L3 Network Engineer - LAN/WAN,SDWAN / Raritan, NJ (5days onsite)

L3 Network Engineer – LAN/WAN, SDWANLocation: Raritan, NJ (5 days onsite)Type: Contract Primary Skill: Cisco Routers, WLAN, Cisco Meraki, SDWAN Viptela, F5, Load Balancer Responsibilities:Handling tickets/incidents via Service Now platform Lead technical incident calls as a SMETroubleshooting and providing break fix support to technical issues Perform root cause analysis of raised issues Defining process improvements and ensuring that the processes are adhered to Take shared ownership of resolving issues in a SLA driven environment Mentoring/training team members as a SMETesting and auditing as required from time to time Improves and maintains customer and employee satisfaction Work as part of a Follow the Sun support global support model Technology Knowledge:Router - Cisco (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, QOS, MPLS, WAN)SDWAN Viptela (Vmanage, VSmart, VBound, Vedge)Switch – Cisco/Arista (STP, HSRP, SVI, Ether Channel, Stackwise, VSS, Nexus)WLAN – Cisco Cisco Meraki Load Balancer - F5SD-WAN experience a plus Qualifications:Min 8+ years of Network Engineer experience supporting global network infrastructures Experience in working as part of a global support (follow the sun) model Cisco CCIE and other industry standard networking certifications Expert level knowledge in the real time analysis troubleshooting and documentation of issues within LAN/WAN architectures and IP Services. Expert level knowledge of troubleshooting, implementing, optimizing, and testing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and ability to interpret and resolve complex route table problems. Expert level knowledge for debugging network devices and outstanding Wireshark reading skills. Extensive hands-on experience with:Cisco ASR, ISR and Catalyst product families Cisco Meraki Devices MS and MX Series. Cisco Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K (NXOS) Series of switches Wireless LAN technologies – Cisco and ArubaF5 Load balancers Cisco SD-WANSoft Skills:Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)Have a strong presence and the ability to lead highly complex real time incident calls in front of the customer and other parties Excellent customer handling skills Ability to handle high pressure situations Can drive HCL's value and its methodology Certifications:CCIECCIE Enterprise InfrastructureCCIE Service ProviderCCIE WirelessF5-CSE/ F5-CTS