Senior Network Engineer

Position Details:
Industry:                             Finance/Payment
Work Location:                 Foster City, CA
Job Title:                            Senior Network Engineer
Duration:                           9 months (9/30/16). Potential to extend or convert.
Target Start Date:         Jan 4th

JOB SCOPE:
Key Responsibilities:
•    Plan, design, implement, and provide ongoing support of network systems of high complexity in Internet environments to fulfill business needs for performance and cost benefits
•    Serve as a technical lead for hardware installation, configuration, and operational support of these networks’ routers and switches
•    Provide highest level of technical consultancy to ensure problem resolution is achieved in the shortest possible timeframe
•    Development of processes and procedures for use by the Network team and third parties in the management of network environments
•    Develop and position solutions and build plans to effectively gain buy-in from all participants
•    Develop and streamline processes to further improve delivery of Global Network and Telecommunication services
•    Provide recommendations to management team to increase effectiveness of organization and technology solutions

QUALIFICATIONS:
•    At least 7 years of experience in a Sr. Network Engineering role
•    Expertise on IP Technologies and extensive knowledge of WAN technologies
•    Extensive experience and expertise on IP routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP
•    Expert engineering knowledge of load balancing / traffic management technology including F5 Big-IP/Viprion for LTM/GTM
•    Expert engineering knowledge of WAN optimization technology, including Riverbed Steelhead, to optimize application traffic across the WAN links
•    Advanced understanding of TCP/IP network protocols, including common application protocols
•    This position will need to be able to communicate and work effectively with implementation teams, customer relations, and internal/external customers to engineer solutions to meet the needs of all stakeholders
•    Advanced process orientation and exhibited planning, organizational, and problem solving skills
•    Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and leadership skills along with effective communication (both written and verbal in English) skills
•    The ability to support network operations in an on-call fashion is a requirement

MUST HAVE:
•    Expert engineering knowledge of load balancing / traffic management technology including F5 Big-IP/Viprion for LTM/GTM
•    Expert engineering knowledge of WAN optimization technology, including Riverbed Steelhead, to optimize application traffic across the WAN links