Network Engineer

The Job You Will Perform:

Plan, design, document, implement, and support WAN, data center, collocation and cloud infrastructures

Work in collaboration with the architecture team to test, document, and provide proof of concepts for emerging technologies

Troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade, and provide solutions to hardware/software problems

Identify, communicate, and implement proactive changes that must be performed to prevent problems

Management of International Paper’s network to meet service levels, including capacity planning and upgrades

Expand, deploy, refresh and remove all supported data center network technologies, software and services, in collaboration with Global Telecom architects

The Skills You Will Bring:

A Bachelor’s Degree in an IT-related discipline, or demonstrated years of experience

5+ years of network engineering experience working directly with WAN and data center network technologies and services

Cisco CCNA or equivalent experience, CCNP preferred

Demonstrates an understanding and practical application experience of the following technologies and services

Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) and Wireless Backup (3G/4G) data network technologies

Protocols: Ethernet, MLPPP, PPP, IPSec and cellular data

TCP/IP and Virtual LANs (VLAN) configuration of switches and routers

Layer-3 (OSPF and BGP), Quality of Service (QoS), IPT integration, performance monitoring and tuning

Hardware platform: Cisco

VXLAN, ACI, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, QoS, performance monitor, tuning and packet decode

WAN, Cisco SDWAN, ACI, and Nexus technology experience preferred

Python, Perl, TCL, Bash or EEM scripting skills

Excellent written and verbal, business and technical communication skills for management-level audiences

Drive to succeed, highly self-motivated and ability to learn on the fly

Ability to be flexible with changing requirements

Superior problem analysis and solving skills applying personal experience and experience from others

Professional and courteous attitude towards all team members