Network Engineer IV

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Overview

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Overview
TNS has an excellent opportunity for an experience IP Network Engineer to design, install, and optimize Global IP Network Infrastructure across multiple geographic backbone locations. Specific roles, responsibilities and expectations include:

1. High-Level Design Concept Creation
2. Low-Level Design Specification Development
3. Network Delivery and Turn-Up
4. Operational Network Design Review and Optimization
5. Network Design Standards Development

As a contributing member of the Global Network Infrastructure Delivery team, this position will be focused on providing advanced technical support and documentation in all areas of Global Network Design and Delivery. This position will also be responsible for providing technical support for other TNS network infrastructure and customer facing services as required.

Responsibilities

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Key contributor 
• Your work will be critical to project success
• Your influence will be at the customer management level
• You may be called upon to solve highly technical, complex problems
• You may be called on to consult for other projects
• Engineering, deployment, and support of the TNS Global IP backbone network
• Delivery of Ethernet based services, as defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum
• Routing  protocol design and support (BGP, ISIS, EIGRP, OSPF, PIM)
• WAN/LAN topology design and support 
• MPLS design and support
• Data Center design and support
• Load Balancer design and support
• Vendor/hardware assessment and recommendations
• Equipment/Design specifications in support of budgetary planning
• Identify issues and recommend appropriate action/resolution
• Provide guidance to other team members, facilities processes and transfer knowledge of technical skills

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of design and operations experience in large scale multiprotocol global IP / ISP networks

• 5+ years of experience and expert in TCP/IP and routing protocols (RSVP, LDP, BGP, ISIS, OSPF, PIM, BFD, and Fast Reroute technologies)

• 3+ years of experience with architecture and provisioning of MPLS networks and services including Traffic Engineering, Carrier Ethernet, MPLS L2 and L3 VPNs, VPLS, Circuit Emulation, IPSec, VPNs, IP Multicast, and QOS/COS

• 5+ years of experience in layer-2 Ethernet technologies

• 3+ years working knowledge of Data Center design and operation 

• Expertise in current industry WAN technologies and products (SONET, SDH, TDM, Metro Ethernet, etc.)

• 5+ years of extensive hands-on experience with the configuration, debugging, and problem resolution of complex Cisco and / or Juniper based networks

• Experienced with command-line interfaces, and skilled in effective use of various network monitoring and analysis tools such as SolarWinds, SPLUNK, and similar tools

• Certified in applicable Cisco and Juniper technologies

• For this role, we anticipate paying $131,000- $159,000 annually. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. TNS offers a competitive benefit package including medical and dental coverage, life insurance, paid holidays and vacations, and a 401K plan with company match.

Optional Desired Qualifications:

• IP Multicast
• Hands-on experience with Service Provider class Juniper and Cisco routers and switches
• Server Load-Balancing
• UNIX/Linux Experience
• Traffic Generator Experience
• Project Management Experience
• PERL programming and XML based management experience

If you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what TNS is all about!

TNS is an equal opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.