Resident Network Engineer – Service Provider Design – freelance – onsite – Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA

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Comgent is seeking a Resident Network Engineer for a technical consulting assignment covering service-provider routing and switching. You will support network design, certification and implementation planning, developing expertise in the platforms deployed across the customer network. The role connects laboratory validation with controlled changes in production.

Assignment

• Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
• Engagement: freelance / contract
• Work arrangement: Onsite
• Schedule: 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Support the design and planning of Juniper MX, PTX and QFX solutions, translating customer requirements into practical network designs.
• Run information-gathering and design workshops to understand the existing network, support processes and requirements for new services.
• Test new designs, features, Junos releases, patches and fixes in the laboratory; develop implementation and verification plans for pre-production and live networks.
• Troubleshoot network and equipment problems, open and track vendor support cases, and explain progress, workarounds and resolutions.
• Develop configuration standards, operating procedures and fault-diagnosis guidance, and produce regular written project and network-status reports.
• Train design, implementation and support teams, share lessons from major upgrades and maintenance windows, and advise on platform best practices.

Requirements

• Relevant experience: 5+ years.
• Junos CLI; TCP/IP, MPLS, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS-TE, RSVP, LDP, IPv6, routing policy, L3VPN, VPLS, MVPN, Ethernet/802.1Q, QoS/CoS; Ansible, YAML, PyEZ and Python.
• Technology environment: MX, PTX, QFX; required routing-device experience with MX, PTX, ACX.

Desirable skills

• JNCIS/JNCIP/JNCIE/CCNP/CCIE; strong communication across technical and executive teams.

Competencies

You will need strong customer-facing and presentation skills, the ability to translate complex requirements into solutions, and clear communication during incidents with both technical and executive audiences.

Travel and support

Travel to customer office; frequency not specified