Experience and Education:

•Cisco  Certifications CCNA required. CCNP, CCDP or higher-level certification preferred.

•Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required.

•Five years experience in a medium to large enterprise Cisco-based Network technical position.

•Two to four years of diverse storage management in medium to large scale data processing, supporting multiple platforms (Mainframe, Win, VM, AIX and Linux).

Skills Required:

•Extensive experience with Cisco routers (7206,3640,2851), switches (6509, 4506, 3750) and IOS software.

•F5 load balancing and web acceleration appliances, Packeteer Packetshaper

•In-depth understanding of other technologies such as VPN, TACACS, VoIP,  including cabling infrastructure.

•Understanding of network analysis and monitoring tools such as Sniffer, LAN Analyzers and various statistical reporting tools.

•Good working knowledge of WAN technologies including MPLS, Frame Relay, VSAT & DSL provisioning and performance monitoring.

•Understanding of network authentication and security tools, such as Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Cisco TACACS, and Radius authentication.

•Experience dealing with Telcos, Long-Haul carriers and ISP’s.

•Strong verbal and written communication skills.

•Ability to manage large scale infrastructure projects.

•Experience with Microsoft Networking Infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, WINS, Active Directory) and Operating Systems (Windows 7/XP).

•Diverse storage experience with EMC, IBM, NetApp storage arrays and Brocade switches.

•Experience with VERITAS Netbackup Suite, Brocade DCFM/Web tools, Mainframe storage management and associated supporting products.

•Working knowledge of data lifecycle management, data classification, archiving, hardware/software compression or de-duplication, cloud computing and ITIL  and working knowledge of best practices for VMware storage and V-sphere.