Minimum 5 -7 years of enterprise IT experience with demonstrated subject matter expertise in enterprise data routing and switching, voice, video, and wireless (WLAN)
Expert level knowledge of data and telecommunication technologies including but not limited to (Ethernet, switching technologies, WAN, LAN, Firewalls, SANs, MPLS, OSPF, TCP/IP, Fiber Optics, Wireless, SIP, BGP, VoIP Protocols and ISIS)
The ability to isolate and resolve network performance and communication issues to ensure maximum up time and reliability
Strong understanding of IP Segmentation, VLANs, trunking, Quality of Service (Voice, Wireless, and Data) static/dynamic routing and high availability configurations HSRP.
Implement, establish, and optimize wireless networks, ISE including policy enforcement, profiling services.
Operational experience with the enterprise/carrier-class routers and switches (experience with Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Foundry, and F5 Load Balancers required)
Operational experience with security engineering, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, firewall (Cisco ASA's, and Palo Alto preferred)
Extensive experience working in structured management processes for highly available enterprise networks.
Leverage modern network operations toolsets through software development principles and network automation (Cisco Catalyst/DNA, GitHub, Ansible, CRON job, Scripting, Python, etc.)
Understanding of cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP) a plus
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Maintaining, creating, and updating network diagrams and documentation.
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, conducive to team development