*Job Title :* *Networking Data Infra Consultant* Location : Irving - Texas
Duration : 6months Client : Wipro *Job Description:* The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the planning, engineering and support of customer network infrastructure. This position is the primary resource for implementation, validating designs with the Architecture team, maintenance and support of customer LAN, WAN, and network security for the corporate, Data Center, Distribution Center and store facilities. Network Adds, Moves, Changes and Project Support • Consult with architecture and project (infrastructure and application) teams to understand requirements for new network builds • Provide Level of Effort estimates, hardware & software estimates and detail tasks lists to project managers to incorporate in their project plans and budgets. • Perform network builds necessary to support project requirements while meeting approved project budgets and timelines • Ensure all builds meet approved standards and requirements • Provide peer reviews of builds performed by other engineers • Provide requirements to technical teams to support build including power, cabling, storage and network configuration • Document new builds and upgrades to support effective transition to support. • Partner with support team to ensure new capabilities are smoothly integrated into established operational process including monitoring, backups, and failover / disaster recovery • Provide support to both application and infrastructure project teams to ensure systems are correctly sized and meet configuration standards • Responsible for detailing tasks and level of effort for project managers to include in an overall project scope 3rd Level Support • Serve as point of escalation for complex systems issues • Subject matter expert in all of the following technologies required: *Routers, Firewalls, Switches, Wireless, Load Balancers and other network related devices* • Serve as technical liaison for 3rd party, managed service support team • Proactively manage the technologies within their assigned areas including providing recommendations for improving service and escalating areas that may impact service availability • Research and bring to manager operational best practices for monitoring and maintaining server health Internal Consulting / Team Liaison • Partner with Architecture and Support teams to establish and revise standards and processes as required • Develop and recommend technical strategies and solutions to maintain and/or expand system functionality in conjunction with the Architecture team • Review and analyze existing network infrastructure services for opportunities to reduce costs through removal of excess or inappropriate services • Function as the delegate and liaison for the manager covering their areas of expertise Vendor Management • Primary support to manager for vendor relationship for network services, support, and equipment • Identify opportunities for contract negotiations, and identifying errors or omissions in billing • Serve as primary contact for Network Expense Management provider • Establish and ensure vendor accountability for service levels with key providers • Partner with providers to ensure that data and voice network technology is positioned to meet current and anticipated demand for voice services. • Work closely with the Network Expense Management vendor on provisioning and decommissioning network services for new and closing stores/ facilities *Skills and Experience Details:* Minimum Experience Required: 8-10 YEARS Mandatory Skills: Networking Data Infra Consulting Infra Consulting, Consulting Desirable Skills: *Cisco Routers, Aruba Wireless LAN, Cisco Nexus Switches* Language Skills: English Language Thanks & Regards *Marc Cherry* Ph: 630-315-9572 marc_che...@aesinc.us.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "American Vendor--IT Consulting" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sap-vendor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sap-vendor@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-vendor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.