Global Senior Network Build Engineer

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Job Description

What you’ll be doing 

The Global Network Build organization is seeking a Network Build Engineer to provide subject matter expertise in support of the Global WAN which spans all business units and regions. 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, Non-Revenue, and Cloud based resources. 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, Governmental, and Industry security control requirements. The team, work with a variety of manufacturers including Fortinet, Cisco, Citrix and Checkpoint and relevant qualifications would be advantageous. Must have a good understanding of IP, VPN, SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, Switching, Routers, load balancers & Firewalls. 

Summary of Primary Responsibilities

• Provide network design and implementation strategies, migration plans, and technical project support for low to high level complexity projects. 

• Tests and evaluates network systems to eliminate problems and make improvements. 

• Prepares Business Cases, financial analysis spreadsheets, deployment plans, and detailed bills of materials in preparation for presentation to Leadership to review for new deployments 

• Perform hands on configurations for new deployments 

• Prepares Build documents and Operational Support procedures and performs knowledge transfer to the Network Operations to ensure a smooth onboarding of new deployments 

• Design, implement and manage the network and security systems within a secure multi-tenant cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, & etc.) 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, for new deployments which have not yet been transitioned into the Network Operation team 

• Provides technical guidance for broader solution delivery initiatives 

• Provides support, including after hours, for Tier 3 escalated operational 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. 

• Convey technical information/solutions to audience using whiteboards, presentations, or written communications in a workshop format. 

• Responsibilities include executive and technical-level communications and relationship building to gain credibility/trust of internal and external customers. 

• Consult, assess, or audit, design, and interview stakeholders to resolve highly technical requirements. 

• 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 

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of validated experience in managing, provisioning, and implementing network technologies in a large globally diverse environment 

• Expert-level hands-on configuration of networking equipment, management tools and network analyzers 

• 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 

• Expert knowledge of Layer 3 technologies, including - IPv4, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, PIM, HSRP, DMVPN, NHRP, and GETVPN – is required 

• Expert knowledge of Layer 2 technologies, including - Spanning-Tree, VLANs, QinQ, Dot1q – is required 

• Expert knowledge of Cloud Networking technologies is strongly preferred 

• Operational experience with load-balancing technologies and platforms such as Citrix, F5, & etc 

• Extensive experience working remotely in a self-managed environment 

• Experience with an Agile Scrum framework with the ability to work on stories in sprints 

Additional Information

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