Sr. Network Engineer

At Cast & Crew, we’ve empowered creativity and supported the global entertainment industry for decades. Together with our family of brands - Backstage, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, and Sargent-Disc – we operate as a combined entertainment technology and services provider offering industry standard screenwriting accounting software, digital payroll products, data & reporting, and a host of creative tools.

The industry continues to move faster than ever, and the need for our expertise, our technology, and our people has never been greater. We are a production’s best ally every step of the way. #One Cast One Crew

The Sr. Network Engineer is responsible for the architecture, configuration, management, and support of global Cast & Crew network infrastructure. As part of the network engineering team, you’ll be responsible for designing and developing scalable, highly available & critical network architectures that meet business objectives, security requirements and SLAs.

• Responsible for architecture, planning, implementing, and driving major initiatives related to networking, Cloud & Data center.
• Responsible for operational support of Cast & Crew global corporate network infrastructure including Cloud networking (AWS/Azure/OCI), Office LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, VPN, DNS, etc.
• Enhance performance & availability of corporate network and integration with cloud environments, such as AWS/Azure.
• Work with security team to enhance/improve corporate network security, in compliance with security requirements.
• Deploy, manage and perform routine maintenance of corporate network infrastructure, including Cisco routers, switches, Wi-Fi, Palo Alto firewalls, VPN etc.
• Maintain optimum LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi network performance by evaluating network issues, including availability, utilization, throughput, and latency.
• Analyze and evaluate networks, identify issues and provide solutions to ensure networks are operating efficiently.
• Work with ISPs to troubleshoot and identify performance issues, such as latency, packet loss, jitter, etc.
• Perform daily network monitoring, as well as backup of network infrastructure for all company locations.
• Implement, patch and update network devices on regular basis.
• Create and keep up to date architectural diagrams & runbooks of network topology for all locations.
• Support company users by resolving any escalated tickets related to infrastructure in a timely manner.
• Work closely with various teams to determine future network needs and plan for network changes.
• Support/troubleshoot network infrastructure issues and coordinate with vendors as needed for resolutions.
• Provide additional IT infrastructure support and project assistance as required.
• Automate tasks and monitor their effectiveness.

• CCNP or equivalent experience with Cisco switches, routers, ZTNA/NAC, Palo Alto Firewalls, Panorama.
• Deep understanding and experience with cloud networking in AWS/Azure like VPC, Route 53, Security groups, Load balancing, Remote connectivity, Direct-Connect, Express Route.
• Has experience in VPC/VNET, Peering, Virtual WAN/Transit Gateways. OCI experience is a plus.
• Expertise with Palo Alto Firewalls. Prisma Access and Cloud Genix Experience is a plus.
• Comprehensive understanding of network services and protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF and EIGRP.
• Deep understanding of network security systems and protocols such as IPSec, SD-WAN etc.
• Experience designing and managing a network of least privilege. Experience with Network segmentation.
• Design and scoping for Internal Cast and crew products or applications in AWS/Azure.
• Network monitoring and capacity planning (Solar Winds, Status Cake, New Relic).
• Design and delivery of redundancy in networks supporting business continuity solutions.
• Integration of IT security, audit, and regulatory compliance requirements into network architecture.
• Experience with Linux, Terraform, public/private DNS. Capable of making changes in production.
• Enhancing performance, and availability of corporate network and integration with cloud environments.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to execute on plans within…