Network Engineer

Copart is seeking a Network Engineer in located DFW. This position will be part of a network engineering team that manages the domestic and global network operations of Copart. In this role, you will be responsible for the management and maintenance of Copart’s Domestic and Global Data Center and remote office networks. Candidate must be located in the area and will have a hybrid onsite and remote work schedule.

Ideal Candidate:
Team Player – First and foremost we are looking for a Candidate that works well in a team environment. Effective communication skills and the ability to support others are a must.
Results Oriented – You must be able to deliver projects on time and meet commitments.
Talented – Your skillsets expand beyond the core disciplines of a network engineer. Not only should you knowledgeable in Routing, Switching and firewalls, you should also be competent other technologies such as Scripting, Automation and System’s services and applications.
Innovative – We are always looking for ways improve our process and procedures. The ideal candidate should have natural desire to make things better and not be afraid to speak up if an opportunity for improvement arises.

Essential Duties and responsibilities:

• Continually work towards building trust and relationships with team members
• Provide operational support to international and domestic networks
• Participate in the on-call rotation
• Lead and complete projects (big or small) that may span across departments
• Consistently analyze application and bandwidth requirements and provide recommendations to meet requirements
• Research, evaluate and recommend tools can provides visibility to the health of the network
• Introduce/improve processes and procedures to respond to problems.
• Consistently monitor network health conditions and pro-actively take action to avoid issue escalation.
• Improve and introduce best practice procedures, standards and policies.
• Deploy, scale and automate our network across multiple global offices/datacenters in both new and existing locations.
• Create and update network standards and ensure that network is deployed to those standards
• Document standard operating procedures, diagrams, and training materials for use by the teams
• Support a WAN environment consisting of SD-WAN and Site-to-Site VPN technologies
• Work closely with our internal customers to help alleviate their problems and ensure network team continues to meet their demands
• Review and implement changes on the network, following change management process (ITIL)
• Serves as key resource for infrastructure and application problem determination and resolution
• Utilize internal monitoring tools to pro-actively optimize network infrastructure and/or catch and fix issues before it arises.
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to work well in a team environment
• Very strong oral and written communication skills
• Must have the ability to practice sound judgment in complex, high pressure situations
• Active Cisco Certifications: CCNA, CCNP, and/or CCIE (Plus)

Requirements:

• Must have solid engineering and operational experience in zero-downtime e-commerce type infrastructure.
• Ability to gather requirements and perform circuit turn-ups with ISPs.
• Experience with Scripting/Programing/Automation– Perl, Python, PHP CLI, Ansible
• Flexibility to remediate network device vulnerabilities in a timely manner.
• Extensive experience configuring, deploying, and troubleshooting Cisco platforms and technologies including but not limited to the following:

o Catalyst series switches 6500, 9300, 9200, 4500, 3700, 3800
o Rugged and Industrial Switches
o Nexus series switches 9K, 7K, 5K
o FortiGate Firewalls
o ASA firewalls 5500, 5500-x Series
o Indoor/Outdoor Meraki, Mist, FortiGate Aps
o Ubiquity Bridges
o VRF, ASA Context and VDC
o Catalyst Stacking, VSS, ASA – Clustering, ASA Active/Standby
o OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, STP
o AnyConnect VPN, FortiClient, Site to Site VPN’s, GRE/IPSEC VPN
o Authentication Protocols – AAA, RADIUS, TACACS, ISE
o Azure, AWS Cloud Connectivity
o A10 Load balancers configuration/implementation
o SolarWinds, PRTG, Nagios
o Design/implementation experience with SDWAN technologies
o Layer-1 Cabling and Modules (Copper, Fiber, SFPs)
o Cradle Point LTE/4G/5G Technologies

• Proven competency and knowledge in the following areas are a BIG plus

o HP, Cisco, Supermicro Storage Switches
o Battery Backup Systems (APC, Cyberpower, Tripp Lite)
o Working knowledge using linux/unix based systems

For 40 years, Copart has led its industry in innovation and customer service, enabling it to grow profitably in markets across the globe. Our success is the direct result of the skills and efforts of our talented and diverse employees. Our mindset? It's never just a "job" when your coworkers are like family - it's like coming home.