Cloud Network Engineer III

Job Description

Forcepoint is looking for a Cloud Network Engineer III to join the Cloud Operations team. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Layer 2/3 Routing and Switching technologies supporting a global Data Center footprint. This individual has hands-on experience designing, configuring and deploying low latency, self-healing, highly redundant global network infrastructure utilizing IP Transit, Metro links, DMVPN, SDN, MPLS and WAN acceleration technology sets. In addition, this Engineer has experience peering with external providers, and extending Layer 2 switching across on-prem and public cloud networks.The candidate is well versed with DevOps and Agile methodologies and will actively participate in project scrums and sprints, as well as adhere to the incident and change management processes.Essential Functions

• Responsible for designing, documenting, and implementing network infrastructure for both on-prem and hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Responsible for managing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and scaling Forcepoint s storage, security, compute and autonomous system networks
• Create tooling and automation to continuously improve the monitoring, management and reliability of our network infrastructure
• Prepare low latency, highly redundant network designs for existing and new site establishments, site relocations, network upgrades/expansions, cloud environments and disaster recovery requirements
• Develop, publish, and implement technology lifecycle roadmap for network systems portfolio
• Publish and implement standards across the global network farm
• Lead development, documentation, and operationalization of system processes to enhance service delivery outcomes across the organization
• Participate in incident, change, and problem management
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to network
• Drive issue resolution with Engineering and Technical Support teams

Education, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience related to Information Technology
• 10 years experience as a Senior Network Engineer
• Strong experience in the design and deployment of Public Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong experience with Tier 1 transit providers and peering exchanges, with expertise in BGP and OSPF
• Experience with cloud scale datalink layer features including STP, VLAN tagging, and ARP
• Experience with Component and system level monitoring architectures, deployments and operations such as Data Dog, Solarwinds, ScienceLogic
• Strong layer 2 and layer 3 knowledge including but not limited to DNS, DHCP, NTP, TCP/UDP, IP protocols
• Experience with network automation (SDN, traffic shaping and QoS)
• Experience with Juniper, Arista, and Cisco network technologies
• Self-reliant and able to troubleshoot any problemJob DescriptionForcepoint is looking for a Cloud Network Engineer III to join the Cloud Operations team. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Layer 2/3 Routing and Switching technologies supporting a global Data Center footprint. This individual has hands-on experience designing, configuring and deploying low latency, self-healing, highly redundant global network infrastructure utilizing IP Transit, Metro links, DMVPN, SDN, MPLS and WAN acceleration technology sets. In addition, this Engineer has experience peering with external providers, and extending Layer 2 switching across on-prem and public cloud networks.The candidate is well versed with DevOps and Agile methodologies and will actively participate in project scrums and sprints, as well as adhere to the incident and change management processes.Essential Functions
• Responsible for designing, documenting, and implementing network infrastructure for both on-prem and hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Responsible for managing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and scaling Forcepoint s storage, security, compute and autonomous system networks
• Create tooling and automation to continuously improve the monitoring, management and reliability of our network infrastructure
• Prepare low latency, highly redundant network designs for existing and new site establishments, site relocations, network upgrades/expansions, cloud environments and disaster recovery requirements
• Develop, publish, and implement technology lifecycle roadmap for network systems portfolio
• Publish and implement standards across the global network farm
• Lead development, documentation, and operationalization of system processes to enhance service delivery outcomes across the organization
• Participate in incident, change, and problem management
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to network
• Drive issue resolution with Engineering and Technical Support teams
• Education, Experience, and Skills
• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience related to Information Technology
• 10 years experience as a Senior Network Engineer
• Strong experience in the design and deployment of Public Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong experience with Tier 1 transit providers and peering exchanges, with expertise in BGP and OSPF
• Experience with cloud scale datalink layer features including STP, VLAN tagging, and ARP
• Experience with Component and system level monitoring architectures, deployments and operations such as Data Dog, Solarwinds, ScienceLogic
• Strong layer 2 and layer 3 knowledge including but not limited to DNS, DHCP, NTP, TCP/UDP, IP protocols
• Experience with network automation (SDN, traffic shaping and QoS)
• Experience with Juniper, Arista, and Cisco network technologies
• Self-reliant and able to troubleshoot any problem

We are mission driven.We are passionate about our mission because our solutions protect businesses, critical infrastructures, and governments around the world.Find out more about Forcepoint s Mission, Vision, and Values at www.Forcepoint.com and follow us on Twitter at ForcepointSec. Find us on social at #forcepoint #forcepointculture #lifeatforcepoint to find out what its really like to work here from the team themselves.*Other dutiesPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Applicants must have the right to work in the location to which you have applied.We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.,

Keyskills :
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