Senior Solutions Engineer Network Specialist
Senior Solutions Engineer Network Specialist
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$ 208000 - 254000
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Job Description
At Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware installing software or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network which gets smarter with every request. As a result they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
Job Locations: Austin TX San Francisco CA Illinois US
What youll do as a Network Specialist Solutions Engineer
As a Network Solution Engineer you will be responsible for designing network solutions that meet the needs of our clients. You will work closely with clients to assess their requirements develop network architecture and provide technical guidance through the sales engagement. You will be expected to ensure that network solutions are reliable scalable and secure. The ideal candidate will have excellent problemsolving skills strong technical knowledge and experience in network architecture and design.
You will work closely with our Account Executives (AEs); generalist SEs as well as every other team at Cloudflare from Sales and Product to Engineering and Customer Support.
Responsibilities
You serve as a trusted advisor to our customers and to the Cloudflare team; helping them find the best solution for the customer business needs with Cloudflare One.
- Guide qualified prospects through the Solution Design and Proof of Concept stages of sales engagements; showing them the key capabilities of the Cloudflare Magic product portfolio.
- Work with your Sales Partners to consistently achieve Pipeline and Revenue goals.
- Understand our customers IT landscape and security requirements and develop an architecture for our customers to support their business needs.
- Articulate the benefits of the Cloudflare Magic product portfolio vs competing solutions.
- Promote retention by capturing and communicating gaps in product or features.
- Assess client requirements and design network solutions that meet their needs.
- Develop network architecture and technical specifications.
- Troubleshoot network problems and provide solutions.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure project success.
- Monitor network performance and recommend improvements.
- Stay uptodate with industry trends best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Document network designs configurations and procedures.
- Provide training and support to clients and internal teams.
- Help creating Reference Architectures Implementation Designs and Design Guides based on Cloudflare solutions and industry use cases.
Skill Requirements
- Curiosity and learning agility.
- 3 years of experience in network architecture and design including DDoS mitigation and other similar technologies.
- Experience interacting with senior level/executives to communicate a message of network and security transformation.
- Familiar with trends in cyber security (e.g. RAT/trojans malware ransomware phishing adware cryptomining spam botnets info stealing scareware etc..
- Fundamental understanding of customer network and application architectures.
- Technical curiosity and passion: Cloudflare is at the cutting edge of Internet technology. Its incumbent on us to stay up to date not only with Cloudflares specific products but with industry trends.
- Strong technical knowledge of network hardware software and protocols (e.g. TCP/IP DNS DHCP VPN BGP firewalls routers switches etc..
- Experience with network virtualization technologies (e.g. VMware HyperV)
- Excellent problemsolving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Required relevant certifications (CCNP or JNCIP and above).
- Ability to jump in with handson configuration when needed.
- Ability to manage a project work to deadlines and prioritize between competing goals.
Other desirable skills areas include:
- Routing subnetting split tunnels. SDWAN local internet breakout.
- End user and application security risks malware phishing viruses etc.
- Knowledge of competitive markets around CDN providers Web application Firewall Remote access solutions Next generation Firewalls CASB solutions Secure Gateway solutions and other SASE solutions.
- Ideally knowledge of Cloudflare ZTNA solutions such as Teams Access Gateway and Browser Isolation.
- Experience with Docker containerization and Kubernetes orchestration.
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
- For Colorado New York and Texas based: Estimated annual salary of $ 208000 $254000
- For New York City Washington DC Metro and California based (excluding Bay Area): Estimated annual salary of $211000 $257000
- For San Francisco Bay Area based hires: Estimated annual salary of$221000 $271000
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflares equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses support caregiving build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits
- Medical/Rx Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Spending Accounts
- Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
- Ondemand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
- Global Travel Medical Insurance
Financial Benefits
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Life & Accident Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Employee Stock Participation Plan
Time Off
- Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
- Leave programs including parental pregnancy health medical and bereavement leave
What Makes Cloudflare Special
Were not just a highly ambitious largescale technology company. Were a highly ambitious largescale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customersat no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacycentric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use it is the first consumerfocused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
