Job Description
Job Description
TITLE : Network Analyst III
CLIENT : Energy
LOCATION : Houston Texas
TYPE : Contract with intent to hire
SALARY or RATE : $45-55 / hr Dependent on experience
URGENCY : Reviewing Resumes
SUMMARY :
The Network Analyst would be a part of the company’s IT Global Networking team reporting to the Manager – Network Services. This position will work within the company’s operations team to support the enterprise network and contribute to projects when needed requiring network expertise.
DUTIES :
- Actively participate in the planning, design, and implementation of network related projects
- Act as an escalation resource for reported network or application performance issues
- Manage and support the network monitoring and configuration management software
- Provide technical and architectural support for field networks to include industrial switches, routers, and wireless bridges
- Assist in developing the overall network strategy for the company globally
- Utilize the service portal to manage and create service requests, outages, and change requests
- Identify, evaluate and recommend technologies using best practices / industry standards
- Identify innovative ways to utilize existing applications and technologies
- Forecast and coordinate management of change for scheduled maintenance weekends
- Effectively communicate with end users and peers around the world
- International and Domestic travel may be required
REQUIREMENTS :
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience :Extensive design, deployment and troubleshooting experience with large enterprisesStrong written and verbal communication skills. The ability to clearly articulate complex issuesProject management and customer interfacing capabilitiesExtensive experience with Palo Alto products including Panorama, PA NextGen Firewalls and PrismaExtensive experience with Cisco routers, switches, firewall and wireless hardwareExtensive experience with Solarwinds Network Management suite of applicationsExtensive experience with Wireshark and packet level analysis and application performance root cause analysisExperience designing and troubleshooting OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, Firewalls, IPSEC / SSL VPNs, DMVPNs, Spanning tree and network securityExperienced with software defined networkingHigh level of experience with Cisco Nexus Data Center ArchitectureHigh level of experience with Cisco ISE / NACWorking knowledge of SNMP, Netflow, IP SLA and other management protocolsExperience working in Oil and Gas Industry – specifically with field support techniciansCCNP certification a plusEDUCATION :
Bachelors degree in related fieldOTHER :
Monday to Thursday - 7.30am - 5.30pm in office and Friday 7.30am to 11.30am remotely