Sr. Network Monitoring Engineer

Sr. Network Engineer – Network Monitoring Manager

Requested Start Date: 11/23/09

Length of Engagement: 6 months

Hours Per Week: 20 to 40

Non-business work hours required: Some

Can perform work remotely: Some

Come join a highly experienced and dedicated team that has your community transit interests at heart.

We are seeking a Sr. Network Engineer with advanced experience in implementing, configuring and supporting a Network Monitoring System (NMS). The engineer will work with IT and Systems Engineering Staff to implement a new system that will centrally monitor multiple organizational wide networks:

All 5 networks reside on different subnets and are not visible to each other.

Duties and Responsibilities:

·        Provide a detail implementation project plan outlining timeline and deliverables.

·        Create visual management maps of the network within the NMS application indicating devices and network status

·        Creating custom alerts and notifications for applications and network devices

·        Configuring application analysis tools; NetScout InfiniStream

·        Configuring a central sys log server for ease of log management

·        Implementing a configuration management tools to provide backups and changes to device configurations.

·        Personalized/Group Monitoring; i.e. Grouping application server and only allowing the application team to view their systems and obtain reports.

·        Setup and configure NetFlow Monitoring

·        Setup and configure VoIP traffic Monitoring

·        Create and provide installation documentation of all products being installed and configured.

·        Provide training to IT Staff.

All candidates must meet the minimum qualifications in order to be considered for this position.

·        Extensive experience fully implementing NMS tools in a production environment

·        Senior level network engineering experience architecting and managing complex production network environments, including managing multiple subnets and virtual network configurations

Experience:

·        Experience in configuration and management of NMS tools such as What’s UP Gold

·        Premium, Solarwinds Enterprise Suite, Castle Rock, Kiwi, etc

·        Expert level knowledge of working and managing complex network environments with various virtual network configurations

·        Experience with SONET, CISCO Ethernet switches and routers

·        Experience in setting up and configuring SNMP/MIB captures and analysis

·        Experience in implementing and configuring NMS tools in an enterprise environment

·        Several years experience working in network environments as a senior level engineer.

·        Identify, troubleshoot and resolve network issues

·        Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work

·        Able to communicate/educate all levels of understanding

Knowledge of:

·        Knowledge of CISCO appliances, routers, switches

·        Knowledge of Alcatel-Lucent SONET nodes

·        Knowledge of GarrettCom and Riverstone switches

·        Principals and practices of change management

·        Strong knowledge of configuring NMS tools to effectively and proactively monitor network appliances, severs, applications and other devices connected to a network.

Highly Desired:

·        Experience working in SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) environment

·        Specific experience configuring an NMS to centrally monitor multiple networks

·        Experience configuring Riverstone and GarrettCom switches and routers

·        Specific installation and configuration of each of the following: What’sUP Gold, Castle Rock, Solarwinds, Kiwi, Log-a-Lot, and Splunk

·        CCNA Certified

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