-depth hardware knowledge of switches and routers: (Internal chipsets specifications, TCAM and memory details, buffering capabilities and multicast replication details).

Good programming skills (Java, Python) desired but not required.