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Comgent is seeking a Resident Network Consultant for a technical assignment covering Session Smart Routing and service-provider routing, switching and security. You will develop detailed knowledge of the deployed platforms, advise customer teams and support a reliable production network. The assignment is based in Colorado Springs and includes laboratory validation, implementation planning and advanced troubleshooting.
Assignment
- Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- Engagement: freelance / contract
- Schedule: 40 hours per week
Responsibilities
- Act as a subject matter expert on Juniper platforms and understand the customer network, implementation processes and support procedures.
- Test new designs, features and functionality in the laboratory, and develop implementation plans that verify correct operation in production.
- Validate operating-system patches and fixes across pre-production, test and live networks as implementation plans require.
- Troubleshoot equipment and network problems, initiate Juniper JTAC cases and track issues through to resolution.
- Run information-gathering workshops, produce regular written reports and train design, implementation and support personnel.
- Share lessons from major upgrades and network changes with engineering colleagues, and develop secondary skills across the products in the network.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience implementing and supporting networking products in large-scale Internet Service Provider environments.
- SSR; TCP/IP, RSVP, Segment Routing, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS; L2/L3VPN, EVPN, pseudowires; SDN; Juniper operations and network analysers; Unix/Linux.
- Technology environment: SSR, MX, EX, SRX.
- Required clearance: Active DoD Top Secret.
Desirable skills
- Automation/scripting; JNCIP/JNCIE/CCNP/CCIE strongly preferred.
Competencies
You should be able to work within a team, recognise and take ownership of tasks independently, and explain developing customer problems before they become major issues. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are important.
Travel and support
Occasional travel, after-hours and on-call critical support, compensated with compensatory time.