Network Engineer - Data Center

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

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The Network Engineer is responsible for administration and availability of our network infrastructure systems. In this role you will be responsible to build, maintain, operate, and monitor network connectivity to ensure reliable and consistent data transmission for Paylocity’s SaaS. The role will be instrumental in maintaining network availability and lead projects through to completion, Day to day responsibilities for this position includes resolving incidents, providing technical support to various departments and users with regards to LAN/WAN and cloud-based networks connectivity. As a subject matter expert across various network and infrastructure fabrics, the Network Engineer will also act as a resource promoting knowledge sharing and career growth.

As a member of Paylocity’s Product and Technology (P&T) team, this role would be looked upon as a resource for all areas of network infrastructure. Our teams enjoy finding the right tool for the job, so we use a combination of commercial, open-source, and custom-built solutions. The organization’s unique structure allows each member the freedom to perform tasks in their own way. Because we manage a wide variety of systems, one will rarely be locked into working on a single task. Additionally, each P&T member is encouraged to grow in experience and technical knowledge by pursuing certifications and experimenting with new technology.

Are you the teammate we are looking for?

Who you are:

Network Engineering is the function that applies principles and techniques of engineering, mathematics, and computer/data science to the design, development, and operations of modern infrastructure for application connectivity. The Product and technology engineering family at Paylocity comprises Software Development, Database, SRE/Observability, DevOps, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Storage, Servers, and Networks.

• Enthusiastic about part of a team to build a network infrastructure to provide the ultimate customer experience.
• Interested in a data-centric, automation-first approach to continuous improvement of our network infrastructure monitoring, operations, and process.
• Curiosity and learning at the forefront to stay current by learning and applying new technologies to solve practical challenges.
• Share your viewpoints in a collaborative environment with an open mind to receive constructive feedback and unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members.
• Able to work independently with guidance on initiatives, complete tasks, and execute projects with high quality at the velocity needed by the business.
• Excited to be part of the infrastructure team in implementing cutting-edge technology for scaling the network infrastructure for a hybrid cloud environment.
• At ease working with all levels of the organization communicating with other engineering teams, security, and non-technical stakeholders.

What will you do:

• Participate and provide input towards design discussions, resiliency analysis, disaster recovery, and troubleshooting customer incidents, ultimately delivering value to our clients.
• Analyze application flows through load balancers, interactions with infrastructure, and capacity analysis for a customer-facing production SaaS environment.
• Follow the lead to implement efficient tooling and automation to operate a highly reliable and secure network infrastructure.
• Effectively deliver the defined objectives for projects working collaboratively with stakeholders across the organization and external partners with an understanding of dependencies and risks.
• Utilize lab or virtual environments to prove out potential solutions and present networking technical changes to a Change Advisory board.
• Follow best practices, workflows, processes, and technology practices to maintain and support network infrastructure and provide inputs to drive improvements.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation and be available for after-hour support for incidents, drills, and project execution.

What you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or similar with 3+ years of experience. Or 5+ years of applied experience in Network Engineering.
• Preference to candidates with industry certifications such as CCNP/CCDP focused on Data Center networking.
• Deep understanding of networking protocols and VPN technologies (e.g. IPSEC, HSRP, BGP, OSPF, QOS)
• Previous exposure to Data Center network (LAN/WAN) for application delivery using load balancers from F5 Networks, Next-Generation Firewalls from Cisco, or similar.
• Exposure to integration of network fabric with a virtualized computing environment with VMware or similar products and awareness of security best practices.
• Performed maintenance, and upgrade of networks, including routers, switches, firewalls, and network management systems.
• Strong desire to have prior experience in Implementing Network Automation using PowerShell, Python, Ansible etc. to create and update scripts to automate manual processes.
• Hands-on experience into network monitoring tools such as DataDog, LogicMonitor, or similar and awareness of SRE principles to ensure a healthy network service.
• Ability to understand various network technologies, hardware, and software solutions for constantly evolving business needs.
• Advantageous to have exposure to hybrid cloud architectures and public cloud offerings (AWS).
• Passion to learn the technology landscape and applying the principles towards the stability of the network infrastructure.
• Able to work effectively in an agile team environment, independently contributing towards project completion with minimal supervision.
• Adaptable to change and pivot based on situational challenges.
• Practical and creative in problem-solving.

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact accessibility@paylocity.com.

This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $67,112 - $133,900/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.