Network Analyst III

TITLE: Network Analyst III
CLIENT: Oil and Gas
LOCATION: Houston Texas
TYPE: Contract, Contract-to-Hire potential
SALARY or RATE: 50-55/hr DOE
URGENCY: Reviewing Resumes now
SUMMARY:

The Network Analyst will be a member of our IT Global Networking team at the company’s Houston, office reporting to the Manager of Network Services

This position will work within our operations team to support the enterprise network and contribute to projects when needed requiring network expertise.

DUTIES:

• Act as an escalation resource for reported network performance or application performance issues
• Manage and support the network monitoring and configuration management software
• Provide technical and architectural support for field networks to include industrial switches, routers, and wireless bridges
• Assist in developing the overall network strategy for us globally
• Utilize our service portal to manage and create service requests, outages, and change requests
• Identify, evaluate and recommend technologies using best practices/industry standards
• Identify innovative ways to utilize existing applications and technologies
• Forecast and coordinate management of change for scheduled maintenance weekends
• Effectively communicate with end users and peers around the world
• Actively participate in the planning, design, and implementation of network related projects



REQUIREMENTS:

• Troubleshooting experience with large enterprises
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. The ability to clearly articulate complex issues
• Customer interfacing capabilities
• Experience with Cisco routers, switches, firewall and wireless hardware
• Experience with SolarWinds Network Management suite of applications
• Experience with Riverbed WAN optimization appliance, Cascade and Net Profiler is a plus
• Experience with Gigamon, Wireshark and packet level analysis and application performance root cause analysis is a plus
• Experience using Splunk to help with troubleshooting is a plus
• Experience troubleshooting EIGRP, BGP, Firewalls, IPSEC/SSL VPNs, Spanning tree and network security
• Experienced with software defined networking
• High level of experience with Cisco ISE/NAC
• Working knowledge of Cisco Collaboration products
• Experience working in Oil and Gas Industry – specifically with field support technicians


ADDITIONAL “PERKS” TO CONSIDER:

Hybrid remote work, onsite 3 days a week, wfh 2 days a week.

Please send inquiries to info@clearpointco.com while we are improving our on-line application process.