The Role:
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior DevOps Network Engineer to join our Network Engineering team! In this role you will design implement and operate our growing physical and cloud network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in network technologies excellent problemsolving abilities and a passion for ensuring optimal network performance and security along with knowledge of automation and terraform.
What Youll Do:
- Develop and Implement Solutions: Design and implement network connectivity between SoFi and partner companies such as Visa Mastercard Discover Federal Reserve etc.
- Manage and Maintain Network Infrastructure: Configure and manage network devices such as routers switches firewalls and load balancers. Monitor network performance and troubleshoot issues using network monitoring tools. Perform network upgrades and maintenance including software updates and hardware replacements.
- Technical ProblemSolving: Collaborate with other teams to resolve networkrelated issues. Provide technical support regarding network connectivity issues. Tackle diverse and complex technical challenges by applying creative problemsolving and sound judgment considering tradeoffs and making principlebased decisions.
- Drive Project Success: Take on increased responsibility for projects that impact multiple teams and stakeholders. Own the resolution of escalations and drive projects to successful outcomes.
- Risk Awareness: Identify potential risks associated with projects and communicate them to management to ensure alignment and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
- CrossFunctional Collaboration: Build relationships across teams understand stakeholder needs and facilitate collaboration to drive consensus and shared success.
- Adapt and Innovate: Embrace a failfast approach iterating quickly to learn adapt and drive innovation.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for improvement in existing processes infrastructure or tools and take the initiative to drive change.
- Mentorship and Guidance: Support junior engineers sharing your knowledge and helping to elevate teamwide technical practices.
What Youll Need:
- Experience: Bachelors degree and 5 years of related experience or Masters degree and 3 years of related experience or PhD with relevant experience or CCNP and CCDP or equivalent practical experience.
- Network Infrastructure Knowledge: Strong experience with and deep understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP DNS DHCP etc.. Cloud (AWS) and physical network best practices and security principles. Experience with network operating systems (e.g. Cisco IOS PanOS BigIP). Ability to think strategically about cloud infrastructure and platform design.
- Software Engineering Skills: Proficiency in languages such as Go Python or similar along with software design principles and best practices.
- InfrastructureasCode: Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) practices and tools (e.g. Terraform).
- ProblemSolving: Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems balancing technical tradeoffs and business needs.
- Communication and Collaboration: Ability to work crossfunctionally build trust with stakeholders and facilitate productive discussions across teams.
- Autonomy and Ownership: Proven track record of setting ambitious goals driving projects with minimal oversight and relaying progress effectively to management.
- Adaptability: Comfortable with shifting priorities and able to communicate implications and modified timelines to partners. Willingness to participate in a low volume oncall rotation.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Automation: Experience automating infrastructure tasks to increase efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- CI/CD: Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as ArgoCD Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD.
- Monitoring: Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Datadog Splunk).
- Risk: Experience with security and compliance in cloud environments.
- Mentorship: Experience providing guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers.
What You Bring to the Team:
- Collaborative Mindset: You thrive in crossfunctional environments building strong relationships and driving consensus toward shared goals.
- Commitment to Innovation: Youre excited to learn iterate and innovate helping the team solve challenging problems in creative ways.
- Alignment with SoFis Values: You demonstrate and promote the core values that drive SoFis mission and culture inspiring others through your work and interactions.
Required Experience:
Senior IC