Network Engineer

Job Title: Network Engineer

Job type: C2C, 6+ Month

PLEASE NOTE: 2 round of interviews.

Location: Onsite or Hybrid in Waltham, MA.

Program Related:

This position is part of GBS (Global Business Services) IT that provides holistic support for numerous IT domains including Architecture/Engineering, Project Management, LAN, Data Center Hosting (including Cloud Computing). These services are provided in all regions globally including North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

This role will play a key role in the architecture, design, project management and operations of the global network of Wolters Kluwer to deliver high quality network performance for its users and applications.

The role requires expertise and a strong track record of success in managing a hybrid network with data center (primary), campus & cloud-based network technologies, with rapidly increasing emphasis on Cloud based technologies. Wolters Kluwer has embarked on a multi-year Journey to the Cloud and they will play a key role in this program assisting Wolters Kluwer in making this transition.

This is a highly technical and functional role, combining industry knowledge of best practices in Data Center Networking, Security and cloud technology with leadership & day-to-day management of internal and external staff of Network Engineers across North America, Europe and Asia Pac.

This role requires deep expertise and a track record of success in the operation and support of a global network. This role is responsible for designing, managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and the global network which could include Data Center/WAN/LAN/and cloud (hybrid and native). All operations and support are handled by this team without escalation to other technology towers. It also requires on call support and occasional travel to data centers and offices for evaluation, analysis, troubleshooting, and remediation activities.

Job Qualifications:

This position will facilitate and support Network/Cloud operations, monitoring, projects, and support a team of network engineers.

Experience with the following network technology domain areas include but not limited to:

Cloud certifications and strong cloud network experience (Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and AWS preferred)

Wide Area Network (WAN) and SDWAN

Disparate transport networks, including Internet, MPLS

Design, implement, and manage route-based and policy-based VPN solutions to ensure secure connectivity across data centers and remote sites

Develop and maintain automation scripts using Ansible, Python, and Terraform to streamline network operations, MACD and infrastructure provisioning, in support of IaC initiatives

Maintain detailed documentation of network architecture, automation workflows, and standard operating procedures

Stay up to date with emerging networking and automation technologies, making recommendations for future improvements

Experience with Equinix services, including Colocation, Network Edge, Equinix Fabric, Equinix FCR, Equinix Portal/Marketplace

Implement IT security best practices, including firewall configurations, network micro/macro segmentation, compliance with regulatory requirements, and with industry standards (such as vendor-validated designs, and adherence to IETF RFC compliance)

Unicast/Anycast/Multicast/Policy-Based routing

Load balancer experience, including Azure LB, Google Cloud Platform CLB, AWS ELB, CloudFlare, F5 BigIP

Expert in problem isolation and identification/troubleshooting

IP Addressing (Schemas, VLANS, DNS, DHCP)

Expert at packet capture technologies (Ethanalyzer, Wireshark, TCPDump), as well as expert ability to read packet captures

Route engineering and performance-based routing

Expert in exterior gateway routing protocols (eBGP/iBGP), including: ECMP, route-filtering/leaking, route-optimization, including well-defined secondary and tertiary pathing.

Expert in interior gateway routing protocols (OSPF), including: ECMP, route-filtering/leaking, route-optimization, including well-defined secondary and tertiary pathing.

Expert in cloud route table optimization and troubleshooting.

AAA (RADILDAP/Kerberos/SAML)

Expert in Cisco ISE/Microsoft NPS

VRF-Lite/FVRF

Overlay/Underlay routing experience, including EVPN VxLAN, L2TPv3, etc

Expert with NDFC (Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller)

Experience with Cisco iWAN/DMVPN/NHRP

Expert with Cisco DNA Center (including SWIM).

Expert in Automation, including POAP, Terraform, Python, Ansible, etc

Expert in cloud security technologies, including, but not limited to: Network Security Gateways, Security Groups, Fortigate/Fortianalyzer, Host-Based Firewalls, IDS/IPS.

Expert in problem isolation and identification/troubleshooting

SolarWinds, PRTG, SNMPv3, NetFlow/SFlow

Data plane/control plane protection/isolation

Expert with STP and STP optimization (PVST, PVST+,RPVST, MSP, BPDU, etc)

Expert with IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation, MC-LAG/VPC

Expert with tagging technologies and encapsulation (802.1q, q-in-q)

Expert with QOS (marking, classification, shaping, policing)

Expert with First-Hop redundancy protocols (VRRP/HSRP/GLBP)

Education/Certifications:

BS/MS or equivalent work experience

Cisco CCNP or CCIE (Enterprise/Data Center/Security), Cisco DevNet preferred

IaC/Automation certifications: Terraform Associate, Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional, Red Hat Enterprise Ansible certifications, Python PCEP, PCAP, or PCPP

Cloud certifications with networking focus: Azure Network Engineer, Google Cloud Platform Associate/Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Advanced Networking Specialty

Experience:

• 10 or more years of experience in a technical network position supporting networks
• 6 or more years of experience in a large, global environment is preferred

Must have strong network and cloud operational experience

Soft Skills:

Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Cloud, Security, CI/CD, SRE, and DevSecOps, to support business objectives

Passion for automation and continuous improvement

Strong project management and leadership abilities

Ability to maintain confidentiality, meet deadlines and schedules, set priorities, work as part of a team, and adapt to changing work priorities.

Ability to draw valid conclusions, apply sound judgment in making decisions, problem solve, collaborate and to make decisions under pressure.

Ability to effectively respond to inquiries from customers, staff, vendors, and other members of the business community.

Ability to interpret and apply policies and procedures.

Ability to demonstrate adaptability by ability to adapt to changes, delays, unexpected situations, and effectively manage competing demands.

Must have strong communications (oral and written) and relationship skills across all levels.

Thank you.