Senior Network Operations Engineer ADC Focus Federal 3rd Shift (Nights)

Please Note:

This position requires passing a ServiceNow background screening USFedPASS (US Federal Personnel Authorization Screening Standards). This includes a credit check criminal/misdemeanor check and taking a drug test. Any employment is contingent upon passing the screening.  Due to Federal requirements only US citizens US naturalized citizens or US Permanent Residents holding a green card will be considered.

What you get to do in this role:

As a Senior Network Operations Engineer you will help deliver 24x7 support for our Government Cloud infrastructure.  This is a 3rd Shift (early a.m.) position and has a 5-day work week (Monday - Friday).  The working hours for the 3rd Shift are from 1:00 am - 10:00 am Pacific Time.

Below are some highlights.

• No on-call rotation
• Shift Bonuses for 2nd and 3rd shifts
• Please note 3rd shift will eventually move to 4X10 Day work week  (Sunday to Wednesday OR Wednesday to Saturday )

What you get to do in this role:

• Operate and maintain ServiceNows global cloud network infrastructure including application delivery controller (ADC) systems backbone routing top-of-rack (TOR) switching and VPN services.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network issues including urgent operational events. 
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation including weekends as part of the Network Operations Engineering team. 
• Maintain software-defined declarative infrastructure at scale using automation tools such as Ansible GitLab. 
• Perform software upgrades version control and security patching across production systems. 
• Proactively analyze network metrics such as capacity latency and availability to detect and prevent outages. 
• Support network operations in private and hybrid multi-cloud environments (e.g. Azure AWS GCP). 
• Partner with the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team to improve operational processes and reliability. 
• Review consult and prepare for planned changes and releases to the production environment. 
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of infrastructure automation and standard operating procedures. 
• Provide feedback to infrastructure architects and contribute to design discussions for new initiatives. 
• Collaborate with peer teams building world-class networking and orchestration solutions. 
• Evaluate adopt and implement new open-source and commercial tools and technologies. 
• Contribute to processes and automation to build a low-touch continuous deployment pipeline with near-zero downtime and high success rates. 
• Drive automation to enable rapid deployment and updates across large-scale environments. 

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes decision-making or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools automating workflows analyzing AI-driven insights or exploring AIs potential impact on the function or industry
• 5 years of network operations experience with a Bachelors degree; or 3 years of network operations experience with a Masters degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience in network operations infrastructure engineering or a similar role supporting large-scale distributed systems. 
• Strong hands-on experience in a production environment with Application Delivery Controllers (ADC / load balancers-- e.g. F5 NGINX) routing/switching and security devices (e.g. Palo Alto Radware). 
• Solid understanding of network protocols and services including TCP/IP BGP DNS TLS/mTLS and VPNs. 
• Experience managing hybrid and public cloud environments(AWS GCP Azure) in an operational capacity. 
• Proficient in Linux systems administrationand troubleshooting. 
• Familiarity with container technologies(e.g. Docker Kubernetes) and service mesh architectures. 
• Experience with monitoring observability and alerting tools(e.g. Prometheus Grafana Splunk). 
• Ability to respond to incident resolution including root cause analysis and post-mortems. 
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code and automation tools such as Ansible Terraform GitLab CI/CD. 
• Scripting skills in Python Bash or similar languagesfor automation and tooling. 
• Experience with change management processesin high-availability production environments. 
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail with a bias toward action and automation. 
• Effective communication and collaboration skills including cross-functional team engagement. 
• Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation including weekends. 

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For positions in this location we offer a base pay of $127600 - $216900 plus equity (when applicable) variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications skill level competencies and work location. We also offer health plans including flexible spending accounts a 401(k) Plan with company match ESPP matching donations a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.

Additional Information :

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Accommodations

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time