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Job Title: Network Engineer NT-CISCO CCNA,Frame Relay-WSI
Job Location: CT: Bridgeport
Pay Rate: $50-$55 hr
Job Length: 4-6 months (contract)
Start Date: 0000-00-00

Company Name: WSI Nationwide, Inc
Contact: Jay Q.
Phone: 212-410-1400
Fax: 212-426-2558

Description: I have been asked identify ideally regionally local Independent Consultant NT Network Engineer Specialist candidates who are Cisco CCNA certified with 3yrs+ Service Delivery and network technical support background, able to use Network Management Tools, Router Management & configuration knowledge and experience, Internet Technology awareness, CISCO and Foundry Operating Systems knowledge, Management tool awareness/experience (Optivity, Ciscoworks, Openview), Frame Relay, MPLS, Broadband, previous LAN and WAN project experience, knowledge and/or experience - small project management are preferable and network support experience for an initial three to six months long term renewable independent contract in the Bridgeport, Connecticut area. (Ideally regionally local CT / NY / MA area candidates, no interviewing, travel or relocation expenses are provided for this opportunity. No visa sponsorship available and no 3rd party referrals, agencies or corp to corp sub-contracting referrals from multi-employee consulting companies, please, for any WSI requirements,
no exceptions).

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General resume submissions are always welcome, candidates who
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The selected ideally regionally local Independent Consultant Network Engineer Specialist candidate will undertake technical work and tasks related to the operational support and projects maintaining the North America LAN & WAN infrastructures, maintain the day to day operation of the network and will be utilized on the network upgrade projects as required.
-Logically tackle complicated tasks and problems relating to network coping with the application complexity and diversity encompassed within a large network in a multinational and cross country environment.
-Carry out change control and deal with the change requirements as necessary, deal with management and staff within businesses and with the IT peers and Managers for the purposes of completing tasks successfully, interface with suppliers or vendors on major projects, both in advancing the work tasks and reviewing the progress.
-Work with business and IT colleagues to gather and do***ent the requirements for configuration change, project support and infrastructure maintenance, such that the requirements form a clear and agreed basis for subsequent operational support. The requirements should include both technical and project focused needs.
Project coordination and manage time in a multi-task environment within a Project Methodology framework and operational environment.
-Understand complex plans and network diagrams using the requisite tools in order to manage and support an operational project, also ascertain & understand the assessment of the cabling and network environments and develop CISCO networking solutions that are aligned with the business requirements.
-Create technical do***entation to ensure that infrastructure enhancements and expansion solutions are recorded professionally and completely. Clear and concise technical and Project do***entation must be produced in a timely fashion.
-Software: Need fluency with CISCO IOS and related Network
technology and management tools and understand MS Project.
-Carry out supplier and service provider liaison in order to diagnose and repair network faults or failures. Assist and coordinate colleagues where appropriate as an active team player.


Qualified ideally regionally local Independent Consultant Network Engineer Specialist candidates qualifications:
-Cisco CCNA certified,
-3yrs-Service Delivery and network technical support background,.
- Member of a professional institute preferable
-Be able to use Network Management Tools.
-Router Management & configuration knowledge and experience
-Internet Technology awareness.
-CISCO and Foundry Operating Systems knowledge.
-Management tool awareness/experience (Optivity, Ciscoworks,
Openview)
-Frame Relay, MPLS, Broadband
-Previous LAN and WAN project experience.
-Knowledge and/or experience of small project management are
preferable.
-Network support experience
-Able to explain complex issues effectively.
-Able to interact with others as a team player.
-Able to brief coherently individuals and teams of engineers.

Environment: (Experience with as many of these technologies as possible)

Databases (Oracle, Progress, MS SQL Server, X.500)

NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
Protocols (Ethernet, FDDI, Frame Relay, ATM, ISDN)
Protocols (TCP/IP, SNMP, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP4)
Routers (Cisco, Nortel Networks)
Multiplexors
Switches (Cisco, Nortel Networks)
Hubs (Cisco, Nortel Networks)
RMON/RMON2 Probes
Services (WINS, DNS, DHCP, NTP)
Connectivity (Internet, RAS, Wireless communications)
Video (Video Conferencing, Bandwidth)

E-APPLICATION
Firewall
IP Tunnelling
Public Key Infrastructure (Entrust)
Proxy/Cache Servers (Netscape)
PERL

