Tuesday, July 27, 2010

You've Just Gotta Check This Out!

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/072710-dice-recruiter-network.html

It includes: 20 most useful career sites for IT professionals

Monday, July 26, 2010

Network & Systems Specialist I

Job Information
Job Title: Network & Systems Specialist I
Company: Advanced Technology Services, Inc.
Location: US-IL-Hoffman Estates Base Pay: N/A
Employee Type: Full-Time

ATS grew out of the need for American business to remain competitive in a rapidly changing global economy. From our roots as a spinoff enterprise from Caterpillar, ATS has grown into a leading supplier of outsourced factory maintenance, industrial component repair and IT services for top Fortune 500 companies. ATS has improved the performance for the worlds most sophisticated companies and we owe our nearly 20 years of success to our employees. Your time and your knowledge are important, make the most of both. At ATS, we’ve continually empowered our employees to develop their skills and advance in their careers. It’s our philosophy, along with our uncompromising commitment to customer satisfaction that has made ATS a success and a great place to work. Advanced Technology Services (ATS) is a nationwide leader in providing IT Services and Solutions to large Fortune 100 corporations that include Help Desk, Desk Side Support, PC Life Cycle Support, PC and Wintel/Unix Server Hardware Maintenance.

ATS has improved the performance for the world's most sophisticated companies, and we owe our success to our employees. Your time and your knowledge are important - make the most of both. At ATS, we've continually empowered our employees to develop their skills and advance in their careers. It's our philosophy, along with our uncompromising commitment to customer satisfaction that has made ATS a success and a great place to work.
ATS has an immediate opening for a Network and Systems Specialist I in Chicago/Hoffman Estates, IL.

Responsibilities will include:

Maintaining, testing network infrastructure and performing vulnerability tests

Maintaining and testing client network firewalls and overall network security

Working actively to maintain currency in a variety of computer and network related technologies such as routers, hubs, firewalls and servers

Performing research on network and computer systems for higher level analysts

Providing basic support of PC's and networks throughout the organization

Relying on higher level analysts for more complicated support

Identifying areas of operation which need upgraded equipment

Assisting with installation and troubleshooting of recommended systems

Assisting users to identify and solve data communication problems

Conferring with personnel and gathers detailed description of user needs to determine analysis at a higher level

Conducting survey to determine user need

Instructing users in use of equipment

Overseeing or assisting in installation of communications hardware

Occasionally performing minor equipment repairs

Performing more complex duties as a part of training and development

Diagnosing and/or repairing systems and software as required

Full Job Details at CareerBuilders.com

Source: CareerBuilders.com

Monday, July 19, 2010

Joanne,

We have the following job opening on in Las Vegas, Please pass on or post as you like. No relocation paid, but it pays well. Regular full time w/ benefits.

You can have them email me their resume at szeitlin@viproductions.com - PDF format only.

Scott

Network Operations Engineer

WHAT IF YOU COULD START A CAREER WITH THE COMPANY THAT’S SIMPLIFYING THE WAY PEOPLE GET ONLINE?
Our Mission is Clear! Empower a smarter, more connected world with the fastest, most cost-efficient, and highest capacity 4G network -- enabling people everywhere to have the magic of the Internet with them all of the time. With unmatched network capability and investor funding from Intel Capital, Comcast, Sprint, Google, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, customer experience drives our actions. Guided by our values, we are committed to making Clearwire an amazing and unique place to work for each member of our team. If you are motivated by having a role where what you do each day directly influences the way our customers work and communicate, Clearwire may be the right opportunity for you.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
The selected candidate will be expected to act as a subject matter expert within a team of experts who are responsible for Clearwire's customer-facing network. Expertise in layer two network design, configuration and management preferably in a backbone ethernet and microwave environment is key. Subject matter experts will be required to provide technical leadership, documentation and escalation support to other groups within Network Operations, and Field Operations and will act as a final point escalation for production network issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Proactively identify system impacting issues through the analysis of network performance data and alerts.
• Support the introduction of new software releases for network elements
• Support the introduction of new network and microwave platforms to the Clearwire network
• Support the Clearwire NOC and field personnel, operations, and engineering by escalation
• Establishing and Monitoring Network KPIs and taking proactive action to avoid network performance degradation
• When required, support scheduled and emergency maintenance activities in the maintenance window
• Report and track on the root cause of network incidents for organizational review
• Assist with the creation and implementation of documentation and procedures to support Clearwire's objectives
• Resolution of major network issues that have been escalated from front tier support groups
• Generating requirements to development organizations for network operational and performance enhancements

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Must be available to work either 2nd Shift or 3rd Shift.
• Expertise in networking (layer two and three) in diverse physical topologies (fiber, copper, microwave)
• Previous experience and mastery of Ciena, Foundry, Cisco or Juniper network equipment
• Previous experience and mastery of Dragonwave, Orthogon, Redline or E-Band microwave equipment
• Knowledge and use of scripting languages such as Perl, Python or others preferred
• More than three years' experience in a carrier or ISP network operations role
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical thinker with the ability to “think outside the box” to resolve customer impacting situations
• Bachelor degree in related field preferred or equivalent additional experience or expertise

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Senior Cisco Certified Network Engineer

Hi Professor!

Here is another one if you wouldn't mind posting it. It looks like a good gig though. The VOIP is partially asking just to know how it works, it's not a priority.
Thanks

Job Description:
Our client needs a Senior Cisco Certified Network Engineer with 7-10 years experience to assist with day to day operations that their outsourced vendor isn't responsible for.
Duties include:
· Managing core switches
· Site to site tunneling
· Break/fix
· Bringing up a monitoring system
· Day to day operations
· Recognizing areas of weakness at the site locations they're responsible for, which number about twenty with approximately 55-60 total nodes.

They need to have strong VOIP experience as well and use Call Unity to support the Cisco 6509. They use 2811 routers and 3560 switches as well. Specific protocol knowledge isn't as important since the outsourced vendor handles the majority of the site work. This person will be the first line of defense and will be expected to troubleshoot issues before escalating to the outsourced vendor Allstream. Knowledge of Cisco Pix Firewall 515. The manager would also prefer to have the CCNA certification for this position.
Additional Job Info:
This is a 6 month Contract to Hire role with an 85K perm salary. Target Manager will do brief phone screen, then personal interview. Little to no travel is expected
Stack-Rank Top 3 Skill Sets Cisco Network engineer, VOIP, CCNA

Cody Cielenski IT RECRUITER
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