Network Engineer

SP Fiber is a regional carrier serving more than 600,000 broadband and voice customers across California. Retail stores, field technicians and customer care all report into regional operations teams.

The position

SP Fiber has an opening for a Network Engineer. The Enterprise Networking team owns everything from core switching to branch firewalls. You'll split time between projects and escalated tickets. Hands-on network role with Cisco, Palo Alto and Meraki gear. Some travel to branch offices is required. This position is on site in Houston.

Responsibilities

• Set up 802.1X and NAC with Cisco ISE or Aruba ClearPass
• Coordinate with carriers on circuit installs and outages
• Maintain IPAM, VLAN and network documentation in NetBox or Visio
• Design and troubleshoot routing with BGP, OSPF and EIGRP
• Run packet captures in Wireshark to diagnose latency and drops
• Configure and maintain Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switches, ISR routers and Meraki devices

What you need

• 3+ years of enterprise network engineering experience
• Comfortable on the CLI in Cisco IOS, NX-OS or Junos
• Valid driver's license for travel to company sites
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, STP and routing protocols
• Understanding of DNS, DHCP, QoS and load balancing

Preferred

• Data center fabrics (Cisco ACI, VXLAN EVPN)
• Network automation with Python or Ansible
• Voice networks and QoS for VoIP
• F5 BIG-IP load balancers

Why work with us

• Flexible spending account

SP Fiber is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Agencies: please do not contact us about this role.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at SP Fiber.