An extraordinarily talented group of individuals work together every day to drive TNS' success, from both professional and personal perspectives. Come join the excellence! Overview TNS has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Network Engineer! This role reports in to our Global Network Infrastructure Engineering Department and will be involved in system-wide complex components and/or complex projects. You will provide direction for entire projects or a project team. Responsibilities Primary Duties and Responsibilities: • Key contributor • Your work will be critical to project success • Your influence will be at the customer management level • You may be called upon to solve highly technical, complex problems • You may be called on to consult for other projects • Engineering, deployment, and support of the TNS Global IP backbone network • Delivery of Ethernet based services, as defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum • Routing protocol design and support (BGP, ISIS, EIGRP, OSPF, PIM) • WAN/LAN topology design and support • MPLS design and support • Data Center design and support • Load Balancer design and support • Vendor/hardware assessment and recommendations • Equipment/Design specifications in support of budgetary planning • Identify issues and recommend appropriate action/resolution • Provide guidance to other team members, FRcilities processes & transfer technical skills knowledge Qualifications Qualifications: • 7+ years of design and operations experience in large scale multiprotocol global IP/ISP networks • 5+ years of experience and expert in TCP/IP and routing protocols (RSVP, LDP, BGP, ISIS, OSPF, PIM, BFD, and FRst Reroute technologies) • 3+ years of experience with architecture and provisioning of MPLS networks and services including Traffic Engineering, Carrier Ethernet, MPLS L2 and L3 VPNs, VPLS, Circuit Emulation, IPSec, VPNs, IP Multicast, and QOS/COS • 5+ years of experience in layer-2 Ethernet technologies • 3+ years working knowledge of Data Center design and operation • Expertise in current industry WAN technologies/products (SONET, SDH, TDM, Metro Ethernet, etc.) • 5+ years of extensive hands-on experience with the configuration, debugging, and problem resolution of complex Cisco and/or Juniper based networks • Experienced with command-line interFRces, and skilled in effective use of various network monitoring and analysis tools such as SolarWinds, SPLUNK, and similar tools Optional Desired Qualifications: • IP Multicast • Hands-on experience with Service Provider class Juniper and Cisco routers and switches • Server Load-Balancing • UNIX/Linux Experience • Traffic Generator Experience • Project Management Experience • PERL programming and XML based management experience Education and Certifications: • B.S. (or equivalent) in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering. MS preferred. Certified in applicable Cisco and Juniper technologies If you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what TNS is all about! TNS is an equal opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.