This individual's focus will be on the overall lab testing and coordination with a particular focus on the campus side/ WAN/ branch and requires an in-depth understanding of simulated lab tests and interoperability with IP appliances.

Responsibilities

• Complete Lab asset (and modules e.g., line cards)  inventory mgt, registration to ReadyWorks, NMDB, and any future mgt platform identified.
• Lifecycle mgt of lab test gear (EoL/EoS/ EoVSS/ LDoS)  including ensuring they run the latest certified code and/ or code under cert as needed.
• Suggest and manage continuous improvement to existing allocation and EoL/EoS tracking process. Automate wherever possible to increase process efficiency.
•  Limited certifications, which will entail overall test setup/ test plan/ execution/ reporting and presenting lab test results.
• Manage current and new processes for hardware and optics allocation and inventory.
• Manage lab capacity, remove of no longer devices to free up rack space, track inbound to the lab devices, manage their physical installation, the  DNS registration, out-of-band access, cable mgt &  cleanup, and produce monthly lab capacity and usage report.
• Automated inventory mgt for lab-related needs (cables, optics, wraps, bins, terminal servers, jump hosts ) reporting and proactive inventory replenishment
• Lifecycle mgt of lab test gear (e.g., Ixia), ixia/ test gear code upkeep, scheduling, virtual routers (Arista Cloud Vision CVP = used for bug mgt), simulated testbeds (e.g., CML).
• Manage the interoperability testbeds, drive their testing automation, and increase efficiencies. 

 

Required Skills/Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience required, extensive experience with LAN/WAN network design, engineering, and Certification.
• Strong Knowledge of working with protocols such as OSPF, BGP, QoS, IPSec, and PIM.
• Excellent knowledge of network protocols, eg BGP, OSPF, Spanning-tree protocol, Multicast (!).
• Understanding of network protocols, and network platforms such as Cisco/Arista to design and troubleshoot new implementations.
• Experienced with creating design documents for each certification which includes engineering guidelines.
• Experience with Tools such as IXIA to test and certify various designs, and troubleshoot network issues.
• Knowledge of Certification of new code, and bug Scrubs on IOS/ XE/ NXOS/ and limited XR.
• Cabling and optics 10/ 25G/ 40G/ 50G/ 100G.
• Router hardening technologies, DDoS mitigation, routing protocol encryption, SSH implementation, out-of-band network design, 802.1x, NAC,