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The Network Engineer will be a member of the team responsible for supporting the network infrastructure for all SAP SPM hosted data in a 24x7 SaaS environment where SLAs are very important and tracked closely. The Network Engineer will coordinate with business owners to ensure that the appropriate hosting objectives are being met. As the SaaS service offerings are located in co-location facilities, the Network Engineer will be a liaison with the co-location solution providers for all technical matters associated with operating the Success Factors SPM SaaS suite of services.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Deploy and maintain the SAP SPM network infrastructure to include routers, switches, firewalls and other network devices.

Review existing processes and recommend changes or institute new processes as necessary, including the areas of monitoring, upgrades, and tuning. Participate in application customization discussions and technical implementations as it pertains to network engineering. Management of both remote-access and site-to-site VPN tunnels in a Palo Alto / Cisco environment. Debugging and troubleshooting of any IPsec/network related issues VPN access. Working directly with customers to assist their network teams in establishing connectivity. Monitoring and management of Palo Alto Networks IPS devices. Generate high-quality project documentation, such as architecture designs, implementation plans, design documents, test plans, etc. Provide documentation, training and technical escalation applicable for day-to-day administration and change requests for network configuration. Document maintenance activities, failure analysis results, incident reports, penetration analysis, audit results and activities related to management of small-scale projects. Provide technical escalation and be on call during designated periods. Work with engineering on release management and testing within a SaaS environment. Diagnose, as appropriate, complex systems issues with multiple influencing factors which may require interaction with vendors to resolve problems. Ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment as well as being productive and accountable independently.

 

Qualifications:4+ years experience designing, deploying and maintaining large data center environments.

Experience in a SaaS production environment. Experience with external monitoring tools such as Thousand Eyes or similar. Experience with internal monitoring tools such as Solarwinds, Dynatrace, Nagios, etc. Good knowledge of LAN/WAN technologies. Good knowledge of TCP and UDP protocols. Good knowledge of BGP, OSPF and EIGRP. Good knowledge of STP. Knowledge of network access control on Cisco devices preferred. Experience in cable management techniques desired Experience supporting wide area networks with emphasis on IPSec, VPN and MPLS transport preferred. Experience with Cisco IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS preferred. Familiarity with administration of network services (DNS, NTP, AAA servers, etc) is desirable. Experience working in a load balanced environment is desirable. Experience with F5 BigIP a plus. Experience with automation tools a plus.

 

Considered a strong “plus” if the candidate is familiar with:ITIL v3

Infrastructure Monitoring IT Security Principles

 

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
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Requisition ID: 404460  | Work Area: Information Technology  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.