Sr network planning engineer

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, TEKWISSEN™ provides a unique portfolio of innovative capabilities that seamlessly combines clients insights, strategy, design, software engineering and systems integration. Our tightly integrated offerings are tailored to each client’s requirements and span the services spectrum from Application Development/Maintenance, testing, Technology Consulting & staffing. The company is primarily focused on information technology, engineering, healthcare, financial technology and contingent workforce solutions. It operates in seven business segments including Commercial, Professional & Technical, EMEA Commercial, and EMEA Professional & Technical. The company provides professional and technical expertise in the fields of Telecom, Education, Banking, Retail, e-commerce, Automotive, Life Science, Insurance, legal, healthcare, among others. It also offers outsourcing, consulting, recruitment, career transition, and vendor management services.

We strongly believe:
" If something cannot be measured, it cannot be managed. "
TEKWISSEN™ measures all of these processes and applies corrective interventions to manage the quality process at its core.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D

Recognitions:

2015 -America’s Fastest Growing Company by Inc.com
2015- SPARK FastTrack Award from Ann Arbor SPARK
2015 -Honoree of Diversity Focused Company by Corp! Magazine
2014- America’s Fastest Growing Company by Inc.com
2014- Michigan 50 Companies to Watch
2014 – DiSciTech Award in Technology by Corp! Magazine
2014- DiSciTech TECHNOLOGY Company of the year by Corp! Magazine
2014- SPARK FastTrack Award from Ann Arbor SPARK

Specialties:
Enterprise Solutions, Web Development, Data Warehousing, Systems Integration, IT Security, Storage Technologies, Development and Delivery, Business Intelligence, Telecommunications, Consulting and Planning, Network design, Implementation &Administration

Position details:

Sr. Network Planning Engineer (10+yrs experience)
Ft. Worth, TX
12+ Months Contract + Extensions

Need locals only
 
Interview: Phone+F2F (Or Direct FTF) interview

Qualification
•    Must Have
o    Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills *
o    BGP Protocol *
o    Cisco *
o    Cisco network switches and firewalls *
o    DNS *
o    EIGRP Protocol *
o    IP Networking *
o    LAN *
o    Microsoft Visio *
o    Networking principles *
o    Network Troubleshooting *
o    QoS (Quality of Service) *
o    TCP/IP *
o    VoIP (Voice over IP) *
•    Nice to Have
o    Airlines

Job Description-
The Senior Network Planning Engineer is responsible for supporting IT verticals and business units in implementing new applications and making network modifications as part of assigned projects. This position requires analysis and design of network solutions within the AA architectural framework to meet project needs. This position requires a Senior level engineer that will:
•    Perform network engineering tasks; writing network device configuration scripts into network change documentation and implementing those network changes to meet project goals and deadlines.
•    Review and provide feedback on change documentation of other engineers.
•    Establish processes to test applications and devices before planned network deployment to quantify their performance and recommend steps to ensure they are optimized.
•    Serve as third-tier support for network operations team when needed.
•    Create and publish an executive level report on application and network performance.
•    Translate business needs into actionable vendor deliverables.
•    Manage small internal data network projects.

Much of the network support work is handled by contracted vendors and the primary focus of this position is to interact with internal IT customers, clarifying their requirements and managing their expectations as well as communicating with the various organizations performing the work. Qualified candidates will possess:
-    Six plus years of enterprise data network/IT industry experience with a minimum of four working with data network technologies and monitoring tools at an enterprise scale
-    Strong understanding of complex routing and switching, NAT, load-balancing, VoIP, and VPN methodologies
-    Strong technical consulting/customer service background, as well as excellent oral, written, and presentation skills
-    Proven ability to manage multiple vendors and projects in a fast paced and highly outsourced IT environment
-    Extensive experience with technical network and application projects and implementations at scale
-    Strong network technical knowledge and experience with local area and wide area networks with an ability to quickly learn network/application terms.
-    Cisco certification (CCNP, CCIE) preferred
-    Experience working with HPN network equipment would be an advantage

Preferred Skills:
•    B.S. Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering
•    Airline/travel experience
•    Understanding of Agile methodologies
•    Programming experience
•    Cisco certification (CCNP, CCIE)


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