Network Administrator - Ztek Consulting INC

Job Title: Network Administrator

Job Type: Fulltime

Location: Los Angeles, CA or San Diego, CA - Onsite

Salary: Base salary range around + relocation expenses & client approved benefits.

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Experience in network operation to support the NW Hub infrastructure, proficient in various technologies in Cisco routing, switching and network security products like Palo Alto firewall, Fortinet, Firepower, etc

Hands on experience of administration of network devices (Router, Switches, Wireless Controllers, Firewall, Voice Telephony, IPS, DNS, DHCP, NTP, SMTP)

Security Knowledge on Firewall (Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, Fortinet) & Security Appliances (IPS)

Hands on experience of F5 Load balancers, Forward and Reverse Proxy (F5)

Support experience in Cisco Nexus, Catalyst Switches

Good knowledge of Cisco SD-WAN / SDA technology

Experience in Cisco Wireless Technologies

Understanding of IP addressing, MPLS routing, Internet Technologies, Routing Protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS)

Understanding of technologies like VPN, VXLAN, VRRP, HSRP, STP, PortChannel, NetFlow and Stacking technologies

Knowledge on Network Automation using looks like Ansible, Python

Experience working on SolarWinds NPM, NCM, NTA, IPAM, Syslog, ITSM tools

Experience Required 6-10 Yrs

Roles & Responsibilities

TCS point of contact for the region to Customer for Operational and Tactical Functions

Timely completion of Service management and configuration management requests for the region

Interaction and coordination with customer's Key Touchpoints for regional alignment

Interact with regional IT teams to understand the future roadmap and changes that will have an impact on customer's Network

Liaising, Interacting, and reviewing project status with local network vendors and telco providers

Support for Troubleshooting and Resolution during P1 and P2 incidents for the region along with the TCS global support team based out of India

Focus for the incidents and Changes to the all the Network Hub Locations

Support for any touch services for network break-fix at customer site where the Regional SPOC will be stationed. (customer to provide the Location where they want TCS Regional SPOC to operate)

Active involvement for Network changes implemented for the region

Extended support for Problem Management and Service Level Management

Support and Assist Third Party Auditor as requested to provide requested information as part of Asset Sighting exercise

Conflict & Escalation management for the region

Innovation and operational excellence in the service delivery

Ensuring customer satisfaction

Education

8+ years of leading technical team and doing Routing L3 BGP advanced concepts and OSPF routing protocol.

Switching L3 level knowledge.

Firewall L3 level knowledge.

Load Balancer L2 level knowledge.

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