Applanix Looking for Network Administrator II at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

Trimble is recruiting for a Network Administrator II to fill an opportunity in Chennai, TN, India.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to be a member of Trimble’s global, as a member of the corporate Network team. Network team members are responsible for monitoring and maintaining Trimble’s internal world-wide communications systems, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs) and carrier circuits.

The candidate will be involved in troubleshooting and maintaining both in-house and vendor network connections including managing, monitoring and configuring routers, switches, wireless access points and other devices or technologies as required. Also includes vendor circuits and such as direct internet access circuits and MPLS circuits.

Key Responsibilities:
Operational support and incident resolution.

Compliance: Monitor and correct compliance issues for device configurations

Standardization: Develop and maintain standard configurations, procedures and guidelines for installing and operating data networks.

Perform first line troubleshooting of network issues.

System maintenance: Perform firmware / OS upgrades on routers, switches, firewalls, access points and other devices in accordance with company needs.

Capacity planning review circuit and device capacities and recommend actions to the Global Network Manager.

Interface with ISP and carriers to install/commission/test new circuits and/or troubleshoot existing circuits.

Occasional on-call duties.

Skills & Experience Required: (Desired/Preferred skills are denoted)

Team player

Excellent verbal and written skills.

Willingness to learn and continue education.

BS or BA degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent education, training or work experience.

Proven competence in the development, implementation and maintenance of complex network systems with 3 to 5 years’ experience in a networking enterprise environment.

Experience with global enterprise networks is preferred.

Cisco certifications:
CCNA – Routing and Switching or CCNA – Security

CCNP Routing and Switching greatly preferred

Other industry certifications / training is greatly desired (examples, CEH, CISSP, MCP, etc)

Experience with the following technologies in design/implement/troubleshooting capacity is essential:

LAN: Switching – Cisco IOS/Nexus, VLANs, STP/RSTP, CoS, QoS, Ether-channel/Trunking,etc

Experience with Cisco routers and switches is required, experience with Dell and HP switches desired.

Routing: BGP, EIGRP, HSRP or VRRP, PBR, etc.

WAN: Direct Internet Access (DIA), Point to Point circuits (PTP), MPLS, MetroEthernet, etc.

VPN Solutions: IOS/ASA based L2L and Client access VPN, Knowledge of DMVPN

Knowledge of Network Management and WAN Optimization: Working knowledge of Silver Peak SD-WAN solutions desired.

Knowledge of wireless solutions 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax, etc. and other new/emerging standards

Wireless network design and administration required, experience with Extreme wireless solutions is greatly desired

Authentication solutions including Cisco ACS/RADIUS/TACACS /Certificates(PKI) greatly desired

Network troubleshooting using packet capture and analysis using tools such as Wireshark

Experience with SolarWinds monitoring solution is preferred.

Experience with Extreme wireless systems is preferred.

Experience with SolarWinds monitoring/management products or other monitoring systems greatly desired.

Network security experience desired.

Automation experience with Ansible, Python, or other automation platforms is greatly preferred.

Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation and logistics.

Trimble is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, or any other protected factor. EOE/M/F/V/D