Senior DDI(DNS/DHCP/IPAM) Engineer

Title: Senior DDI(DNS/DHCP/IPAM) Engineer

Location: - Bethesda, MD (Remote)
Hire Type: W2 Contract

Required Experience:

10+ years' experience in developing network solutions utilizing DDI expertise in mission critical networks.

Experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of DDI appliance technologies from industry leading vendors (Infoblox, BlueCat, EfficientIP etc)

Experience in configuring SaaS based DDI solutions from AWS, Azure and other cloud providers

Experience in implementing DNS security policies and DNS resolution policies

Experience in configuring and troubleshooting DNS zones, perform zone transfers

Experience in managing and configuring DHCP scopes and options across multiple environments

Experience in auditing, designing and implementing efficient IP address management techniques including subnetting and supernetting

Experience in Integrating DDI solutions with other network management and monitoring tools

Experience in designing and develop scripts for automating DNS, DHCP, and IPAM tasks

Hands on experience in resolving complex networking issues related to DDI protocols

Experience in designing and implementing NTP solutions for data centers and Cloud service providers

Experience in developing, documenting, and managing the requirements gathering process and provide detailed design and implementation plan to support the requirements throughout the project life cycle

Field experience and knowledge of foundational data networking and IP technologies including (DNS, DHCP, NTP, ARP, TCP/IP, UDP, NAT and others)

Experience with one or more Cloud Computing platforms (e.g. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine)

Demonstrated experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams

Experience in Agile methodologies, daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions and user story preparations

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES:

Develop complex global distributed infrastructure monitoring, management, and automation solutions to manage our global network.

Lead design, write, and build tools to improve the reliability, availability, and scalability of Datacenter/Cloud Networks, Property Networks, and Corporate Networks

Serve as technical lead for the development of complex global distributed DDI infrastructure to manage our global network.

Serve as technical lead for the design new tools to monitor and smart alerts that help Client failures or issues before our customers.

Collaborate with other Network teams to develop network SRE solutions with a focus on production integration

Conduct network analysis, configuration management and develop improvements for system software performance, availability, and reliability

Provide program management assistance and contribute input to help manage project schedules, risks, and costs.

Manage Network SRE products and solutions, including the design, low level engineering, and delivery of new hardware systems for applications across the network.

Define and implement an operational Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) strategy for all Network Infrastructure areas.

Establish management level relationships and partnering with all Business disciplines and other MI teams to define Network SRE services, meet service level requirements, and serve as an escalation point to resolve service delivery and operational issues.

Develop, document, and manage the requirements gathering process and provide detailed design and business processes to support the requirements throughout the project life cycle

Drive accountability with strategic sourcing partners, vendors, telco/ISPs, etc., launching and managing Performance Improvement initiatives where appropriate.

Create functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and contributes to development of budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional Network SRE tools, systems, and infrastructure.

Perform network troubleshooting and upgrades. Coordinate with local teams and vendors, solve problems and restore services as needed

Foster an environment of continuous improvement and structured processes and procedures that support a zero-fault culture.