213658 Network Validation Technician

Set up and configure Desktop and Server platforms & Ethernet devices. Install drivers and software for 10/100/1000MB, 10GB and 40GB wired Ethernet controllers, network interface cards, and network devices for functional evaluation/validation and/or customer reported issue reproduction. Communicate and interact with group/product managers, developers, marketing, and other evaluation engineers and technicians. Run prescribed test procedures, accurately document work performed, and submit timely reports.

• Windows 7+ and Windows 2008 Server+, Linux (SLES and/or RHEL), and VMWare ESX Operating System experience including all aspects of setup, config, and network troubleshooting
• Proven experience building and configuring 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit LAN environments
• Basic understanding of PC system architecture including both client and server platforms
• Strong work ethic and team orientation
• Experience managing and configuring Layer 2 and 3 Ethernet Devices
• Proven technical troubleshooting and problem-solving experience with a passion for learning technologies
• 3-5 years applicable experience

***Preferred Skills

• Experience with Ethernet sniffers and/or protocol analysis
• Experience with blade server and chassis managed compute environments
• Test automation/scripting, C/C++ programming, Perl, python, Windows PowerShell
• Network Performance testing
• Chariot, Smartbits, IXIA
• Experience with DOS, uEFI, and Embedded OSes
• Knowledge of IPMI, vPro out of band manageability technologies
• Experience or knowledge with NAS, iSCSI, FCoE technologies
• Experience or knowledge of High Availability computing technologies and RDMA

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK WITH CANDIDATES ON H1B VISAS OR CANDIDATES REPRESENTED BY THIRD PARTIES.