Lead Engineer Network Design and Engineering

#We Are Paramount  on a mission to unleash the power of content... you in?
We’ve got the brands, we’ve got the stars, we’ve got the power to achieve our mission to entertain the planet - now all we’re missing is... YOU! Becoming a part of Paramount means joining a team of passionate people who not only recognize the power of content but also enjoy a touch of fun and uniqueness. Together, we co‑create moments that matter - both for our audiences and our employees - and aim to leave a positive mark on culture.

We at Paramount are seeking a Lead Engineer, Network Design & Engineering! The Paramount Technology department supports our global content company through the delivery of a high‑quality viewing experience, system infrastructure support, and crafting innovative ways for our employees to collaborate. We champion a strategy that has growth, transformation, and ongoing innovation where you can help "reinvent the broadcasting wheel" - we’re excited to bring you onboard with the ability to compose the solutions of our network architecture!

• Implement and manage enterprise networking and information security solutions with high reliability and availability.
• Introduce new networking and information security technologies or improve existing technologies to transform existing capabilities and services.
• Provide networking and information security domain expertise to other teams as needed.
• Provide an engineering perspective in solution, system, network, firewall, information security, and process development and implementation.
• Maintain technical documents for solutions and standard operating procedures such that services are delivered in an efficient and effective manner.
• Lead engineering efforts for Palo Alto SASE and NGFW (Cisco, Palo) firewalls on site and in Cloud environments.
• Stay on top of the latest Palo Alto and Cisco Security products and offerings.
• Support of the Paramount Global Network, Information Security and IP, and related information security services issues in and out of hours, resolve complex system and network / information security issues and outages.
• 3rd line support of all Paramount Global network and information security infrastructure.
• Knowledge transfer to L2 and L3 Engineers on new implementations.
• Collaborate with L2 and L3 teams to tackle network and firewall issues.
• Go‑to resource for L2 and L3 Engineers and peers.
• Act as technical PM by preparing project plans, interacting with other groups, and guiding IT resources as required.
• Keep all documentation (including LAN/WAN/Information‑Security drawings and equipment lists) accurate and up to date.
• Industry watching, both direct or through a third party, to ensure the company is aware and educated on new technologies.
• Participate actively in engineering and architecture solution peer reviews and solution design sessions.
• Vendor and 3rd Party support and critical issues.
• Works independently and exercises reasonable judgment with little supervision while providing clear documentation of activities and accomplishments.
• Interacts closely with peers and management across all departments.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Expertise in Network and IP Security implementation, multi‑vendor (Palo / Cisco) IPS, URL filtering.
• Hands on and Design Experience in commercial information security systems such as Palo Alto, and Cisco.
• PCNSA, PCNSE, CCNP (Security) or equivalent experience.
• Information Security and Firewall, and Network related Essential skills:
  • Minimum 8 years of Palo Alto AND Cisco firewall and products experience.

• 3 - 5 years of Linux systems experience preferred.
• Command line iptables experience preferred.
• Scripting experience (bash, Perl, Python) preferred.
• Knowledge of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, wireless AP and Controllers, IOS, NXOS, Load balancers, WAN accelerators, Content filters.
• Knowledge of MPLS, OSPF, BGP & Internet Exchange Peering.
• Knowledge of Multicast.
• Knowledge of Network Management.
• Experience in deploying SNMP based monitoring solutions.
• Experience in medium/large corporate network…