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Detailed Job Description:

Reporting to Infrastructure and Data Center (IDC) management, this senior cloud network engineering role will perform the following tasks:
Develop and maintain tools to enhance network visibility and automation for on-premise and cloud (AWS). Aid in migrating production workloads from on-premise to the cloud (AWS).
Research, recommend, implement and administer networking operations. Serve as architect and consultant regarding all network components, functions, and implementations.
Troubleshoot and mitigate adverse impact due to network related issues. Be available on a rotating basis to respond to incidents.
Recommend and develop appropriate networking constructs for AWS Public cloud network platform.
Configure and maintain cloud network tooling at enterprise scale as part of a global team.
The work is both independent and collaborative in nature with opportunities to learn and deploy the latest technologies.
This is a tremendous opportunity to contribute to complex and exciting aspects of optimizing our Public Cloud Architecture for the future.
Experience with AWS is highly preferred, but if you have a solid on prem skillset with a desire to work in the latest cloud technologies.

Primary Responsibilities:

Architect/engineer high availability and automated failover architectures
Network design / optimization, Load Balancing, Traffic Shaping, and DNS optimization
Work with Software Engineering, Reliability Engineering, and Security Operations teams to optimize system specifications and support the production applications and infrastructure.
Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IAC) using industry standard platforms.
Engage in capacity planning and demand forecasting
Incident Support and on-call rotation to support application availability

Role Based Competencies:

Expert knowledge in designing and deploying dynamically scalable, fault-tolerant on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based networks, that are highly available and highly reliable, in support of a migration effort for existing applications.
Knowledge of Linux container operations and service mesh constructs (Kubernetes/Istio)
Expertise in working and architecting in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ability to design network solutions on AWS across Availability Zones and Regions
Expertise in network infrastructure and concepts (VPNs, routing protocols, TCP/IP, IPv4 and v6, VXLAN, OSI layers, etc.)
Experience with selection, design, implementation, and support of enterprise network systems and diagnostic tools

Strong knowledge in:

Required Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect/Sysops/Devops Associate/Professional (certification · Previous Cloud Experience with Amazon Web Services.
AWS-specific skills (Networking: Route53, Direct Connect, etc.) and (Security: WAF, Config, CloudWatch, etc.)
CCNP or higher Cisco certification strongly preferred
Experience with automated configuration and deployment; Chef, Puppet, Terraform, or other Infrastructure as Code (IAC) frameworks.
Experience working in an Agile, Scrum and DevOps work environments
Strong delivery mindset, excellent consultative communication and negotiation skills, proven ability to work effectively with internal/external clients, vendors and consultants.
Ability to communicate effectively across the organization - to Engineers, Product Managers, Sales, Customer Satisfaction, and Executives - supported by metrics and analysis.

Minimum years of experience*: 7+

Certifications Needed: No

Interview Process (Is face to face required?): No

Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? No