AWS Network Engineer-US/Canada

AWS Network Engineer

Location: Remote/US/Canada

Duration: 6-12+ Months

Job Description

Build on our cloud hybrid network of hundreds of AWS accounts, brick & mortar locations, and vendor extranets using very resilient direct connectivity and the latest AWS network transit services in our efforts to adopt cloud-first as a solution philosophy for our myriad of applications both for our many internal teams and for our millions of customers.

This position will provide top tier engineering and troubleshooting for the DISH corporate data network devices and services. Must be a detail oriented and highly organized individual, follow best practices for network engineering and strive for strategic vision in the design, planning and implementation of network services. Cisco background necessary, and solid familiarity with AWS cloud network architecture a plus. Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related area, or 6-8 years of total network experience that includes 2-3 recent years of experience in AWS. Verified certifications (current or recently lapsed) in AWS, Cisco, Gitlab and in any other skill sets helpful to build and secure Infrastructure as Code networks in the cloud are a strong plus.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Network Engineering (cross-section of relevant skills):

• Experience specific to automation for cloud networking build & configuration in AWS is the primary skill set we are looking for more of…
• services such as… Control Tower, Serverless Transit Network Orchestrator, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, Lambda, Route 53
• architectures such as… VPC multi-tier, multi-az public/private subnetting, NLB/ALBs, Egress-only IGW, Palo Alto VM firewalls with threat prevention, Security Groups, Direct Connect, VPN, IPv6
• automation such as… using CloudFormation and Terraform via Gitlab to push Infrastructure as Code whenever possible
• Good working knowledge of networking protocols and constructs such as TCP, UDP, IP, VLAN, VRF, BGP, OSPF
• Practical experience related to LAN, WAN, and VPN connectivity in a hybrid-cloud data center environment would be tremendously helpful in this role
• Experience with the public cloud network infrastructure of GCP is a plus

Project Implementation:

• Provide advanced technical leadership for complex project work, including functional subsystem upgrades for mission-critical network devices and services as well as strategic upgrades to the network core
• Supply advanced technical direction and leadership to junior members of the data networking team through the planning and implementation processes
• Establish requirements, provide analysis for network and services specifications, network design, network partitioning, and network architecture definition
• Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation, and integration plans on projects, and ensure maintenance of network integrity throughout project development

Network Operations:

• Maintaining daily operational responsibility for reliability of the DISH corporate network
• Manages enterprise network systems and services to an operational uptime of 99.95%
• Responsible for design and implementation of data network services and performs network testing and evaluation testing on a regular basis
• Conducts advanced enterprise-level performance tuning as well as network performance audits on a regular basis
• Monitors ongoing availability of network services and processes.
• Proficient hands on experience and understanding of fundamental networking concepts and protocols including IP subnetting
• Demonstrated expertise with switching and routing protocols such as MPLS, BGP, and OSPF
• Validate that customer network configurations are functioning per designs by validating log flows, event threshold settings, and alarm notification settings

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer/Network Engineering or related field; six to eight years as a data network specialist in a medium to large enterprise network; or equivalent combination of education and experience.