Network Build Engineer

Job Title: Network Build Engineer

What you'll be doing

The Global Network Build organization is looking for a Network Build Engineer to deliver subject matter expertise for the Global WAN, which serves all business units and regions. In this position, you will produce Low-Level Design (LLD) and the Deployment Engineering plan for initiatives that optimize, enhance, or expand our connectivity footprint for Revenue, Non-Revenue, and Cloud-based resources. You will also collaborate with security compliance, engineering, and operational teams to sustain a resilient, secure network infrastructure and meet stringent Regulatory, Governmental, and Industry security control requirements. The team works with multiple manufacturers, including Fortinet, Cisco, Citrix, and Checkpoint; relevant qualifications would be advantageous. Must have a strong understanding of IP, VPN, SD-WAN, LAN/WAN, switching, routers, load balancers, firewalls, proxy, WAF & IPS.

Summary of Primary Responsibilities

• Develop network design and implementation approaches, migration strategies, and provide technical project support for low to high level complexity projects.
• Test and evaluate network systems to identify issues, eliminate problems, and drive improvements.
• Prepare business cases, financial analysis spreadsheets, deployment plans, and detailed bills of materials for presentation to Leadership to support evaluation of new deployments.
• Perform hands-on configurations for new deployments.
• Create build documentation and Operational Support procedures, and conduct knowledge transfer to Network Operations to enable smooth onboarding of new deployments.
• Design, implement, and manage network and security systems within a secure multi-tenant cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP, & etc.).
• Support the implementation of standard designs from the Network Engineering team for Infrastructure projects, including configuring, troubleshooting, documentation, optimization, and requirements gathering for Network Operations.
• Provide direct support—including after hours—for new deployments that have not yet transitioned to the Network Operations team.
• Deliver technical guidance for broader solution delivery initiatives.
• Provide support—including after hours—for Tier 3 escalated operational issues.
• Offer engineering expertise to identify process improvement and automation opportunities.
• Maintain in-depth technical knowledge across Network and Cloud technologies and related solution areas; develop new technology integrations and expand solution capabilities.
• Communicate technical information and solutions to different audiences using whiteboards, presentations, or written communications in a workshop format.
• Responsibilities include executive-level and technical-level communication and relationship building to build credibility and trust with internal and external customers.
• Consult, assess, or audit designs and interview stakeholders to resolve highly technical requirements.
• Research, evaluate, and stay ahead of emerging tools, techniques, and technologies.
• Demonstrate a strong consultative mindset, with strong listening and collaboration skills, to uncover unmet technology-based needs and translate requirements into strategic solutions.
• Maintain a high motivation level and thrive in a fast-paced team environment; remain readily adaptable to evolving market and organizational requirements.
• Apply a problem-solving mindset using internal and/or external resources.
• Exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills.

What your background looks like:

• 5-7 years of validated experience managing, provisioning, and implementing network and network security technologies in a large, globally diverse environment.
• Expert-level hands-on configuration experience with networking equipment, management tools, and network analyzers.
• Ability to write detailed methods of procedure and maintain documentation, including creating Visio/Lucid Charts diagrams.
• Cisco CCNP certification skillset level preferred.
• Expert knowledge of Layer 3 technologies—including IPv4, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, PIM, HSRP, DMVPN, NHRP, and GETVPN—is required.
• Expert knowledge of Layer 2 technologies—including Spanning-Tree, VLANs, QinQ, Dot1q—is required.
• Operational experience with load-balancing technologies and platforms such as Citrix, F5, & etc.
• Expert level of knowledge and experience in Checkpoint & Fortinet firewalls.
• Operational experience with Proxy, WAF & IPS technologies.
• Good knowledge of Cloud Networking technologies is strongly preferred.
• Extensive experience working remotely in a self-managed environment.
• Experience with an Agile Scrum framework with the ability to work on stories in sprints.
• Network Automation experience with Python and/or Ansible strongly preferred.