System Network Administrator

Ibex, for one of it's client, is hiring.

Timings: EST Hours

In this role, you will be responsible for deploying and maintaining all interconnection fabric network infrastructure. The ideal candidate can demonstrate a unique blend of network engineering, network operations, and software understanding through the application of engineering principals. You will focus on delivering operational discipline and embrace key operational principals including automation, agile development, and scripting.

In this unique role, you will be part of the reliability engineering organization and work in tandem with other SREs to build and maintain a global network infrastructure.

Ideal candidates for this role will bring an understanding of carrier class network infrastructure as well as experience working in a fast-paced development environment.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of operations and engineering experience

• 3+ years of network engineering in large scale data center environments

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent training) preferred

• Expertise in Layer 3 routing (BGP, IS-IS, etc) and Layer 2 switching (802.1Q, STP, etc) protocols

• Experience with virtual networking concepts such as EVPN, VXLAN, Open vSwitch

• Experience working with automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, etc)

• Comfort with Python (or equivalent language)

• Strong experience working with Linux systems and tools

• Experience with virtual routing in Linux with FRR or similar software preferred

• Experience with AWS preferred

• Experience configuring monitoring, responding to alerts, and addressing the underlying issues to eliminate toil

• Must participate in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation

• A basic understanding of software development tools (Github, Jenkins, etc) and software development practices

• Ability to understand high-level network design and its impacts across the infrastructure

• Ability to work independently on complex and unique enterprise engineering projects

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Strong communication skills