Staff Network Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 158400 - 198000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Flexport:
At Flexport we believe global trade can move the human race forward. Thats why its our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. Were shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today companies of all sizesfrom emerging brands to Fortune 500suse Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year.
The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business society and the environment Come join us.
The opportunity:.
Great technology infrastructure is crucial in helping us to fulfill our mission of fixing the user experience in global trade. Flexport is looking to expand its existing team focused on internal network engineering. This West Coast based Staff Network Engineer will have the responsibility to design deploy and manage the global enterprise network on a variety of cutting-edge platforms. This Staff Network Engineer will be part of a team focused on driving network efficiency improving reliability and helping Flexport scale for global growth.
What youll do:
- Lead the design implementation and refinement of Flexports global network infrastructure
- Install configure and troubleshoot network hardware from firewalls switches WiFi VPNs and AWS cloud infrastructure
- Design implement and maintain new and existing systems such as monitoring and analysis management and alerting for a complex enterprise network
- Be a technical escalation point and provide support for network related issues and requests
- Perform peer review of other team members work
- Strong documentation skills following compliance best practices
- Implement extensive in-house testing and research for network infrastructure improvements
- Provide documented solutions including build and maintenance plans
- Continuous development and improvement of network policies and procedures and ensuring they are put into practice and followed by the team
- Develop automated methods through code to mitigate and remediate network events and minimize operational complexity
- Manage existing relationship with service providers contractors and various vendors
- Work closely with our Security team to design and deliver security related enhancements.
What youll need:
- You have 10 years network engineering experience in corporate environments
- Experienced in designing implementing and optimizing large scale global networks
- You have a strong working knowledge of routers L2/3 switches enterprise WiFi solutions and prevailing brands of firewalls and EndPoint Security solutions
- You are very familiar with and have extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks Ruckus Cisco Aruba and Juniper devices/technology.
- You possess a high level of integrity and can work independently and under tight project schedules
- You are able to effectively communicate technical information both verbal and written to a wide range of end-users including non-technical users
- Experience with Layer 2 protocols and associated enhancements such as LACP L2 ECMP 802.1d/w/s or 802.1x.
- In-depth experience with routing protocols such as OSPF BGP MPLS and VRFs
- in-depth experience with Layer 3 protocols such as IPv4/IPv6 TCP or UDP
- Knowledge in one or more of the following areas is desired: VPN (DVMRP GRE IPSec/SSL VPNs) Wireless (802.1a/b/g/n) Global and Local Server Load-Balancing (GLB/SLB)
- Experience in programming or scripting to automate / build etc (Terraform and Python preferred)
- You are familiar with monitoring tools such as CheckMK Logic Monitor or DataDog
- You are customer service minded and develop and maintain cordial effective partnerships
- You have experience with cloud networking (GCP Azure AWS)
- This role will require some travel on-call and afterhours work
- Bonus points for: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP/CCIE) and/or Security certifications
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The US base salary range for this position (this does not include bonus equity and benefits):
$158400 - $198000 USD
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
At Flexport our ability to fulfill our mission of making global commerce easy and accessible relies on having a diverse dedicated and engaged workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race color religion sex national origin age physical and mental disability health status marital and family status sexual orientation gender identity and expression military and veteran status and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Cut costs, automate workflows, reliably move goods, go carbon-neutral, and improve your supply chain from end to end. It all starts here.
