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Lab Services Technician

Duration: 5+ months

Max Pay Rate: $26.00-32.14/hr.

Location:

Herndon, VA 20171

Lab Network Technician

Qualified candidates will be proficient in basic networking, equipment installation, provisioning, and maintenance. Prior experience with datacenter, enterprise, and telco networking equipment is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Process inbound and outbound shipments.
• Update and maintain lab inventory database.
• Install, configure, and maintain; routers, switches, servers, PDU/CDUs, and console servers.
• Provide end-user support for device troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution.
• Building small to large-scale network topologies for customers.
• Assist users with building and provisioning virtual machine guests in vCenter/ESXi & Proxmox environments.
• Provide live support & assistance for Sales Engineers during customer presentations.
  
  

Skills & Requirements:

• Experience using power screwdriver and the ability to handle heavy equipment (50lb+) using server lifts and other tools.
• Knowledge and experience with server hardware and installation (4-post rail kits, virtual console, etc.).
• Knowledge and experience with ethernet cabling and transceiver standards & types commonly used in the industry (SMF, MMF, MTP/MPO, CAT6-RJ45, 1Gbe 800Gbe standards, DAC, AOC, etc.)
• Experience with physical setup & provisioning of network appliances (switches, routers, firewalls, etc.)
• Solid communication skills, proficiency with English is required.
• Onsite full-time work week (40hr) is required.
• Occasional business travel may be required.
• Administrative experience with CentOS, RedHat, Debian, and other Linux distributions is a plus.
• Administrative experience with Windows and VMware is a plus.
• Experience with network testers (IXIA, Spirent, etc.) is a plus.
• Knowledge of standard network protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, Dynamic routing protocols, SSH/SCP/SFTP, DNS, NFS, LDAP, CIFS, SMTP, SNMP, DHCP is a plus.
  
  

Education Requirements:

Bachelor s degree in network communications management or equivalent preferred. Three years of field technician or datacenter technician experience is also acceptable.

Required Skills:

SMTP

UDP

LDAP

NETWORK PROTOCOLS

DNS

Additional Skills:

SNMP

TCP/IP

NFS

HEAVY EQUIPMENT

ROUTING PROTOCOLS

CIFS

DHCP

NETWORKING

NETWORK FILE SYSTEM

CABLING

INBOUND AND OUTBOUND

DAC

TELCO

MAINTENANCE

VMWARE

PROVISIONING

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT

LARGE-SCALE

LINUX

ETHERNET

DATABASE

SECURE FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

INVENTORY

VIRTUAL MACHINE

FIREWALLS