SUMMARY

The Network Engineer I to provide support of the Hybrid Network Infrastructure which spans all business units and regions including Cloud Environment.  This role will create the Low-Level Design (LLD) and Deployment Engineering plan for projects which optimize, enhance, or expand our connectivity footprint for consumption of Revenue generating applications. Additionally, this role will work closely with security compliance, engineering, and operational teams to maintain a resilient and secure network infrastructure to adhere to stringent Regulatory, the team, work with a variety of manufacturers including F5, Cisco, Versa, Akamai (Other CDN), AWS, GCP and Palo Alto and relevant qualifications would be advantageous. Must have a good understanding of including F5, Cisco, Versa, Akamai (Other CDN), GCP, AWS, and Palo Alto. Must have a good understanding with IP, Cloud networking, VPN, SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, Switching, Routers, load balancers, WAF & Firewalls. 
 
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Support Network strategies, migration plans, and technical assistance for low to high level complexity projects.   Tests and evaluates network systems to eliminate problems and make improvements.   Prepares Operational Support procedures and contribute to knowledge transfer to the Network Operations to ensure a smooth onboarding of new deployments   Implement and manage the network and security systems within a secure multi-tenant cloud (AWS, and GCP) & On-prem environment.  Works in support of implementing standard designs from the Network Engineering team for Infrastructure projects including configuring, troubleshooting, documentation, optimization and requirements gathering for the Network Operations   Provides direct support, including after hours as a on-call engineer for production related issues.  Provides engineering expertise in identification of process improvement and automation opportunities   Maintain deep technical knowledge of different Network and Cloud technologies and supporting solution areas and develop new technology integrations and solution capabilities.   Research, evaluate and stay ahead of curve on emerging tools, techniques, and technologies.   Demonstrate strong ‘Consultative based mindset’ with strong listening and collaboration skill for uncovering unmet technology-based needs and translating the requirements into strategic solutions   High motivation level and an appetite for fast-paced team environment; readily adaptable to changing market and organization requirements.   Problem solving mentality using internal and/or external resources   Excellent verbal and written communication   

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES  

3-6 years of validated experience in managing, provisioning, and implementing network technologies in a medium to large globally diverse environment   hands-on configuration of networking equipment, management tools and network analyzers supporting Hybrid Environments  Ability to write detailed methods of procedure and maintain documentation including the creation of Visio/Lucid Charts diagrams.   Network Automation experience with Python and/or Ansible strongly preferred.  Cisco CCNP certification skillset level preferred   knowledge of Layer 3 technologies, including - IPv4, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP and HSRP,– is required   knowledge of Layer 2 technologies, including - Spanning-Tree, VLANs, QinQ, Dot1q – is required   knowledge of Cloud Networking technologies with Terraform is strongly required. Experience with GCP LB configurations, VPN Gateways and Direct connects.  Troubleshooting skills across various Network platforms  Operational experience with load-balancing technologies and platforms such as F5, CDN, & Akamai.  Basic knowledge with an Agile Scrum framework with the ability to work on stories in sprints.