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IT - Hardware
Omaha, NE (On-Site/Office)
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Architect to support an enterprise network environment, including both Campus and Data Center networks spanning multiple sites. This role will serve as the final escalation point for all complex network issues before vendor engagement, requiring expert-level knowledge of advanced networking technologies.
The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Cisco Nexus switches, vPCs (Virtual Port Channels), and LAN/WAN technologies. The Data Center environment heavily leverages Cisco VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN) with BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) and OSPFv3 (Open Shortest Path First version 3). They must be able to troubleshoot and resolve issues involving vPCs, OSPFv3, BGP, and advanced VXLAN configurations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Northern Technologies Group is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
Travel
Up to 10%
Shift
Normal office hours that align with the core hours of the customer
Note
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
Full-time
Description
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Architect to support an enterprise network environment, including both Campus and Data Center networks spanning multiple sites. This role will serve as the final escalation point for all complex network issues before vendor engagement, requiring expert-level knowledge of advanced networking technologies.
The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Cisco Nexus switches, vPCs (Virtual Port Channels), and LAN/WAN technologies. The Data Center environment heavily leverages Cisco VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN) with BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) and OSPFv3 (Open Shortest Path First version 3). They must be able to troubleshoot and resolve issues involving vPCs, OSPFv3, BGP, and advanced VXLAN configurations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain a highly available enterprise network including Campus and Data Center environments.
- Expert support for Cisco Nexus switches utilizing vPCs and VXLAN, including the ability to troubleshoot, configure, and optimize complex VXLAN environments.
- Cisco VXLAN troubleshooting:
- VXLAN Tunnel Endpoints (VTEPs): Ensure proper encapsulation and decapsulation of VXLAN traffic between endpoints.
- Overlay Network: Manage and troubleshoot virtual Layer 2 networks (VXLAN segments) running over a Layer 3 underlay infrastructure.
- VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI): Ensure accurate configuration of the 24-bit identifier for VXLAN segments to scale up to 16 million segments, significantly beyond the traditional VLAN limit of 4,096.
- VXLAN Redundancy using Anycast IPs: Troubleshoot and maintain redundancy configurations using Anycast IPs in VXLAN networks for high availability.
- Advanced BGP and OSPFv3 Routing: Troubleshoot complex routing issues involving BGP and OSPFv3 redistribution with route-maps, ensuring proper loop prevention and optimized route selection.
- Cisco FlexVPN: Implement and maintain site-to-site VPN connectivity using Cisco FlexVPN with OSPFv3, ensuring secure and reliable network connections across multiple sites.
- QoS (Quality of Service): Design and troubleshoot QoS policies to support real-time network traffic, including voice, video, and multicast across the enterprise network.
- Final escalation point: Serve as the final technical escalation point for network issues, ensuring thorough troubleshooting and resolution before engaging with external vendors.
- Mentorship and leadership: Act as the senior technical lead, mentoring and guiding junior network staff while fostering a collaborative learning environment.
- Government leadership communication: Regularly report to government leadership, providing updates on network health, project progress, and critical issue resolution as part of supporting a DoD mission-critical environment.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- Active and current Top Secret federal security clearance
- 10 or more years of experience in network engineering that includes leading large-scale projects
- CCNP Certification
- Extensive experience with Cisco Nexus switches, vPCs, VXLAN (with BGP and OSPFv3), and Cisco FlexVPN.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex network issues involving vPCs, OSPFv3, BGP, VXLAN, and VPN technologies.
- In-depth knowledge of route-maps and loop prevention techniques for redistributing routes between BGP and OSPFv3.
- Proven ability to manage QoS for real-time traffic, ensuring optimal performance for voice, video, and multicast applications.
- Previous experience in supporting DoD contracts and mission-critical environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- CCIE certification
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Northern Technologies Group is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
Travel
Up to 10%
Shift
Normal office hours that align with the core hours of the customer
Note
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
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