Data Center Infrastructure Operations Network Engineer

Data Center Infrastructure Operations Network Engineer

Requirements

• Associates / Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as computer science or information technology from an accredited college or university. Will consider additional degrees with accompanied technical leadership experience.
• Ten years of work experience preferred.
• Security+ Certification. If not currently certified, must be able to obtain certification within 6 months of hire.
• Must be comfortable with Linux system management, as this is the primary operating system, as well as other Red Hat enterprise services.
• Ability to implement, operate, and maintain physical switches, routers, IPS, IDS devices.
• Ability to implement, operate, and maintain a VMware NSX based SDN.
• Understand Kubernetes and micro-service based applications.
• Must be a self-starter in a fast-paced environment and able to work with a multi-faceted technical team of engineers with a diverse set of skills at differing levels of experience.
• Work as part of a team for the production and fielding of the network systems.
• Proactively identify, locate, mitigate, and resolve network issues.
• Document and present performance records and results.
• Document problems/issues via Jira based ticketing system/tracking log.
• Review and update all information security management system process and procedures (data/software).

Responsibilities

• Perform as a technical team member of Engineers in the maintenance (technical including VMware, Micro-Services, Networking, Security Services, etc.) of the platform and ensuring continuity of operations for our End Users.
• Automate, collect, process, and present, system performance, and other metric information to show improvements or degradation over time.
• Balance hybrid cloud distribution between private corporate infrastructure and public clouds.
• Work as part of a fast moving highly diverse team across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Contribute as part of a high performing team in an Agile development and execution paradigm providing insight into taskings to both the team and customer via Jira and Confluence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ansible (or similar) infrastructure automation to deploy and configure standard baselines for physical devices and in a virtual environment (VMware and Linux).
• Utilize scripting for automating tasks, administration, data collection and reporting. This job requires the ability to write, test, debug, deploy, and maintain scripts.
• Ability to audit and report system and performance logs.
• Ability to automate, administer and maintain the environment through configuration management, version control, and backups with the use of scripting.
• Ability to respond professionally, effectively, and efficiently to service requests.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
• Ability to research and/or implement new technologies.
• Effective interpersonal and communications skills.
• Professionally convey system-wide performance information routinely via tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, etc.
• Interact with vendors/users/customers and developers to understand needs and operational requirements that will impact development and testing activities.
• Examine any relevant change implementation, then report the changes to developers and testers welcoming feedback for future improvements.
• Ability to solve technical problems involving a variety of integrated software and hardware platforms.
• Knowledge of or experience with the DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or similar best practices and security guidelines.
• Knowledge of or experience with managing, provisioning, deploying, and orchestrating infrastructure specifications through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platforms such as Ansible and/or Terraform.