Job ID :
1977
Company :
UpperRanchCo
Location :
PLEASANTON, CA
Type :
Hire
Duration :
6 Months
Status :
Active
Openings :
1
Posted :
02 Nov 2012
Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com

Responsibilities:

   

· Staff position for 24 x 5 Network and Security Operations Center with on-call responsibilities and requirements for working outside of normal business hours.  Work in weekend, holiday, early morning and late nights are sometimes required. 
· Provides tier 2 escalation support for all networking issues. 
· Responsible for the day to day sustaining activities for the global enterprise network. 
· Monitoring network management systems for optimal operations, taking action against alerts and notifications as required. 
· Reviews, approves and executes network change orders. 
· Monitors ticket queues for incidents and change requests and maintains solid documentation of all activities in support of the ticket.
· Troubleshooting and incident resolution, including escalation to additional resources as appropriate to ensure timely resolution. 
· Deploys, configures, and maintains the health of the network infrastructure. 
· Ensures that implementation plans are complete and well executed. 
· Ensures the technical accuracy of all designs within the scope of the existing production network infrastructure.
· Analyzes and maintains performance data to ensure optimal network utilization.
· Ensures that all network designs adhere to industry best practices for secured network computing.
· Maintains and executes work instructions as documented.
· Enforces and executes user policies and procedures regarding use of network resources.
· Complies with company's change management control process.

Skills required:

· 5+ years of network experience
· Cisco CCNA Certification or Equivalent.

· Comfortable in a large Cisco-based campus/data center switch environment with basic understanding of spanning tree, VLANs, and HSRP.
· Familiarity with Cisco IOS based switch platforms. 
· Familiarity with L3 routing protocols.
· Familiarity with Juniper Firewalls.
· Familiarity with Juniper routers.
· Familiarity with Websense infrastructure.
· Strong communication and documentation skills.