Position:Juniper EngineerLocation:Dallas, TX
Duration: 6-12 months+ CTH
Responsibilities/Job Duties/Job Description/Qualifications:
**College Degree is a must-have
**Juniper is 90% of the environment, 10% Cisco
Position Description:
Support and maintain the server, storage, and network infrastructure for an environment
Support automation tools to operate the environment
Keep environment evergreen with the collaborative support and expertise of the Service Delivery Organizations (SDOs)
Lead end-to-end infrastructure troubleshooting with internal and external groups of support
Provide support to application teams for recovery testing
Monitor the environment to ensure security
Maintain an on-call rotation to ensure availability and react in the event that recovery is required
Network
Experience with multiple network vendor operating systems – Juniper (QFX switches, EX switches) – Day to day management, troubleshooting, changes, etc. Rarely will be setting up new switches
Understanding of different types of network architectures for data center deployments, i.e., Spine and Leaf, Fabric technologies
Proficient in complex routing protocols - iBGP, eBGP, ISIS, MPLS, VPLS, EVPN (Open protocol through Juniper)
Experience with switching technologies including FHRP (VRRP, HSRP), Layer 2 (VLAN, Spanning Tree Protocol)
Background knowledge of network services: DHCP, DNS, NAT, Multicast, AAA (Tacacs/Radius), Netflow, IP SLA, SNMP, etc.
Working knowledge of Cisco ASA and IPS/IDS with Firepower, Cisco ACS/ISE
Basic understanding of monitoring and support tools - CSM/FMC, JunOS Space, Defense Center, nGeniWireshark, etc.
Able to create/use/maintain network diagrams to envision the end to end traffic flows from the multi-tiered network topologies including storage and backup solutions
Ability to set up/support F5 load balancers to provide a scalable solution for projects and Proof of Concepts.
Proficient in Network Firewalls (Fortinet)
Reporting & Security Analytics
Keen sense of situational awareness and familiarity with threat landscape, enabling efficient response to emerging threats to the environment.
Experience with the use of Security Information Event Monitoring (SIEM) solutions to monitor and respond to security events.
Prefer demonstrated experience performing cyber/IT security functions, e.g., incident response, vulnerability/penetration testing, malware analysis, firewall administration
Desirable industry certifications may include: Security+, CISSP, GIAC, CISM, CISA
Familiarity with risk management processes, mitigations, and compliance regimes
Familiarity with network and file system forensics
Desired skills & experience
Server Hosting
Ability to design, implement, document, and maintain complex integrated infrastructure and virtual systems.
Familiarity with application software, application infrastructure, and third party application environments in the assigned field. This includes installation, upgrades and patches, tuning, and creating links and interfaces between systems.
Working knowledge of modern Windows Server Operating Systems and supporting technologies like Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM, Antivirus, Splunk, and other operational support and monitoring tools.
Working knowledge of virtualization technologies and principles including VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, and OpenShift Container Platform.
Working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Good understanding of virtual networking and storage protocols.
Working knowledge desirable in any scripting language to maintain systems configuration such as: Ansible, Puppet, PowerShell, WSH, Bash, POSIX, Perl, Ruby, or Python, PowerCLI
Storage & Backup
Familiarity with SAN and NAS technologies - preferably Dell EMC Isilon & VMAX, NetApp E-Series, FAS Series, and CDOT.
Storage management applications - Solution Enabler, UniVMAX, ONTAP 9.5, OnCommand Insight (OCI), OnCommand Unified Manager (OCUM)
Storage SAN Switches - Cisco technologies (MDS9700 family); Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM v11.x)
Familiarity with storage monitoring tools, such as Secure Remote Service (SRS) from Dell EMC.
Backup process and infrastructure such as Master/Media and Clients agents for UNIX, Linux & Windows OS, SQL/Oracle, Virtual System Agent (VSA).
Knowledge of CommVault backup tool to administer the backup process
Familiarity with automation tools such as Puppet, Ansible, and Python.
Strong knowledge regarding Security & Controls processes with a focus on identifying and remediating vulnerabilities.
Maintaining storage and backup infrastructure (upgrades, patches, configuration, etc.)
Nikhil Kishore
MatchPoint Solutions
925-361 -2007 Work
925-397-1905 Fax
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