Senior Datacenter Engineer
International Paper
- Memphis, TN
- $100,700-134,300 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serve as the lead data center network engineer providing overall direction, guidance, management and supervision of entire data center network infrastructure and related software
- Collaborate with Global Telecom architects to lab test, document and generate engineering templates and guidelines
- Act as a technical liaison for data center network technologies.
- Provide Tier-3 technical escalation support
- Mentor and train Global Telecom team members on data center network implementations and technologies.
- Work in collaboration with the architecture team to test, document, and provide proof of concepts for emerging technologies
- Troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade, and provide solutions to hardware/software problems
- Identify, communicate, and implement proactive changes that must be performed to prevent problems
- Management of International Paper's network to meet service levels, including capacity planning and upgrades
- Expand, deploy, refresh and remove all supported data center network technologies, software and services, in collaboration with Global Telecom architects
- A Bachelor's Degree in an IT-related discipline
- 10 years of network engineering experience working directly with data center network technologies and services
- Cisco CCIE or CCNP certifications required
- Deep Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K and 2K technology experience required
- Cisco ACI, EPGs, Contracts, APIC controller-based experience
- Python, Perl, TCL, Bash or EEM scripting (preferred)
- Excellent written and verbal, business and technical communication skills for management-level audiences
- Drive to succeed, highly self-motivated and ability to learn on the fly
- Ability to be flexible with changing requirements
- Superior problem analysis and solving skills applying personal experience and experience from others
- Professional and courteous attitude towards all team members
- An advanced understanding and practical application experience of the following technologies, services, vendors:
- VXLAN, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, QoS, performance monitor, tuning and packet decodes, VDCs and 40-Gbps Ethernet
- Demonstrate practical application of the following competencies: Command Skills; Customer Focus; Decision Quality; Innovation Management; Political Savvy; Presentation Skills; Process Management; Technical Savvy; Written Communications
- Experience with modern WAN and Data Center technologies
- Promotional opportunities