Description
For our client we are looking for a network engineering consultant (m/f/d) - 100% remoteYour tasks:
- Evaluate requirements & consumption of different business units by attending workshops with business representatives
- Advise client based on the evaluation and the information from the workshops
- Analyze the business requirements and identify gaps. Consult client accordingly and create documentation with the results and proposed solutions
- Implement key changes identified during workshops or project meetings to improve the user’s experience of connectivity in the areas of WAN, SD-WAN, LAN and WLAN, Cloud networking (ER).
- Implement key changes to the clients ZScaler platform identified during workshops or project meetings
- Actively steer the implementation of the above mentioned key changes based on project plan by tracking activities and measures assigned to vendors (the goal is to improve network routing, diagnosis & resolution of issues causing IT incidents). - Check if the documented changes by the 3rd party supplier are in conformance with the clients Connectivity Strategy and conduct the required technical changes; in the case of errors or missing changes, technically consult the supplier
- Consult the vendors to implement the identified improvements and project results and implement the solutions
- Consult 3rd parties to analyse and improve network routing and regarding the diagnosis and resolution of issues causing IT incidents (via MS Teams).
- Consult stakeholders and other actors within projects which have several dependencies on other infrastructure components and applications. That includes the involvement in meetings organised by PMs to discuss any potential negative impacts and alternative methods to check if the requirements can be met using different technology.
- Monitor the performance of client's network with use of the clients Network Monitoring System. Register any problem and inform the connectivity team via a Teams channel, if it has not already been raised automatically by the network monitoring system.
- Advise client about measures to improve the performance
- Define the Connectivity Change Roadmap which shows all potential change/improvement milestones for the different services. Consult the technology partners in the definition of the roadmap by using Powerpoint.
- Steer IT partners (DTBS, DXC and Microsoft) and Network Architects to implement the Connectivity Change Roadmap (includes SD-WAN adoption). Steer by checking if any planned changes by 3rd party suppliers are in line with the roadmap and will not cause any deviation or delays to project deliverables. Provide feedback based on knowledge regarding the Roadmap.
Your qualification:
- Knowledge of network architecture including: LAN, WAN, Cisco, IP, MPLS, OSPF, BGP, Firewalls & Peer P2P networks, within a service provider environment/ enterprise network
- Good knowledge of Juniper switches, Cisco routers, Checkpoint firewalls, Fortigate and Proof of concept type work
- Expertise in Datacentre and Azure networking
- DNS and AD skills required
- Express route and deep Azure networking cloud skills
- Netscout, Solarwinds and Wireshark with good network analytical skills • Advanced analytical and conceptual skills.
- Ideally 15 years networking experience
- Ability to think “cloud” first / strong azure networks skills
- Extensive experience of managing third parties, preferably gained in an outsourced IT environment
- English and German fluency essential
Wir sind überzeugt, dass stetige Weiterentwicklung, Innovationsstärke, Agilität und Schnelligkeit wichtige Erfolgsfaktoren der deutschen Wirtschaft darstellen. Wir wissen, dass die projektbezogene Arbeitsorganisation sowie die Kombination aus externem und internem Know-how diese Erfolgsfaktoren stärkt.
Wir glauben daran, dass der Zugang zu spezialisiertem Wissen von hochqualifizierten Experten einen immer höheren Stellenwert einnehmen wird. Durch unsere Dienstleistung schaffen wir diesen Zugang, managen Planung und Einsatz und leisten somit einen wesentlichen Beitrag, um den Erfolg unserer Kunden und Business Partner zu sichern.
Wir sind der Partner für die 20.000 besten, qualifiziertesten selbständigen Projektexperten in Deutschland. Wir vertreten das höchste Erfahrungsniveau für den Einsatz selbständiger Experten unter den führenden großen spezialisierten Dienstleistern in Deutschland.
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