Netscout Consultant
- Montreal, QC, Canada
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Description
This job posting is for an existing, active vacancy and we are looking to hire Netscout Resource at Montreal, QC (preferred) or Brampton, ON.
JD:
- Netscout NG1 Dashboard Configuration
KPI selection (health, latency, errors, utilization), role‑based views, alerting policies, and baseline reports.
- Traffic Aggregation Enablement (Netscout ↔ Gigamon)
Design & configure Gigamon maps/filters, VLAN/port assignments, and feed definitions to Netscout probes; validate load balancing and failover behaviors.
- Design Governance: EDS & DDP
Author/update Engineering Design Specification (EDS) and Detail Design Plan (DDP); align L2/L3 connectivity, routing, security, and acceptance criteria.
- Remote Installation Validation
Verify contractor installs against EDS/DDP (fillers, switch configs, SPAN/TAPs, cabling, VLANs, access controls); issue remediation actions and sign‑off.
- Virtual Site Audit
Assess OBB, IPMI/iDRAC, storage, and interconnect ports among probes, NG1, and aggregators; consolidate port maps and access inventories.
- Firmware & Application Updates (Prod + Lab)
Upgrade Netscout NG1 and Gigamon to approved versions; execute rollback plans, health checks, and stability monitoring.
- Network Diagram Refresh
Produce clear physical/logical/data‑flow diagrams (Visio/draw.io + PDF) showing taps/SPANs, aggregator maps, probe feeds, NG1 management, and user access.
- Testing & Acceptance
Functional ingest/decoding tests, dashboard verification, performance checks; conduct UAT with defect tracking and remediation.
- Operational Automation
Automate provisioning, configuration, health checks, alarms, reporting, backups, and compliance using Netscout APIs.
- AI, LLM & MCP Integration
Integrate approved AI/LLM and MCP tools for natural-language queries, alarm summaries, troubleshooting, and dashboard generation with secure access controls.
- Inventory Reconciliation
Reconcile Netscout configurations with inventory data to identify missing, duplicate, stale, or inconsistent devices, interfaces, IPs, sites, and services.
- Automated Inventory Synchronization
Automate approved inventory changes into Netscout with validation, audit logging, failure alerts, and rollback.
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Responsibilities
Configure and maintain Netscout NG1 and Gigamon integrations, including dashboards, traffic feeds, network designs, upgrades, diagrams, and testing. Automate operational workflows and inventory synchronization, integrate approved AI/LLM and MCP tools, and validate installations and site configurations.
Requirements
The role calls for mid-to-senior-level expertise in Netscout NG1, Gigamon, network monitoring, and L2/L3 network design and validation. It also requires the ability to document designs, perform testing and upgrades, automate operations through APIs, and reconcile inventory; no education requirement is stated.
Skills
- Netscout NG1 Configuration
- Gigamon Traffic Aggregation
- Network Monitoring
- KPI Selection
- Alerting Policies
- Network Design
- EDS and DDP Documentation
- Network Diagramming
- Firmware Upgrades
- Functional Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
- API Automation
- Inventory Reconciliation
- AI and LLM Integration
- MCP Integration
- Troubleshooting
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- Technology
- Engineering
- Consulting
Keywords
- Netscout NG1
- Gigamon
- Dashboard Configuration
- KPI Selection
- Traffic Aggregation
- Network Probes
- VLAN
- L2/L3 Connectivity
- Routing
- Security
- Engineering Design Specification
- Detail Design Plan
- SPAN
- TAP
- IPMI
- iDRAC
- Firmware Updates
- Visio
- draw.io
- Functional Testing
- User Acceptance Testing
- Netscout APIs
- Automation
- AI
- LLM
- MCP
- Inventory Reconciliation
- Audit Logging
- Rollback Plans