Here's another job opportunity at Tucows: Network Engineer!

About Tucows

For more about Tucows and its work environment, go check out the What Does Tucows Do, Anyway? and The Sort of Person We're Lookng For sections of this blog entry.

Main purpose

As a member of the Networking team, the Network Engineer is responsible for keeping all of Tucows' networks running smoothly so that their regularly scheduled operational, maintenance and support functions are carried out effectively and efficiently. It's a vital jobs — if our networks are out of business, so are we!

Position reports to: Operations Manager

Salary range: Commensurate with experience

Key responsibilities

• Support, update and troubleshoot network hardware and software
• Provide support on NOC and Service Desk issues
• Perform network administration services, day-to-day operations
• First line support of the network for Operations and Engineering implementations
• Perform daily maintenance of the internal and production network, by checking all logs and ensuring no new issues are occurring
• Monitor and resolve service desk tickets quickly
• Perform emergency and planned maintenances in order to fix or prevent network outages
• Work on infrastructure / network related projects such as:
  • Software and hardware upgrades
  • Network expansion
  • Deployment of network applications
  The products include, but are not limited to:
  • Core Switches
  • Distribution Switches
  • Firewalls
  • VPN Appliances
  • Content Switches
  • IPS / IDS's and Sniffers

Ideal Candidate Profile

Related experience / Unique skill set

• At least 2 years work experience as Network Administrator in a medium size network.
• Demonstrated abilities with, and a good working knowledge of:
  • General networking
  • Ethernet
  • TCP/IP
  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • Switching
  • Routing
  • IP Addressing / sub-netting
  • Windows networking
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Experience configuring, upgrading and maintaining Cisco switches and routers; hands on required on Catalyst 6500
• Experience configuring, upgrading and maintaining:
  • Cisco PIX
  • Cisco VPN3000
  • Cisco CSS11500
  • Cisco FWSW
  • Cisco IDS/IPS
  • Netscreen firewalls
• Basic Unix administration skills, knowledge of open source network tools an asset
• Experience or exposure in configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols OSPF, BGP

Education

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
• CCNA / CCNP

Interpersonal skills

• Excellent organization and time management skills to meet demanding timelines
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly adaptable with ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast paced, demanding environment
• Must be highly adaptable and able to learn new applications quickly
• Self-motivated, with strong sense of ownership and urgency to deliver projects / tasks in a timely fashion
• Attention to detail required, must be methodical and thorough in problem solving

Other

• Position requires to carry a pager on alternate basis
• Overtime may be required during project implementation

Interested in this job?

If this job sounds like the sort of thing you'd be interested in doing, send your resume and cover letter to hrdept@tucows.com, and make sure you put Network Engineer in the subject line!

Posted on Friday, February 9th, 2007 at 10:16 pm by Tucows.
Filed under: Work at Tucows.
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