Senior Network Engineer I

About Marriott Marriott Tech Accelerator is part of Marriott International a global leader in hospitality Marriott International Inc is a leading American multinational company that operates a vast array of lodging brands including hotels and residential properties It consists of over 30 well-known brands and nearly 8 900 properties situated in 141 countries and territories Role Title Senior Network Engineer I DevOps Position Summary Automation being a huge part of Marriotts global network strategy we are looking for an enthusiastic team member with passion to innovate and excel to join our amazing Network DevOps team as Senior Network DevOps Engineer The NRE DevOps team is responsible for Marriotts Global Network and automates maintains and manages the Core network services Network Monitoring tools and Security infrastructure The team is tasked to automate 100 of the Global Network operations and find innovative ways to improve the global end-user experience We are building the next generation innovative and self-healing network automation platform and are eager to find people to help us achieve these goals and beyond The deal candidate has Proven design and implementation experience in different networking technologies such as Routers Switches Firewalls WAN Network Monitoring Tools and Network security infrastructure A passion to find out network operations use cases and automate them using tools such as Ansible and Python An eagerness to listen to business abstract the complexity from it and provide intelligent automated solutions A comprehensive Networking background who has then moved towards automating the daily network operational and compliance tasks A passion to automate everything and nothing can stop you from finding a way to do that You will Be working closely and collaboratively with expert network architects and great engineers Be a key contributor to drive adoption of Network Automation practices and operating models across all Global Network teams Be accountable for establishing technical level relationships and partnering with all business disciplines and other MI teams to define and implement the network automation solution Job Responsibilities Maintaining Goal Submit reports in a timely manner ensuring delivery deadlines are met Promotes the documenting of project progress accurately Provides input and assistance to other teams regarding projects Demonstrating and Applying Discipline Knowledge Provides technical expertise and support to people inside and outside of the department Demonstrates knowledge of job-relevant issues products systems and processes Demonstrates knowledge of function-specific procedures Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job Uses computers and computer systems including hardware and software to enter data and or process information Delivering on the Needs of Key Stakeholders Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize organize and accomplish work Determines priorities schedules plans and necessary resources to ensure completion of any projects on schedule Collaborates with internal partners and stakeholders to support business initiative strategies Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports presentations etc Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities Skill and Experience 3-5 years experience as a Network Engineer with Designing and Implementing complex networking 3-5 years of experience with automating network functions using tools such as Ansible Python and Terraform 3 years of experience with the administration of Ansible Automation platform to support network automation 3 years of experience in building Network test and deployment automation pipelines using Git and CICD tools such as GitActions Jenkins Harness Helm charts 2 years experience as being part of network operations team Technical Skills required Certification in network and or security technologies e g CCIE CCNP CISSP Cisco DevNet etc Expertise in developing Ansible automations to manage network devices Cisco HP Checkpoint PaloAlto etc Be comfortable with designing ansible framework to support automations use cases well defined roles functions filters Experience working in DevOps and Test-driven culture and managing code life cycle using Git and related processes tools Knowledge with python web development Apache Flask WSGI Docker K8 s HTML CSS to create custom network management tools Experience with writing Infrastructure as a Code for Cloud network components VPC RT TGW WAN Shared Services as well as Firewalls as a Service SDWAN SSE SASE Experience with writing automations for Compliance management Configuration management SoT Golden configs etc Experience in Network automation software libraries and tools such as Netmiko Nornir Netbox PyATS Genie F5 SDK Pan-os-python etc Experience managing AAP Ansible Automation Platform admin functions backups recovery upgrade integrations best practices governance KPI reports Knowledge with Load Balancers viz F5 - GTM LTM Cloud equivalent Knowledge managing Linux platforms Experience working in a Scrum team or other Agile methodologies Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends standards and products and synthesizing into clear technology roadmaps and strategies Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives business stakeholders and IT teams General networking background expected Implementation of WAN LAN and datacenter networks with a focus on mission-critical customer-facing applications and services Technical knowledge in networking Cisco and non-Cisco with an emphasis on Datacenter networks WAN LAN Network security and Management tools and core network services such as DNS NTP IPAM Demonstrated experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams Strong understanding of network infrastructure automation instrumentation and monitoring platforms and the emerging technologies in this area Strong influencing skills and an ability to overcome barriers while driving change Education and Certifications Graduate degree in an engineering or computer science discipline and or equivalent experience certification Work location Hyderabad India Work mode Hybrid Marriotts core values At Marriott our make us who we are We believe that success is never final As we change and grow the beliefs that are most important to us stay the sameputting people first pursuing excellence embracing change acting with integrity and serving our world Being part of Marriott Tech Accelerator means being part of a proud history and a thriving culture