Description
Xceed is a leading IT Professional Services Consultancy providing innovative and value-adding solutions across all business. Through the experience and expertise of its high calibre personnel, Xceed offers the right level of support or the right solution to ensure clients meet their required goals. Xceed is especially experienced in implementing and delivering change programmes, whether the change is driven by merger, acquisition, divestment or a need to drive out efficiencies and improve service.
Xceed is seeking a talented and motivated senior network R&D engineer to join our client's Global Network Solutions Development team. The Network Solutions Development team is responsible for creating and maintaining global standards for WAN oriented products, protocols, and tools. In this role, you will research, test, develop, and standardize new technologies (and modular designs), such that they can be deployed by our engineering teams.
Essential Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Expert level subject matter expert (SME) on network protocols, platforms, and design best practices
- Drives, manages, and "owns" end-to-end projects. Focused on owning and delivering standards to support the business
- Works with stakeholders to gather and validate requirements
- Test, develop, and standardize technologies, products, tools, and protocols
- Cleary and concisely communicates, documents, and trains others on standards and best practices
- Provides intensive support for the initial production deployment of new capabilities. Provides ongoing 4th level escalation support (not on-call rotation)
- Proactively and continuously improves all aspects of the team's operation remit
Experience ideally on large networks in a design, architecture, or R&D role...
- Strong understanding of design, protocol, and platform best practices
- Expert level knowledge of BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF
- Hands-on experience with Cisco CRS-1, 7600, 6500, and 7200
- Strong understanding of MPLS technologies such as L3 VPN, L2 VPN, and any combination of at least two of the following: VPLS, MPLS QoS, MPLS TE and mVPN
- Strong understanding and hands on experience with multicast technologies such as PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, and bidir
- Understanding of internal switch and Router hardware and software architectures
- Experience with test tools (eg Smartbits, traffic generators, etc) and simulation tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. The ability (and desire) to clearly and thoroughly document complex standards
- Motivated self starter, ability to drive projects to completion
- Excellent attention to detail
Desired Skills:
- Experience with JUNOS (and Juniper platforms) is a big plus
- Any quantifiable project management skills, certifications, or experience is a plus
- Working knowledge of carrier technologies such as SONET, SDH, DWDM, and Ethernet services
- Experience with Packet Design, OPNET, or similar tools is a plus
Certifications Required:
- CCIE Service provider is highly desirable, although any CCIE is acceptable. PMP/PMI desired