Senior Network Engineer- Data Center

$117,800 - $184,800/Yr

CoStar Group - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Washington, DC

1,001-5,000 employees

Real Estate

About the position

The Senior Network Engineer at CoStar Group is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating Data Center network infrastructure, network security, Cloud Networking, and Application Delivery. This role supports the company's products and corporate applications by architecting the network and content delivery for customers, managing multiple data centers, routers, switches, and AWS VPCs. The position requires collaboration with a team of experienced engineers and offers a hybrid work schedule of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

Responsibilities

• Support network, security and application delivery solutions for CoStar's internal and external products on premises and on AWS Cloud
• Manage projects related to network services such as Cloud, Global Traffic Management, Content Delivery, application and network load balancing
• Develop automation to improve engineering and operational tasks
• Evaluate, design and implement network products to fill business needs
• Triage tickets related to connectivity concerns, perform root cause analysis, user requests, iterate processes to prevent future issues
• Develop and improve processes related to network operations and support
• Support and manage monitoring platforms
• Manage software & firmware equipment update cycle
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to other network engineers and other teams on network related questions and projects
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry best practices to drive continuous improvement and innovation
• Manage company's certificates, domains, IP address allocation, AS design, traffic engineering, security perimeters, app delivery architecture
• Work with various technologies including AWS Cloud, F5 LTM, GTM, Palo Alto Firewalls, and Cisco switching.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required from an accredited, not for profit university or college
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and technologies (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, VLANs, routing, switching)
• 5+ years of experience with AWS Network services - AWSNF, VPCs, TGW, ELBs, ALBs
• 2+ years of experience supporting DevOps teams and deployment tools - TFS, Azure DevOps, Git, Terraform
• Strong scripting and/or automation experience - Python, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell
• Solid knowledge on content delivery technologies and solutions (GTM, LTM, ALB, NLB, ngnix, Akamai) and network services such as DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, NTP
• Hands on experience with network operations, troubleshooting, and managing network projects
• Strong written and verbal communication, including writing procedural documents
• A track record of commitment to previous employers

Nice-to-haves

• Solid experience with firewall design and operations - Palo Alto, AWS Network Firewall
• Experience with monitoring platforms including LogicMonitor, Solarwinds, PRTG, Epitiro, and ThousandEyes
• Experience deploying IPv6 networks - migration, hybrid environment
• Experience supporting enterprise/carrier grade networks - routing and switching
• Experience administering Certificate Management tools - AppviewX, DigiCert, etc
• Hands on experience in network protocol analyzers/sniffers, troubleshooting
• Experience managing layer-2 fabrics using spine/leaf & VXLAN EVPN
• Knowledge of project management tools - Jira, Confluence, Agile
• Industry certifications such as CompTIA Network+, AWS (Network, Content Delivery), Cisco (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE), Palo Alto (PCNSA, PCNSE), F5 are a plus

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs
• Access to CoStar Group's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks