Network Engineer

· Deploy and operate the front side, backend, and management networks within our on-prem datacenters

· Perform site visits to oversee new network buildouts performed by operations team

· Optimize end user experience by architecting the network to lower latency, packet loss, and jitter while increasing scale

· Deploy and supports new software releases, system upgrades, and patches for the network infrastructure environment

· Maintain knowledge of vendor products (AMD/Pensando, Cisco, Palo Alto, Arista) and solutions that can enable the diagnosis of complex issues, build redundancy and resiliency along with planning for the future capacity and technology growth of the network

· Develop and maintain networking inventory documentation including network diagrams, cabling schedules, and DCIM

· Perform troubleshooting and problem-solving efforts often involving outside vendors and other support personnel and/or organizations

· Ensure the network architecture addresses high availability and performance of mission critical platforms and network resources

· Monitor the network status of global sites for potential issues or learnings

· At least 6 years of experience maintaining enterprise and/or cloud network infrastructure - routers, switches, NICs

· Knowledge and experience of hosting technologies including Hyper-converged infrastructure, Converged Infrastructure, Xen virtualization

· Knowledge and experience with supporting infrastructure service technologies including DNS, DHCP, BOOTP, PXE, TFTP, NTP, PAM

· Experience with developing python/ansible scripts to automate infrastructure deployment and metrics collection

· Intermediate Linux skills

· Experience with various tools such as MAAS or Infoblox

· Direct experience with Cisco and Arista products

· Arista ACE-Level 3 certification or higher required

· Cisco CCNP Certification - Preferred

· Experience with Cisco Nexus and Nexus Manager

· Experience with VXLAN/EVPN overlays, BGP routing, and leaf-spine as well as traditional data center architectures across multiple data center environments

· Knowledge of RDMA network tuning

· Experience with non-Ethernet based technologies (such as InfiniBand/ConnectX-5/6) is also a plus.

· Experience documenting network knowledge base and operational runbooks

· Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols

· Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems

· Ability to explain complex network concepts to application engineers and leadership

· Ability to create simplified network diagrams for presentations

· Provides specific detailed information for hardware and software selection

· Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technology and products using documentation and internet resources

· Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions

· Team player with the ability to work with all levels of staff within/outside of R&D and outside the organization

· A self-starter able to work independently but comfortable working in a team environment

· Good analytical and problem-solving skills

· Dependable and flexible when necessary