Network Designer - Juniper

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My client who is based in London is looking for a Network Designer who has lots of experience with Juniper DC products to help them on an initial 6 month contract with the potential to extend.

What you'll be doing

Lead and implement the design and development

of network solutions for Data Center

Infrastructure areas.

To provide analytical and innovative input to

design/support projects undertaken by the

frontline designers (TD's)

Assists team members in transformation strategy

for a network or technology discipline in own area

of expertise

Leads complex DC/ Cloud infrastructure (network,

storage and compute) design/implementation

and migration.

Participate in work stream planning process,

including inception, technical design,

development, testing and delivery of network solutions Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve high

severity issues or problems.

As an expert in DC technology need to support

multiple contracts for engineering advice and

resolutions on design and configurations.

Collaborate with or guide internal or external

teams during the problem resolution process as

needed.

Create and review network schematics, diagrams,

and other program documentation to assist with

development and preparation of cost estimates,

and review vendor proposals.

Develop capacity planning models and loadbalancing/redundancy solutions.

Understand network requirements and provide

High Level Design and Low Level Design.

Plans and execute complex Network Upgrades

and Network Migration activities

Could lead on a specific deliverable of a

medium/complex scale project within a work

package

To champion and specify the use of BT's strategic

Choices for Design Tools, Systems and Templates

across various teams

Lead the initiatives in looking for efficiencies in

designs through use of patterns and templates,

rather than bespoke requests

Interact with SME's globally and contributes L&D

for the internal and external teams

Drive standardization across hub to ensure

operational procedures are in place, maintained

and followed as appropriate

Undertake work outside of direct responsibility

when required on behalf of the leadership team

Should have strong desire to learn & catch up

with new products, technologies & services in the

field of data networking

Skills required:

Provide Planning, Designing, and Implementation

around Juniper DC products and solutions.

Juniper DC products MX Series and EX or QFX

Series

Technical leadership of one particular technical

area/domain within a portfolio e.g.

Mandatory technical skills required : Juniper

Technology - Virtual Chassis, MC-LAG, Q-Fabric,

Fusion, E-VPN

Protocols :

EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, BGP, MP-BGP, Multicast,

AnyCast, DSCP/QoS, EVPN, VxLAN, OTV.

Good understanding on the Cisco/Aruba WLAN

technology.

UCS/Virtualization, Python, JSON programming

will be good to have.

Knowledge of virtualisation tools and concepts

Deep understanding of Routing protocols, ability

to plan, prioritize, organize, schedule and execute

assignments

Strong analytical skills, with strong problemsolving capability.

Excellent interpersonal, presentation and

communication skills.

Good understanding on Load balancers like F5

/ACE

Good understanding on Firewall

(ASA/Checkpoint/Palo Alto/SRX)

Knowledge on Cisco Nexus series e.g. 9K, would

be added advantage

Juniper certification at professional level or above

e.g. JNCIP(DC), JNCIE(DC)

At least 5-10 years of direct, hands-on

experience in Network design and

Implementation on Juniper Datacentre

product lines (Juniper Data Centre Products:

QFX, Q Fabric)

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