The Senior Network Engineer manages network operations, oversees security, participates in AWS migrations, and collaborates on cross-departmental projects.
Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the global market leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure. We are on a mission to redefine how organizations connect with their audiences - and that’s just the beginning!
Organizations, large and small, depend on us to accurately publicize market-moving news and multimedia, and generate social engagements that develop interactions with their target audiences.
About the Role
The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for overseeing network operations and ensuring the smooth functioning of the organization's network infrastructure. This role actively participates in AWS migration projects and cross-departmental initiatives, taking the lead when necessary. The Senior Network Engineer’s contributions are instrumental in maintaining and optimizing the network infrastructure while collaborating closely with diverse teams, and plays a pivotal role in driving the organization's successful transition to, and management of, a cloud-based environment.
What You'll Do
- Maintain and manage the Fortigate and Palo Alto Firewalls, AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall), F5 Load balancers, Cisco ACI infrastructure, Cisco routers, and Cisco Catalyst switches to ensure optimal network performance, security, and availability. Administer AWS IPAM services to ensure efficient and reliable IP address management for network devices.
- Take ownership of paid Pager-Duty responsibilities, which may involve occasional on-call duties for handling network-related incidents and emergencies.
- Collaborate with cross-departmental teams on various projects, such as the migration of network monitoring systems from SolarWinds to New Relic or Grafana.
- Work closely with the Service Desk team to provide support for workstation VPN clients, troubleshoot connectivity issues, and ensure seamless remote access for employees.
- Exhibit a strong aptitude for learning and developing AWS (Amazon Web Services) skill sets, as the organization transitions from a hybrid colocation and AWS environment to a cloud-based infrastructure.
- Demonstrate proficiency in AWS technologies and enhance the ability to contribute to the successful migration process.
- Work with management on vendor maintenance and contracts or SoW’s.
What You'll Need
- 5+ years supporting a large enterprise distributed network.
- Must have strong knowledge of network security principles, including firewall policy design/enforcement and best practices for hardening network devices.
- Advanced network design experience, including BGP routing, Layer 2/3 redundancy protocols, NAT/SNAT, and overlay networking (VXLAN/VPN) and/or Cisco ACI.
- Proven experience building and operating highly available enterprise networks using the least-disruptive, lowest-risk methodologies.
- Deep troubleshooting capability using tools such as Wireshark, tcpdump, nmap, tracepath, and ncat.
- Working knowledge of single sign-on and centralized authentication (for example SAML, TACACS, and LDAP) with the ability to troubleshoot integrations.
- Production familiarity with AWS networking constructs such as Transit Gateway, Gateway Load Balancer, Route-53, VPC Endpoints, Auto-scale EC2 cluster, and IPAM.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure management/automation tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, or equivalent) and CLI-based configuration/administration.
- Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise cloud networks in production environments, ideally in a hybrid colocation and AWS model.
- Bachelor’s degree in a computer-related field or equivalent professional experience.
- Ability to work remotely
- Excellent health benefits that begin on your first day of employment
- $100 monthly fitness allotment, a tuition reimbursement program, and enhanced mental health resources
- 401(k) plan with generous company match, and annual profit sharing contribution (subject to company performance)
- PTO, Floating Holidays, Wellness Day Off, Birthday Day Off, and more!
Business Wire will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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What We Offer
The base salary range for this position is $145K to $155K/year. Offered salary will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to: applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with geographic market data. Business Wire reserves the right to modify this salary range at any time.
Business Wire’s total rewards include:
A pre-employment background check will be required after the acceptance of an offer. Business Wire is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Business Wire will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Top Skills
AWS
Cisco Aci
Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Routers
CloudFormation
F5
Fortigate
Palo Alto
Terraform
Wireshark
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