Network Engineer

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.  Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence.   RESPONSIBILITIES ● Install, configure and support large-scale production and corporate network infrastructure     including routers, switches, console servers and optical transport equipment. ● Troubleshoot network hardware and software, working with 3rd party hardware     vendors and suppliers on root cause analysis and resolution. ● Troubleshoot and repair local and long haul circuits, working with both internal resources    and 3rd party vendors to isolate and resolve cabling issues. ● Schedule and perform network maintenance, repair, and upgrade tasks as needed     while limiting the impact on the production network ● Use internal software, tools, and scripts to configure, monitor, and repair network     equipment ● Perform queue management for alarms, tasks, and incidents and participate in ongoing     deployment projects ● Troubleshooting network link/device/configuration issues, isolating the problem,     fixing the problem ● Creating new RMA requests through OEM vendors for both replacement devices,     as well as obtaining technical assistance when troubleshooting devices. ● Verify capacity, draining traffic, suppressing alarms before replacing; optics, line     cards, sup cards. ● Tracking, maintaining and updating asset inventory of defective and replacement     parts. ● Troubleshoot, tracing , looping links to locate the physical issue. SKILLS ● The ideal candidate will have 7+ years’ experience in networks installation, configuration     and support. ● Experience with Cisco Nexus/ASR, Arista and Juniper Enterprise and Service     Provider network hardware platforms and architectures including data center     switching platforms. ● Strong working knowledge of routing and switching technologies and protocols ● Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations and utilize troubleshooting     skills, systems and tools, and creative problem solving abilities under pressure ● Strong working knowledge of Linux OS and CLI navigation To apply for this opportunity, please select "I'm Interested" or contact me: Paru Naidu 619-793-5633