Description
An exciting opportunity is available in Parma/Italy for a Senior Network Engineer with very good written and oral English language skills. This position is with an IT company working at a client in the Public Sector.
We are looking for candidates with the following profile:
- Secondary school diploma plus six (6) years of proven experience in the field.
- 6+ years' experience as Network Engineer in a large-scale inter-network
- Environment with proven complex network management experience.
- 4+ years of experience in configuring and managing voice architectures in a ToIP and VoIP environment.
- 2+ years of proven experience with Cisco Unified Communication Manager, Cisco Unity Voicemail, and Cisco Unified Presence tools.
- Comprehensive understanding of Ethernet, TCP/IP, and Cisco IOS support in an environment that includes Windows systems, virtual architectures and enterprise SAN storage.
- Experience supporting EIGRP, BGP, MPLS and VPNs.
- Proficient in network switching and signalling fundamentals to include: SIP, MGCP, H.248, SS7, and preferably traditional TDM signalling protocols (ie, GR303).
- Good understanding of ITIL practices and knowledge of the COBIT framework.
- Proficient English level; Italian is a plus.
Tasks:
- Configure, maintain and support local and wide area networks, including the configuration and maintenance of Routers, Switches, Firewalls, load balancers and other network devices.
- Perform and coordinate effective installation and configuration of network equipment and provides connectivity for new systems.
- Perform and coordinate effective installation and configuration of IP Telephony and Voice Over IP (VoIP) architectures.
- Identify root cause of performance issues utilizing problem management techniques and implement corrective actions.
- Install new software releases, system upgrades, evaluate and install patches and resolve software and hardware related problems.
- Provide performance monitoring.
- Evaluate the adequacy of system hardware and software to meet present and future needs, and provides trend analysis to the team.
- Escalate technical issues to third parties, as appropriate.
- Evaluation and management of access permissions and privileges.
- Work with a team to automate management tasks, streamline processes and perform standard administration functions as needed.
- Design and implement performance metrics and proactively recommend solutions for capacity planning purposes.
- Provide complete and thorough documentation. Plan and perform appropriate procedures, documentation, inventory assessment, and other procedures related to the network and IP Telephony environment.
This position is offered as a freelance contract in Parma.
We kindly ask interested candidates to send us their CV quoting reference BH448.