Network Engineer

Position- Network Engineer
Location: Remote

Job Description

• Drive a business-critical public cloud infrastructure around the world.
• Actively participate in the cloud networking team, handling all proactive aspect of network deployment and orchestration.
• Partner with project and program managers to meet overall timelines and resolution of issues.
• Validate problem descriptions and perform detailed problem diagnosis; track and update problems in trouble-ticketing system.
• Review, consult and prepare for planned change introduction to production environment.
• Participate in rotating on call schedule with other members of the team.
• Responsible for network capacity augmentation as we grow.
• Proactively engage and effectively communicate with multiple parties during the execution of changes or complex troubleshooting.
• Work efficiently in the globally distributed remote working environment.
• Perform network device code upgrades, deployments, decommissions, and RMAs across the globe either manually or via automation tools.
• Coordinate with external vendors and internal Data Center and Ops teams for network deployment.
• Perform troubleshooting and resolving network issues in response to incidents in given SLA time.
• Triaging and remediating network security vulnerability items.
• You will be using ansible, python modules and other inhouse automation tools to perform the deployments and troubleshooting.
  

Sample first 6-month deliverables
Quickly integrate into the environment and gain a solid understanding of network architecture, organization, and process/procedures.
Deploy, decom and migrate capacity racks / networks into a datacenter based on demand.
Demonstrate the technical expertise and participate / contribute to different meetings with stakeholders for the various deployment projects.
Understanding of on-platform based orchestration, toolings and workflows.

To be successful in this role

• Knowledge of scripting (especially related to Cisco, Juniper, Linux based devices), Ansible, Python, Terraform or Go is extremely valuable.
  Automation focused mindset and ability to learn fast.
• Possess a solid understanding of and have experience with most of the following network technologies: 802.1q, HSRP/VRRP, OSPF, ISIS, MCLAG, BGP, BFD, NAT, ACLs, IPSEC, and SNMP. Knowledge of MPLS is a plus.
• Solid knowledge and familiarity with Juniper's Junos, Cisco IOS, Cumulus (Linux) and Rest API considered a plus.
• Linux/Unix basic system administration and troubleshooting knowledge are plus.
  

The candidate should have a solid foundation in networking including routing, switching, security and load balancing.

• Passion for customer experiences and focus on delivering high quality support.
• Strong communication skills and empathy for customers.
• Ability to learn new technology in a fast-paced environment.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): using DevOps, Bit Bucket, GitHub.