Network Architect
- Futran Solutions
13 Hours Ago
NA
C2C
New York-NY
6-10 Years
Required Skills: VTP, LACP, 802.1Q, RSTP, ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, GLBP, VSS, VSL, QoS, Multicast, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, RADIUS, TACACS+, 802.1x, SNMP, L3VPNs, L2VPNs
Job Description
Years of Experience Directly Related to Role:
8+ years of experience with Cisco, Meraki, Aruba Wireless and Palo Alto Networks.
5+ years of experience designing and supporting IP networks optimized for video streaming, live broadcast, or OTT delivery
8+ years of experience as a Network Engineer including
7+ years of supporting complex global network and/or solution engineering in SaaS environments
5+ years of experience with network design or support of public cloud infrastructure: AWS, Azure, GCP
5+ years of experience with network design and/or solution engineering in SaaS environments
7+ years of supporting SD-WAN solutions
3+ years of experience with supporting and administering DDI solutions
General Functional Description of Role for Applicable Level:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- One or more industry leading certifications preferred such as CCNA, JNCIA, CCNP etc.
- Hands-on experience with multicast, unicast, and adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR) technologies in large-scale content distribution environments
- Experience with protocols and standards common in media delivery (e.g., HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, SRT, RTP, IGMP)
- Understanding of QoS, traffic shaping, and network performance optimization for broadcast and streaming workflows
Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Motivated, curious self-starter who has the desire to learn
- Ability to solve technical problems with creative solutions
- Strong knowledge of network design and applications, including designing IP addressing hierarchy, complex routing and switching technologies.
- Understanding of network architecture, design of large-scale networks
- Understanding of SDN/SDDC (Software Defined Network or Datacenter – full stack – (compute, storage, network) including experience with AWS, Azure, Openstack, Cloudstack, or related technologies
- Experience with multiple successful implementations (including the ability to configure, deploy, manage, and
troubleshoot) of Cisco routers and switches, site-to-site IPsec tunnels, Palo Alto firewalls, Aruba Wireless and Meraki security appliances, switches and wireless.
- Knowledge of project life cycle management
- Knowledge of change management and MOPs
- Strong knowledge of packet capture and traffic analysis
- Virtualization technologies
- Knowledge of wireless design, technologies, and wireless site survey tools
- Hands-on experience with how to support repeatable, reliable, and scalable network architectures with fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery.
- Strong knowledge of transport protocols, routing protocols, and security/auth to encryption protocols at all layers of the OSI model with emphasis on TCP/IP are essential
- Knowledge of networking technologies and protocols such as VTP, LACP, 802.1Q, RSTP, ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, GLBP, VSS/VSL, QoS, Multicast, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, RADIUS/TACACS+, 802.1x, SNMP, L3VPNs, L2VPNs and IPsec.
- Expertise in IP telephony/Hosted PBX and Call Center management are a plus.
- Expertise in Terraform is a plus
- Broadcast and streaming teams: HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, SRT, RTP, IGMP
