Resident Network Architect

Resident Network Architect

  

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

   

Working from both home and on-site with our customers. 

Would you like to do your best work at the forefront of the digital revolution?

Responsibilities

Typical Resident Network Architect duties may include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Holding design and information gathering workshops to understand the Customer's existing network design and their future plans and goals.
• Understand a customer's organizational structure including network implementation, support processes and procedures. Passionate about creating a highly available and sustainable network.
• Test new designs, features, functionality & patching in a laboratory environment, developing plans to implement and verify success in the live network.
• Troubleshoot incidents and problems, opening and supervising cases through to problem resolution. This may include raising and tracking returns. 
• Work on developing network optimization and configuration reviews.
• Author summary reports of the status of Design projects, incidents & problems. Discussing the same in meetings.
• Lead field training to educate Customer’s design, implementation, and support personnel in the configuration / operation of Juniper Networks products.
• Assist the Customer in developing Network Operating and Equipment Operating Procedures. Supporting ongoing efforts in defining standard methodologies for Juniper product applications used by Customer
• Peering with colleagues performing similar resident engineering roles learning lessons which will help minimize risk for the customer.
• 40 hour per week position supporting testing at the customer location.  This will be a mix of on-site and remote support.
• The Resident Network Architect will be encouraged to develop secondary skills in other products in the Juniper product portfolio. 

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates will have a proven record spanning 5 years, providing implementation and technical support of relevant products. Will be proficient in the following areas:

• Experience in the installation and operation of Juniper Networks Routers and the Junos operating system. This includes hands-on experience monitoring and deploying Juniper hardware and software.
• A conceptual grasp of VXLAN and EVPN
• A firm understanding of protocols and services including Multicast, IP, IPv6, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, VPNs, NAT and CGNAT
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Hands-on experience with most of Juniper routing and switching portfolio, which includes MX, EX, PTX series hardware.
• Basic to sophisticated Routing knowledge: ECMP, BFD (Layer 3), OAM (Layer 2), ARP, Spanning Tree Protocols
• Strong social and interpersonal skills coupled with emotional intelligence

Preferred Qualifications

The IDEAL candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Proven Understanding of CGNAT and Juniper’s Implementation of the service
• Demonstrated ability of handling activity on large technical accounts
• Programming and Scripting experience such as Python, Ansible or Salt
• Certifications:  JNCIP, JNCIE / CCIE or equivalent are plus
• Experience with Cisco IOS/XR as well as Junos to facilitate migration
• Proficient in English, both spoken and written

Additional Skills:

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, User Experience (UX)

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

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