Senior Engineer, Network Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the senior engineer, network opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for capacity, configuration, and performance management of internal and external networks consisting of both Cisco and Juniper platforms.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Experience with security solutions that align with customer’s compliance requirements and industry standards like PCI, HIPAA, ISO 27001, NIST, CSF, ITIL, COBIT, Sarbanes Oxley, ISO, SANS 20
• Working knowledge of host/network common vulnerabilities and exploits (CVEs, IAVAs, ), hacker methodologies and tactics, and the tools used
• Load balancing/Acceleration solutions (Cisco, F5, Riverbed, Citrix)
• Software Defined WAN (Cisco IWAN, Meraki IWAN, Riverbed)
• Software Defined Networking (Cisco ACI and/or VMware NSX)
• Cloud Provider Exposure (AWS, Azure, VCloud Air)
• Network Monitoring and Management Tools (Cisco Prime, SolarWinds, Infoblox, Riverbed, LiveAction, Splunk, ect.)
• Network Access Control and Authentication systems, including Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco Access Control Server (ACS), Microsoft IAS or NPS, RSA Authentication Manager/VIA implementation design, configuration, and deployment

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the senior engineer, network position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for standard configuration management for Customer’s firewall, proxy and VPN infrastructure, utilizing agency change control and management processes.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Solid understanding of network analysis
• Experience and high level expertise in designing complex, highly available, infrastructure solutions in a large-scale, multisite, international environment
• IP internetworking and LAN Switching
• WAN circuits and protocols (MPLS, DWDM, Optimization)
• Dynamic IP Routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, PIM Multicast)
• Expertise in inter-AS connectivity (eBGP, MPLS)
• CCNP or CCIE qualification preferred
• Experience with web technologies (in particular, Apache|NGINX|HAProxy, HTTP(S) protos, HTTP/2)

Please consider me for the senior engineer, network opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for ongoing support of datacenter LAN infrastructure using various platforms such as Cisco, Arista, and Cumulus Linux.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Validate and/or improve processes for performing change and quality assurance checks
• Participate in efforts to update to Network processes, procedures, guidelines, and standards
• Participate in investigations, analysis, reviews, pilots, and evaluations of advanced technologies
• Work with peers in recommending improvements to existing systems and identify potential issues for escalation and resolution
• QoS, VoIP, VRF, VRRP, HSRP, STP protocols
• Demonstrated success providing leadership in support of the technical development of enterprise support teams
• Cisco CCIE certification Route / Switch
• Experience with service load balancing

I would like to submit my application for the senior engineer, network opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for technical, administrative and configuration support for the Cisco, Juniper, HP and Palo Alto.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience with unit and system provisioning and configuration management (example SaltStack), monitoring systems such as Nagios or Ganglia
• Proficient in software development languages pertinent to Cisco switching (Cisco IOS, NX-OS), network operations, or system administration at the LAN, VLAN, and WAN levels of deployment
• Experience utilizing virtualization and Hadoop (or similar distributed file systems) in development and deployment environments
• Experience using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control technologies
• Experience with VMWare vSphere / vCenter including hypervisor networking configuration and maintenance
• Experience with OpenStack especially with networking configuration
• Experience with Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and troubleshooting/optimizing link aggregation/bonding, pxebooting, and kickstarting
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS/C2S) and specifically VPC Networking

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the senior engineer, network position.

Previously, I was responsible for advanced technical support for networking across multiple vendor products F5, Extreme, Cisco, juniper, Fortinet, Meru.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Strong background in Routing and Switching protocols (experience with Cisco Nexus platforms)
• Experience in designing, implementing and supporting Wireless, Mobile and VPN technologies
• Experience with wireless evaluation tools and implementation of multiple wireless platforms
• Experience in implementing and supporting Cisco and Juniper Firewalls
• Knowledge in the implementation of CISCO NAC/ISE platforms is preferred
• Proficient in the use of packet analyzers and network assessment tools
• Experience in the implementation and use of SolarWinds
• Understanding of industry best practices for deployment and configuration of various network technologies