SERVER
NT Server
Unix Servers
TIVOLI

DESKTOP
Visio
LAN Adapter

Incident Management
Remedy, Clarify, etc
__________________________________________________ _________________
At Least Cisco CCNA certified
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Protocols (Ethernet, Frame Relay, MPLS, ISP links, Broadband, DSL, Cable, ISDN)
· Basic theory
· Relative advantages and disadvantages

Protocols (TCP/IP, SNMP, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP4)
· IP Addressing
· Protocol vulnerabilities
· Routing architectures
· InterNIC procedures

Routers (Cisco, Nortel Networks)
· Command set
· Performance measurement
· Fault tracing
· Configuring

Multiplexers
· Basic theory

Switches (Cisco, Nortel Networks)
· Command set
· Performance measurement
· Fault tracing
· Configuring

RMON/RMON2 Probes
· Ability to use these tools

Services (WINS, DNS, DHCP, NTP)
· Basic theory
· Advanced concepts
· Management tools
· Internet (external) DNS standards and procedures
· (Internal) DNS standards and procedures
Connectivity (Internet, RAS, Wireless)
· Basic theory
· Advanced concepts
· Security vulnerabilities
· Mobile computing support
Video
· Bandwidth demands and bandwidth management strategies
· Convergence (data, voice, video)
IP Tunnelling
· Advanced IP tunnelling concepts
· Checkpoint implementation
· ISP account administration
· Dialler
· Cisco GRE
Proxy/Cache Servers (SQUID)
· Bandwidth demands

Network Management Tools (Tivoli, Openview, Solar Winds, etc)
· Ability to use these tools for network management


Able to logically tackle complicated tasks and problems relating to network coping with the application complexity and diversity encompassed within a large network in a multinational and cross
country environment.

Able to carry out change control and deal with the
change requirements as necessary.

Able to deal with management and staff within businesses and with the IT peers and Managers for the purposes of completing tasks successfully.

Ability to interface with
suppliers or vendors on major projects, both in advancing the work tasks and reviewing the progress.

Qualified candidates will have clear English writing and speaking skills not requiring repeating during rapid English speaking conversation.

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General resume submissions are welcome, due to the massive amount
of general resumes received daily, candidates will be given priority
who identify the position applying for in the subject line or cover
letter with their response and provide a TARGETED cover letter with a
short skill summary/list, in table / column form (visualize an Excel spreadsheet style type format, text is fine) showing the key skills listed above with the number of years of experience in each, their rate range and their availability for this opportunity.
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This long term project in the Bridgeport, Connecticut area offers an initial three to six months+ long term renewable independent contract with an competitive starting rate in the $50/hr-$55/hr range depending on experience with no expenses available. Your asking compensation will be submitted after your approval. Candidates with solid skills, competitive rates and who include the targeted cover letter described above reflecting the specific skills they possess related to the requirement will be reviewed first.

(No visa sponsorship is available and no 3rd party referrals, agencies or corp to corp sub-contracting referrals from multi-employee consulting companies,
please, for any WSI requirements). If you use E-mail (strongly preferred) to respond, please e-mail your Word, RTF or Text resume with contact information, address and phones, (no URL resume links or Zip files and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) to Jay Q., with the subject line (or title and skills) of this message in the subject line of the message you send, no job numbers only, please. (Those are assigned by the various websites, and I don't know what the numbers refer to), thanks, at jayq@wsinationwide.com. Qualified candidates will have clear English speaking skills and two years+ paid USA experience.

If you know someone who might qualify, (No visa sponsorship is available, TN1 OK, and no 3rd party referrals or agencies for any WSI requirements. Please don't call to ask if there any exceptions, there
aren't), or is coming to the New York / NY, New Jersey / NJ,
Connecticut / CT or Pennsylvania / PA area, (we have several additional open employment and consulting requirements), e-mail a Word, RTF or Text resume with contact information, address and phones to Jay Q., with the subject line of this message in the subject line of the message you send, (no URL resume links and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) at jayq@wsinationwide.com fax to 212-426-2558 or call 212-410-1400.

(To insure formatting & print quality, you may also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, New York, NY 10128-0004).

A full listing of all WSI requirements can be seen at
http://www.wsinationwide.com

When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. This creates long term relationships, which we encourage.

WSI is a specialty recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for better projects all over the USA.

Please refer to Job code Net Engr-CCNACT when responding to this ad.


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