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About Us
American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager with over 65 years of experience helping a broad base of clients achieve their financial goals. Our expertise spans global equities and fixed income multi-asset strategies ETFs and private investments.
Privately controlled and independent we focus solely on investment management. But theres an unexpected side to us too. We direct over 40% of our profits every yearmore than $2 billion since 2000to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Our ongoing financial support drives the Institutes breakthrough work and mission of defeating life-threatening diseases like cancer and Alzheimers. So the better we do for our clients the more we can do for everyone.
All 1400 of us across the globe are inspired every day by the unique difference our hard work can make in so many lives. It shows in the curiosity we bring to every initiative the deep relationships we build with our clients and the way we treat each other in the hallway. If youre excited to learn more about us we cant wait to learn more about you.
Role Summary
Are you looking for a chance to work on an innovative and experienced network engineering team Do you have hands-on network infrastructure experience and a passion for driving digital transformation
We are hiring a Network Engineer to augment our Network Services team. You will be an integral part of a team that delivers the connectivity and critical infrastructure that powers our firms operations. As we modernize and evolve our network architecture youll play a key role in designing building and maintaining scalable secure and future-ready network solutions.
This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City MO office.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.
How You Will Make an Impact
Collaborate with other network engineers to maintain the network infrastructure for our global enterprise
Design deploy and maintain critical network solutions including LAN WAN wireless remote access and firewalls with a focus on scalability automation and cloud integration
Participate in product evaluation selection and deployment of emerging technologies and transformative technologies (e.g. SD-WAN SASE Zero Trust)
Drive innovation by bringing forward thoughtful automation-driven network infrastructure solutions
Share your creative mind and collaborate with teammates business owners enterprise architects developers service providers and management
Research emerging network technology applications and integration to continuously modernize and optimize the network infrastructure
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on network requests implementation and network security transformation initiatives
Address raised network issues and outages by participating in a rotating on-call schedule and problem management process
What You Bring to the Team (Required)
Minimum of 1-year hands-on experience in a network engineering role
A degree in Computer Science Management Information Systems (MIS) Engineering or equivalent professional experience
IT experience in a technical and analytical role
Familiarity with various operating system command line tools including Linux and Windows
Excellent documentation communication and customer service skills
Familiarity with enterprise firewall administration and deployment
Knowledge of enterprise IP Address Management (DHCP/DNS/IPAM)
Routing and switching protocol knowledge and experience
Experience in configuring maintaining and troubleshooting site-to-site and remote access VPNs
Familiarity with network automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Python Ansible or Terraform
Understanding of cloud-native networking and hybrid cloud environments (e.g. AWS Azure GCP)
Detail oriented with superb interpersonal skills to present thoughts and ideas to partners
A self-starter who embraces change is intellectually curious and not afraid to ask why and what if
Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused Courageous and Accountable Collaborative Curious and Adaptable Competitively Driven
Additional Assets (Preferred)
Experience with Palo Alto firewall administration
Understanding of network automation frameworks APIs and DevOps workflows
Cisco wireless routing and switching experience including Wireless Lan Controllers IOS-XE and/or NX-OS
Exposure to Software Defined Networking (ex. Cisco ACI Cisco SD-Access and/or Cisco SD-WAN)
Demonstrate effective approach to network and system troubleshooting
Understanding of security-first design principles and compliance-driven network architecture
The above statements are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities duties and skills required.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation package with bonus plan
Generous PTO and competitive benefits
401k with 5% company match plus annual performance-based discretionary contribution
Tuition reimbursement formal mentorship program live and online learning
Learn more about our benefits and perks.
Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.
American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.
We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process please send a request to All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.
American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race religious creed color sex national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status gender gender identity gender expression age for individuals forty years of age and older military and veteran status sexual orientation and any other basis protected by applicable federal state and local laws. ACI does not discriminate or adopt any policy that discriminates against an individual or any group of individuals on any of these bases.
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Full-Time
