Distinguished Engineer - Networking

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Base pay range: $/yr - $/yr

• Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of complex network solutions to meet business requirements and objectives
• Develop and maintain network standards, policies, and best practices to ensure consistency, reliability, and security across the organization
• Collaborate with the cross-functional teams to identify and implement innovative network technologies and solutions that drive operational efficiency and business value
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend strategic investments and enhancements to network infrastructure
• Drive initiatives to improve network performance, scalability and reliability through optimization, automation, and proactive monitoring
• Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for complex network issues, providing guidance and expertise to resolve critical incidents and outages
• Represent the network engineering team in meetings, presentations, and discussions with senior leadership, stakeholders, and vendors
• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community
• Influence and educate executives
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, measure outcomes to ensure desired results, demonstrate adaptability, and sponsor continuous learning
• Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours support and maintenance activities

• Exemplary ability to design and develop, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and network engineering roadmap
• Expert-level knowledge of networking protocols, technologies, and standards including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, QoS, SDN, and SD-WAN
• Extensive hands-on experience with network equipment and platforms from leading vendors such as Cisco, Aruba, and Palo Alto Networks
• Strong understanding of network security principles, best practices, and compliance requirements including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and encryption
• Demonstrated leadership and mentorship skills, with the ability to inspire and influence cross functional teams and drive consensus on technical decisions
• Highly proficient in architecture assessment and proposals
• Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, startup-like environment

• 12+ years of professional experience in Network Engineering experience
• 10+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 6+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
• 6+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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