Sr. Network Cloud Engineer Ii (Remote)

Our exclusive airline client offers: Flexible schedule, free flights, flex vacation time, full remote, $14k travel discounts, profit sharing (roughly 5%), 401k (5% contribution, immediate vesting), and a robust health benefit package.
We have placed dozens of permanent employees with this company, and everyone we have placed is enjoying a fun and engaging work environment, potential for growth, and above all – great work/life balance. This position is 100% remote.

Summary

Our client is seeking a Sr. Network Cloud Engineer with strong AWS and cloud networking experience. This position reports to the Manager of Network and Telephony and will act as the networking team’s lead and subject matter expert (SME) for anything cloud networking, within and on-prem to cloud connectivity (VPNs, Direct Connect, SDWAN integration, etc.).

Requirements:

• ·8+ years of Enterprise Network support experience and 3+ years of cloud networking support.
• ·         2+ years of experience acting as lead or tech manager.
• ·         Three (3) professional references required. initiatives, be expected to become SME for new technologies chosen.
• ·         Must be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of cloud fundamentals and networking aspects.
• ·         Must be strong with traditional networking within Data Centers, Campus, and Branch connectivity (Router, Switch, Wireless, Load Balancing, Firewalls).
• ·         AWS direct connects, VPCs, Transit Gateways, SGs, ALB/NLB. 
• ·         DNS and Route53 experience. 
• ·         CloudWatch / CloudTrail.
• ·         Active Directory, on-prem and cloud experience. 
• ·         Next-gen firewalls (IDS/IPS, DLP, Content Filtering, Anti-malware, DDoS, etc). 
• ·         SIEM & SYSLOG. 
• ·         SFlow/NetFlow/Flowlog. 
• ·         Cisco Wireless, Cisco ISR/ASR Routers, Cisco Nexus and Catalyst Switches. 
• ·         F5 Load Balancers and AWS ALB/NLB Load Balancers. 
• ·         Spanning-Tree. 
• ·         Port-channeling and Nexus vPCs. 
• ·         BGP, OSPF, EIGRP Routing. 
• ·         Management and Monitoring Tools experience. 
• ·         Education:  Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, MIS, or other related field preferred.
• ·         Certifications: Cisco Certified Network Associate (or similar equivalent) & AWS Architect Associate certification

Preferred (Not Required)

·        Cisco Certified Network Professional preferred.

·        AWS Advanced Networking certification preferred.

·        Automation tools, Terraform

·        Ability to work Pacific time zone

Job Duties

·       Will have persistent involvement in the organization's migration to the cloud and any future cloud initiatives.

·       Will participate in the identification, implementation, and support of tools and processes that will allow the organization to effectively manage the on-prem and cloud networked environments. 

·       Will ensure availability, scalability, and security requirements are met with on-prem or cloud deployments. 

·       Stay current in latest cloud trends, best practices, and service offerings. 

·       Research and evaluate new cloud service offerings, particularly around networking, security, and monitoring/telemetry. 

·       Participate in the development standards, policies, and procedures for operational support of the network infrastructure, with a focus on cloud networking. 

·       Work with other systems and security teams to operationally support the cloud environment and troubleshoot and resolve critical issues. 

·       Develop specifications and low-level designs for the cloud infrastructure. 

·       Maintain cloud and on-prem infrastructure support documentation (IPAM, Diagrams, Standards, Policies & Procedures). 

·       Maintain DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and numerous third-party management tools (Cisco Prime/DNA, WhatsUpGold, Nagios, AppD, Riverbed, others). 

·       Will act as a member of a larger networking team and support traditional route, switch wireless networking in the campus and data centers, and branch locations. 

·       Develop and maintain automation capabilities for network device deployment and other automation for routine tasks. 

·       Participate in regular team and project meetings. 

·       Participate in the Change Advisory Board (CAB) approval process. 

·       Participate in disaster recovery preparations and failover testing exercises. 

·       Participate in regulatory compliance audits. 

·       Participate in vulnerability management and patching of on-prem and cloud-based systems. 

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