Principal Network Development Engineer

Job Title: Network Development EngineerWe are seeking a skilled Network Development Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing network solutions to meet the evolving needs of our customers.Key Responsibilities:Develop methods to capture metrics that show service health.Create and use pre-defined work instructions to safely deliver on change requests to the production environment.Plan and execute changes to the network as needed.Develop and maintain scripts and tools in Python or other languages to efficiently perform various changes to the network.Automate manual processes using API's and Python or other object oriented languages.Participate in weekly on-call rotation, and occasionally on weekend coverage as a member of a globally distributed on-call team.Create Postmortems and documentation of corrective actions to prevent the reoccurrence of incidents.Implement, Maintain & Support Cloud based Network SaaS components according to associated SLAs/OLAsCollaborate with peers and lead automation and innovation workshops for members of the extended organization.Required Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in technology related field or equivalent practical & demonstrated experience.6+ years professional experience in supporting carrier grade, IP based ISP, Webscale, on-prem Datacenter and cloud-provider network environments.Demonstrated progressive increase in role specific responsibilities and associated complexitiesAdvanced level knowledge of multiple network operating systems including Cisco IOS/NX-OS, and TMOS,Operational experience with internet routing protocols and concepts, including but not limited to TCP/IP, BGP, iBGP, EGP, MPLS, IS-IS, OSPF, Anycast, RHI, & Route reflection.Advanced level automation and DevOps type optimization experience including proficiency in a combination of Python, Ansible, Chef, Docker, TerraForm, Perl, JavaScript, JSON, REST, iControl, Bash, Yaml, XML, and iControlRest.Advanced level knowledge of multiple Firewall technologies, including but not limited to Cisco ASA, Palo Alto.Advanced level knowledge of Layer 4-7 protocols including TCP, UDP, AH, ESP, SMB, RCP, TLS, SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, and SSHAdvanced level experience in cloud environment support of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, & LBaaS offerings.Advanced level experience in capacity management, traffic engineering, and performance optimizationPreferred Skills and Experience:5 + years of experience performing peering, network design, customer turnup, provisioning, migration, and decommissioning1-2 + years Cloud based Network service design and managementExperience with Oracle Database, SQL Server, MySQL, or PLSQLExperience in Traffic Management and Load balancing technologiesExperience supporting DNS infrastructure servicesExperience operating in a Linux/Unix environment3+ Experience translating and managing the Incident to Problem Management workflow through a combination of process automation, defect cataloging, data warehousing, reporting and analytics.Practical experience with Apex, Oracle BI, Grafana, or Power BI for system analytics and reportingExperience with network system change management and release management programs.Our Team is Looking for an Experienced ProfessionalThis is a unique opportunity to work with a talented team of engineers who are passionate about delivering high-quality solutions to our customers. If you have a strong background in network development and are looking for a challenging role, we encourage you to apply.