Juniper Networks - Herndon, VA

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Herndon, VA
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods

About the position

At Juniper, we believe the network is the single greatest vehicle for knowledge, understanding, and human advancement the world has ever known. To achieve real outcomes, we know that experience is the most important requirement for networking teams and the people they serve. Delivering an experience-first, AI-Native Network pivots on the creativity and commitment of our people. It requires a consistent and committed practice, something we call the Juniper Way. As a Staff Technical Support Engineer with Top Secret w/ SCI Clearance, you will provide high-level technical guidance and support on Juniper products, focusing on networking and system administration. This role demands a strong understanding of Linux administration, networking, and virtualization. You will apply your extensive experience and work independently as part of a team to support our Federal customers. Your primary responsibility will be to provide technical support for Juniper products in data centers, routing, and security. You will take ownership of high-priority or sensitive customer issues, ensuring prompt network services restoration and issue resolution to the customer's satisfaction by using a systematic problem-solving approach. In this position, you will troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, provide technical support to users, and participate in customer conference calls and face-to-face meetings to discuss technical issues. You will also develop and maintain skills in your core products and technologies, contributing to technical documentation such as White Papers, Knowledge Base articles, and Troubleshooting Guides for both internal and external use. Sound documentation of technical support issues using available tools is essential. You will be expected to develop a "Can-Do" attitude and suggest ways to improve team performance and increase customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

  • Primarily provide technical support for Juniper Products in datacenter, routing, and security.
  • Take ownership of high priority or sensitive customer issues and ensure prompt network services restoration and issue resolution to the customer's satisfaction, by using a systematic problem solving approach.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
  • Provide technical support to users.
  • Participate in customer conference calls and/or face to face customer meetings to discuss technical issues.
  • Develop and maintain skills in his/her core products and technologies, and highlight any need for training as the customers networks evolve.
  • Contribute to technical documentation (White Papers, KB, Troubleshooting Guides) for internal and external use.
  • Sound documentation of technical support issues using the available tools is an essential element of the role.
  • Develop a 'Can-Do' attitude and suggest ways to improve the team performance and increase customer's satisfaction.

Requirements

  • US citizenship
  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance
  • Higher education (Bachelor or Master degree in electrical engineering or computer science or equivalent)
  • 5+ years of working experience in a system administration or networking role.
  • 5+ years supporting customers on site and via phone. Must be able to support complex and high profile customer base.
  • 5+ years of working experience in a system administration or networking role.
  • Extensive working experience with Linux and system administration/virtualization.
  • Strong communication skills, including influencing and collaboration skills, are a must.
  • Strong operating and troubleshooting knowledge across one or more of the following: system administration (Linux, Windows, virtualization), routing, switching or security technologies: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS (L2 & L3 VPN), Multicast protocols (IGMP, PIM), Switching or firewall technologies.
  • Extensive and deep knowledge in IP networking in layers 2-4 (TCP/IP, Ethernet, VLANs, VLAN stacking, QoS, Spanning Tree (STP,RSTP), RIP, VRRP, IGMP).
  • Working experience with traffic generators and network protocols analysis tools.
  • Practical knowledge of L1/L2 technologies: Ethernet, SONET/SDH, ATM, Frame Relay.
  • Strong problem solving skills, applicable to large and complex network scenarios.
  • Strong customer management and customer service skills.
  • Excellent presentation skills.

Nice-to-haves

  • Knowledge of network management skills SNMP, XML, LDAP, COPS
  • Unix administrator skills
  • QOS, NAT, Firewall, MPLS MPLS/VPNs, IPSec, Stateful Packet Inspection
  • Common methods of attacks (DoS, portscan, Worms and Trojans, spoofing)
  • Secure Management (SSL, SSH)

Benefits

  • Medical benefits
  • 401(k) eligibility
  • Vacation
  • Sick time
  • Parental leave
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