Senior Network Systems Engineer

Position: Sr. Network Engineer

GNi is a leading provider of customer-centric managed services that has built our reputation with our clients as the best of breed in our broad range of capabilities, speed of delivery, affordable pricing and customer satisfaction.  GNi is currently seeking a Sr. Network Engineer who has extensive knowledge in networking technologies with diverse platform experience.

We are looking for an experienced network engineer to install, troubleshoot, and support our customers across multiple regions domestically and abroad. The successful candidate will be implementing new network designs and troubleshooting daily network connectivity issues for our large customer base. The Sr. Network Engineer will be working in a great team environment, have lots of opportunities for training, but will be expected to learn and implement on your own as well.

We want someone who’s experienced in a fast paced, small – medium sized environment, has experience in an ISP / Service provider environment as a network engineer, and is a CCNP or close to obtaining a CCNP or CCIE. 

We are looking for a Team Player, someone with the desire to do a great job, enjoys network engineering, and be part of a rapidly growing company with a proven success record. We are looking for a problem solver who can think outside the box and can also follow general guidelines.

Requirements:

· 7+ years professional experience working as Sr. Network Administrator

· Cisco Router and Catalyst switch installation, configuration, troubleshooting and upgrades

· Expert knowledge in both network design, and hands on experience in supporting highly available network infrastructure in a fast paced large scale, Internet service environment.

· Expert knowledge in setting up VLANs, VLAN Trunks, Network Redundancy, Firewall (Cisco ASA and Netscreen 5400), Load Balancers, VPNs (across multiple vendors), IDS, IPS, ACLs, Network Security, Routing and Switching.

· Expert knowledge on all routing protocols and redundancy setup, especially BGP, OSPF, MPLS, GLBP, HSRP, and VRRP.

· Experience in dealing with ARIN, APNIC, and other address registries

· In-depth experience working with large scale routers such as Cisco 7600, and 6500 series routers and Juniper Netscreen 5400. 

· Experience with server and network monitoring, capacity planning, change management and configuration policies.

· Ensure the continuous availability of all data network services

· Willingness and ability to teach and train others.

· A team player with good verbal and written communication skill.

· Must be available to work in San Jose Corporate Office.

· 24x7 available for emergency escalations

· Participate in ''On Call'' rotation

Optional Skills:

· IBM Blade servers

· Linux (RedHat, SUSE, CentOS, Gentoo)

· Windows (server 2003)