Network Specialist

Aylo Careers

$75K — $95K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in a similar network engineering role
  • Expert level knowledge of BGP families including inet and EVPN
  • In-depth understanding of Juniper's Junos OS across various models
  • Proficiency in network automation tools such as Python and Ansible
  • Advanced technical troubleshooting skills in complex network incidents
  • Experience with next-generation firewalls and VPN technologies
  • Familiarity with Linux server administration and scripting languages like BASH

Responsibilities

  • Engage with ISPs, datacenter providers, and hardware vendors regularly
  • Lead infrastructure project technical execution
  • Contribute to team projects during 70% of the work week
  • Collaborate across infrastructure teams for complex issue resolution
  • Manage expansion projects related to WAN
  • Oversee the MPLS backbone and Wi-Fi infrastructure
  • Support firewall administration and implement security policies

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
  • Engage in innovation initiatives aligned with business goals
  • Participation in an on-call rotation for diverse challenges
  • Exposure to a multi-tenant service provider environment
  • Possibility of learning and contributing to advanced network security measures
Full Job Description
Working within our corporate infrastructure team, as a Senior Network Specialist you will support the engineering, optimization, and stability of the corporate backbone, campus, and datacenter infrastructure. You will actively contribute to technical discussions to provide insights on how to leverage our WAN backbone to its full capacity. Handling both incident response and day-to-day operations, you will also have the opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies and explore new ideas/concepts, piloting innovation initiatives in line with business requirements.

What you'll be doing:
  • Work with ISPs, datacenter providers and hardware vendors on a regular basis
  • Lead the technical execution of infrastructure projects
  • Contribute to the team's projects (70% of your week)
  • Collaborate with other infrastructure teams to resolve complex troubleshooting issues
  • Participate in WAN expansion projects
  • Manage the MPLS backbone
  • Manage the Wi-Fi infrastructure
  • Support firewall administration and enforce security policies across the network infrastructure
  • Plan and execute lifecycle upgrades
  • Work with key partners to establish peering at our different internet exchange (IX) and optimize global BGP routing policies.
  • Design and build new segments in the network as required
  • Lead incident response efforts by performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implementing technical remediation to prevent recurrence
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for after-hours support

What you'll need to be successful:

Must haves:
  • 4+ years of experience in a similar role
  • Expert Level Knowledge of BGP (inet, inet- vpn, inet6 and EVPN families)
  • In depth understanding of Juniper's Junos OS (MX, EX, QFX, SRX)
  • Network Automation knowledge (Python, Ansible, etc.)
  • Expert Level Knowledge of EVPN-MPLS and EVPN-VXLAN
  • Knowledge of VPN/tunnel technologies (IPSec, GRE, etc.)
  • Experience working in a multi-tenant environment (Service Provider/Data Center)
  • Advanced technical troubleshooting skills with the ability to execute recovery actions during complex network incidents
  • Experience with Next-Gen firewalls
  • Practical experience with 802.1x Authentication and Radius server management/configuration
  • Experience with Linux server administration, BASH/Python scripting, file system manipulation, etc.
  • Experience with Segment Routing (SR-MPLS) and Traffic Engineering (TE)

Nice to haves:
  • JNCIP/JNCIE or CCNP/CCIE certifications
  • Experience with Segment Routing (SR-MPLS) and Traffic Engineering (TE)
  • Experience using Git for managing network configurations and automation scripts
  • Hands-on experience setting up and managing AWS Direct Connect or GCP Interconnect

In this role you may be exposed to adult content

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