IP Engineer III

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Job details: Role : IP Engineer III Location : Atlanta GA Long term contract Only on W2

Job description: Report To : Required Skills :

• IP Address Management tools
• IP Management
• ISP knowledge
• Architecture & Design experience

Job Description : Searching for an IP Engineer III to serve independently and as a technical lead to a team responsible for network and security engineering of the Cox National IP Network. This role will bring new data, networking, and security services, features, and capabilities to the Cox Data Centers, as well as perform network service design, automation development, and function as Tier IV escalation point for break/fix incidents. This role will utilize deep and broad knowledge of technical standards, and industry trends & practices, to build and test technical designs that can be delivered to internal customers in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions: • Create test plans, execute lab testing, develop low-level designs, lead field trials, and transition to operations teams. • Creates test plans; tests and validates functionality, management and performance for existing & new automation teams. • Develops playbooks/documentation for automation of functional standards and requirements – to include, testing, configuration changes, metrics collection, and API referencing. • Supports deployments of new services, systems, applications and architectures with configuration, integration, evaluation, testing, documentation, and training. • Provide IPAM platform and code certification for environment. • Provides detailed engineering support and consultation to other departments. • Defines and compiles standard methods of procedures (MOP) and documentation to support Operations in the configuration of network. • Facilitates communications with internal peers or cross departmental teams by holding or attending meetings, preparing reports, and participating on task forces. • Identify opportunities for improvements to existing designs & practices on an ongoing basis, drawing on new platform capabilities, industry standards, market demands, etc. Identify the business impact and value of these improvements. • Effective written and verbal interpersonal communication skills. Experienced at writing technical documentation. Typical formal documentation outputs will include test plans, project business/technical requirements, test results and key findings, standardized design guidelines, and implementation guides. Informal communication skills (e-mail, teleconference, face to face, etc.) are also required. • Minimum • 8+ years of experience in related field (i.e. Engineering, Technical Operations) or academic equivalent training or projects. • 5+ years of experience with IPAM network design and management including recent experience with IPControl or similar. • Experience in leading complex project execution teams, ability to clearly communicate requirements, delegate work activities, and provide clarity of goals and priorities in a manner that assures timely execution of projects. • Clear understanding of modern firewall, router, and switch architecture and network design (IP lookup algorithms). Understanding of RFC1918 and Carrier Grade NAT (CGN). • Experience with MS Office, Teams, SharePoint, as well as MS Visio and other graphical development tools. • Experience in data communications and networking standards (e.g., MEF, ANSI, IETF, IEEE. Preferred • BS/BA degree in related discipline strongly preferred (i.e. Engineering, Computer Science, or similar technical degree). • Will consider additional relevant work experience in lieu of degree. Business and/or management education, training, or direct professional experience is desired. • IT industry certifications a plus (i.e. CCIE, CCNP, JNCIE, JNCIP, CISSP, CEH, ITIL). • Direct experience with IPAM tools. • Understanding network domain segmentation, bridging services to management domains. • Experience with the following scripting/programming languages: Python, Perl, PHP, shell scripts. • Knowledge of virtualization platforms such as VMWare, Xen, KVM, etc. • Experience with Unix/Linux • 1 year or more developing scripts (ansible, python) for playbook automation, orchestration and/or data collection.

Thanks and Regards

Sai Kumar| Sr Talent Executive | Thoughtwave, Inc 1444 N. Farnsworth Ave, Suite 302, Aurora, IL - 60505 Email: saikumar@thoughtwavesoft.com Direct: 630-230-8617