Network Engineer

Volt - Saint Paul, MN

Full-time

Remote - Saint Paul, MN

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

We are looking for a contingent Network Engineer to work with a global team responsible for the support and continuous improvement of our critical networks. In this role, you will collaborate with your teammates to enhance WAN resiliency through dynamic routing protocols, provide preemptive support by focusing on monitoring, and ensure seamless connectivity to cloud resources and remote offices as the business scales. Your contributions will be vital in maintaining high-speed network connections between global sites and cloud providers, which are essential for the operational success of Volt's Hardware and Software development teams. As a Network Engineer, you will obsessively care for the local area networks that form the backbone of our operations. You will be responsible for providing reliable, secure, and user-friendly remote access to Volt's network for traveling and offsite employees. This role requires dedicated support of the network infrastructure using advanced monitoring and alerting systems to ensure optimal performance and security. Additionally, you will work closely with the Information Security team to implement the necessary security measures to protect company intellectual property and comply with audit requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support and improve high-speed network connections between global sites and cloud providers.
• Care for the local area networks that are the foundation of Volt's Hardware and Software development teams.
• Provide reliable, secure, and easy to use remote access into Volt's Network for traveling and offsite employees.
• Dedicated support using network monitoring and alerting systems.
• Collaborate with the Information Security team to ensure appropriate security levels to safeguard company IP and meet audit requirements.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience as a Network Engineer supporting a globally distributed engineering enterprise or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• CCNA certification, JNCIA-Junos or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of technologies such as MPLS, EPL, IPSec tunnels linking remote sites together.
• Experience with Cisco UCS Blades, Chassis, Fabric Interconnects and UCS Central for system management.
• Understanding of dynamic routing protocols like BGP and OSPF.
• Experience performing LAN and WAN Monitoring utilizing Logic Monitor and Splunk.
• Experience running firewalls and remote access VPN appliances such as Palo Alto, Pulse, or equivalent.
• Administration and support of Network Load Balancers including Kemp, F5, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting advanced WiFi deployments with various network infrastructure products (Aruba or equivalent).
• Experience utilizing Scripting (Ansible, Puppet, shell) for automation.

Nice-to-haves

• Sufficient experience with Linux to understand how Linux systems may respond to different network conditions.
• Previous experience with Phone and Video Conference systems and their interaction with networks (Skype, Zoom, or equivalent).
• A basic understanding of networking inside VMWare.
• Experience with Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Experience installing and supporting MPLS routers.