Senior Core Network Engineer
CurrentAs a key member of the FourNet Connect team, formerly known as 01T, I bring extensive expertise in Juniper Network products and system solutions, driving both project and BAU tasks with precision and efficiency.Working in an ISP/MSP environment, my role involves a multitude of objectives.- WAN to LAN deployments using vendors including Cisco, Juniper, Dell, and FortiGate. From delivering simple DIA paths to advanced connectivity solutions using MPLS to design L3VPN, EVPN, and VPLS services to customers, ensuring robust network performance and secure design.- Providing PNI & NNI expansion across the core.- Firewall & security design, using Juniper SRX, Cisco ASA & FortiGate firewalls for core and customer environments.- Experience in network architecture, POC, LLD & HLD, network design and planning of core sites and customer solutions. - Developing lab environment testing for NetOps and DevOps using a mixture of physical hardware and virtual emulation through EVE-NG, enabling seamless network management and deployment.Additionally, I specialise in developing scalable system services such as:- SNMP monitoring for customer and core service analytics and reports, using platforms such as Grafana and Zabbix. Developing visualisations and aggregated data for the team to use.- Core/CPE backup using Oxidized- Netbox, for Core Network and CPE IPAM- Radius / LDAP authentication.- Utilising containerisation and orchestration techniques with Docker, coupled with AWS Cloud Computing to build out our VPC for customer and business micro-applications.