**RESPONSIBILITIES**- Design, implement, and operate network management technologies in accordance with industry best practices.- Monitor network performance, adjust alerting and notifications, and participate in incident response.- Work closely with enterprise and field networking teams to ensure environments are fully monitored and managed.- Design and implement components of a network fabric visibility strategy.- Create and maintain documentation on architecture and process.- Mentor, educate, and help drive development of network teams and Network Operations Center.- Use automation and integration tools to interface with other teams and systems.- Participate in on-call rotation.- Ability to travel occasionally.- Adhere to ITIL framework for service management.Skills and Requirements:- Basic Requirements:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field preferred- Cisco CCNP certification preferred- 7 years of Cisco switching and routing experience on both IOS and Nexus platforms, in an enterprise environment- 3 years of experience with Meraki and Cisco Aironet wireless technology- 2 years of experience with IPAM, DHCP/DNS operation such as Bluecat or Infoblox- 2 years of experience with Solarwinds- Experience with Cisco / Viptela SDWAN or other SDN / SDWAN- Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to use packet captures and other tools to identify multi-domain issues- Experience with management and configuration of Application Delivery Controllers (F5, Citrix, A10, etc.
)- Other Requirements:- Experience with cloud environments and on-ramps such as AWS, Azure, Google, as well as CDN services- Experience with automation tools including Python and Ansible- Familiarity with VMWare, Linux, Windows Server, network firewalls- Familiarity with Cisco Voice technologies (CUCM, CUBE, Ribbon SBC, VCS - E/C)- Familiarity with Cisco ACI SDN- Devops and network security knowledge- Proven experience assisting peers in developing higher level skillsets- Strong organizational and project management skills