Network Backbone Engineer

Role: Network Backbone Engineer Location: Fully Remote (West Coast Hours) Duration: 18-Months
Overview: The Client is seeking an experienced Network Backbone Engineer to design, build, and operate a global backbone and hybrid multi-cloud network for a large-scale financial technology organization. This team manages one of the largest hybrid cloud infrastructures in the world, delivering network services to customers across 200+ countries. You will own network delivery for infrastructure growth initiatives, partner onboarding, and next-generation cloud interconnect projects working with cutting-edge IP/MPLS and multi-cloud technologies in a truly global environment.
Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement backbone network architecture for on-prem and public cloud environments
• Build and manage hybrid connectivity between on-prem infrastructure and AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure
• Operate and optimize a global IP/MPLS backbone including traffic engineering and capacity planning
• Interface with carriers and circuit providers for peering, circuit delivery, and troubleshooting
• Drive extranet/partner onboarding from network definition through delivery
• Produce and maintain MOPs, SOPs, and network engineering best practices and documentation
• Support critical outage resolution and provide technical expertise to global teams

Required Skills & Experience:

• 8+ years of experience managing large-scale global networks
• Hands-on experience configuring and managing Juniper MX and QFX platforms (this is the primary technical bar candidates without direct Juniper experience will not be considered)
• Deep working knowledge of BGP, MPLS/RSVP-TE, OSPF/IS-IS, and TCP/IP (L2/L3)
• Experience with BGP traffic engineering and public peering with ISPs and CDNs
• Experience interfacing with carriers for peering, circuit delivery, and migration
• Hands-on experience with hybrid cloud connectivity AWS Direct Connect/Transit Gateway, Google Cloud Platform Interconnect, Azure ExpressRoute
• Experience with on-prem to public cloud dedicated and hosted interconnects
• Hands-on experience with Cisco and/or Arista routing and switching

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in financial services or fintech network environments
• Juniper JNCIP or JNCIS certification
• Experience with network design, operations, and troubleshooting methodologies at global scale