Network Engineer : Pivotal Ventures

Network Engineer, Pivotal Ventures

Interview: Phone and skype onsite from day-one. Kirkland, Seattle based candidates only - hybrid ok

This is a fulltime role. Max salary: 130K

Visa: All (client is willing to sponsor H1B's as well)

About the role/project: De-coupling shared services team from BMGI

Taking over network for a time but moving off in the future want to have a more modern cloud centric state. Potential to re-engineer or re-architect networks. Looking for someone who has built out networks.

Top required skills:

Cloud centric important – CISCO CISCO /CCNA – valuable (meraki – cloud platform for networking)

Collaboration and understanding of security (integration with physical security systems) Physical offices and personal residences that have intricate security systems. Will work very closely with security team Cloud aspect/ do not have (on hand?) infrastructure at this point, want to be more cloud centric

Migrate core nodes into AWS, switching and routing in a Cisco environment, SD/WAN experience a must

Key responsibilities:

Partner closely with security team to implement strategy, technical direction, and engineering solutions for enterprise-wide network-infrastructure services supporting key business requirements

Participates in development and execution of architecture, engineering, and operational roadmaps for IT infrastructure services globally

Provides technical leadership for the establishment and implementation of end-to-end solutions utilizing new technologies

Provides technical solutions for the establishment and implementation of high availability and/or integrated solutions

Provides clear and concise recommendations to remediate performance bottlenecks

Participates in testing with other teams to ensure that performance expectations are met after rolling out new applications and services

Provides escalation and support for troubleshooting and resolution of network-infrastructure issues as required by other infrastructure support teams

Maintain expertise in network-infrastructure technologies to ensure that cost-effective solutions and processes are deployed and aligned with business direction

Partner with business unit and development team SMEs to develop best-practices that can be proactively incorporated into architectural and engineering designs

Manage, measure, monitor, and report infrastructure characteristics

Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative matrix environment

Develop and maintain partnerships with key vendors and ensure that all technology and services roadmaps are understood and leveraged where applicable

Partner with other IT functions and third party service providers in the conception, evaluation, piloting, engineering, and operational delivery of solutions for the organization

Provides on-call support for business-critical escalations

Installs & qualifies components into production following company policies & procedures

Participate in IT risk management initiatives in line with industry and corporate audit and compliance strategies

Skills/knowledge:

Expert-level experience in depth with key network-infrastructure technologies, design/implementation, protocols, standards, and best practices (BGP / DMVPN / QoS / Enterprise Switching / Datacenter Switching)

Expert-level experience with network-infrastructure capacity planning and general network-infrastructure management best practices

Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws

Able to perform and lead in intercultural environments and projects

Able to conduct research into network-infrastructure issues and products as required

Experienced in planning and leading med-large projects

Creative and well organized with a history of consistent project management and follow-through

Develops partnerships with others to support and collaborate in delivery of goals

Innovative with strong analytical problem solving and interpersonal skills

Strong crisis and vendor management skills

Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-moving environment

Strong communications skills in English

Specific requirements:

Cisco routing & switching expert (DMVPN / BGP / QoS)

Automation - ideally, Ansible or Terraform

Cloud infrastructure architect level (AWS preferred)

Can work with Linux/Unix systems

Can work with monitoring and alerting solutions

Expert understanding of network policy management platforms (Cisco client preferred)

Expert understanding of load balancing technologies (F5 preferred)

Expert understanding of DNS technologies (Infoblox preferred)

Expert understanding of Cisco Meraki

IT security focused