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TekWissen ® · 2 days ago
Sr Network Engineer – Property Network
Bethesda, MD
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
$68/hr - $68/hr
7+ years exp
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Venkat J Swaroop
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Responsibilities
The Sr Engineer – Property Networks is responsible for designing and implementing efficient and optimal networks, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), the Internet, intranets, software defined networks, and other data communications systems in support of the Property Network, connecting 7400+ properties globally to Client applications and services.
As part of a high performing team of network technologists, the Sr Engineer engages in technical workgroups, resolves and makes decisions on complex and high-risk issues, performs research, analysis, design, creation, and implementation of infrastructure systems to meet current and future user requirements in support of the development and management of the network products and services that connect our properties, as well as supporting local property LAN services (guest WIFI, back office, POS, etc.) across the globe.
This role is accountable for leading cross team relationships and partnering with all business disciplines, other MI teams, outsourcing vendors, and external suppliers to define and implement the Property Networks roadmap, building and enforcing the standards defined in it.
This position will also lead to define and support service delivery and operational support standards for our Property Networks, partner with the global technology peer teams to meet service level requirements and resolve service delivery issues across the portfolio.
Reporting to the Sr Director of Property Networks, this key position is responsible to ensure overall requirements by customers and peer delivery and operations groups are met.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: continental IT executives, property LAN service providers (LSPs), end user computing services delivery, hosting services, enterprise availability, server, storage, virtualization, inclusive of security/privacy, risk management, and disaster and crisis management.
The successful candidate will provide senior technical engagement for all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle from ideation through execution, and ongoing management and support of the end-to-end network servicing all Client Property Network systems. (S)/He will develop and execute new initiatives to simplify, standardize, optimize, and automate the network designs, tooling, and operations to reduce implementation cycle times, eliminate service downtime, optimize performance, and ensure that all security and compliance requirements are fully governed.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field experience/certification
7+ years’ experience as a Network Engineer with 7 or greater years in a hands-on role that implements engineering standards, documenting engineering designs, and participating in project cutovers
5 years’ experience in an IT infrastructure lead role that include implementation of WAN, LAN, and datacenter networks with a focus on mission-critical, customer-facing applications and services
Technical knowledge in networking (Cisco and non-Cisco) with an emphasis on software-defined networks (SDN) and leveraging spine & leaf designs, load balancing, firewalls, security design (intrusion detection and prevention), DNS, NTP, Network Tools & Management
Technical knowledge common routing protocols (e.g., OSPF, BGP), IPv6, VPN, etc. across a global distributed network hands-on experience with the datacenter fabric platforms (Cisco, Arista, or equivalent) hands-on experience with common routing and switching platforms (Cisco, Juniper, HP/Aruba etc.)
Deep experience in WAN and campus LAN design and implementation, preferably with a focus on hotel property networks
Experience with automating network functions through tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, or Terraform
Experience with writing Python applications to support network automation
Understanding of legacy networking routing protocols and the interaction with cloud interconnects
Experience with network load balancers, WAN optimizers, and Network virtualization
Technical knowledge and experience with telco and ISP networks, ensuring diversity and managing availability
Demonstrated experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams
3+ years’ experience with high availability planning, component redundancy design and implementation
2+ years’ experience in designing large-scale enterprise network interconnectivity with cloud providers using standard best practices
Ability to work non-standard hours during change implementations
Preferred
Advanced Degree (e.g., MS, PhD) in Computer Science or other technical discipline or MBA, preferably with a focus on technology
10+ years’ experience managing large, globally distributed network architecture, engineering, and/or operations teams and leveraging next-generation network designs and technologies to support large-scale deployments
Proven track record of driving transformation in network technologies, tools, and processes through a data-driven continuous improvement methodology
Demonstrated experience in improving security, stability, reliability, performance, and agility of complex enterprise networks
Strong technical knowledge of foundational networking technologies and solid understanding of the software-defined networking (SDN) ecosystem
Strong understanding of network infrastructure automation, instrumentation, and monitoring platforms and the emerging technologies in this area
Experience in setting up virtual private clouds in public cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, or Google Cloud Platform
Experience with designing and engineering connectivity to public cloud providers utilizing technologies such as AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Dedicated Interconnect, or Oracle FastConnect
Proven experience leading highly effective technical teams through major technology and organizational change
Proven experience re-engineering complex Internet-based network designs to optimize for services and applications that are sensitive to network turbulence (e.g., latency, jitter, loss)
Proven experience driving operational performance through defining and enforcing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Experience driving and/or significantly participating in vendor RFPs for network products (e.g., hardware, software, tools, telco, services)
Experience managing or working in the services sourcing and/or ITO or LSP field
Certification in network and/or security technologies (e.g., CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, etc.)
Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products and synthesizing into clear technology roadmaps and strategies
Strong influencing skills and an ability to overcome barriers while driving change
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives, business stakeholders, and IT teams
Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities
Company
TekWissen ®
TekWissen Group is a provider of technology consulting and workforce management solutions.
1,001-5,000 employees
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