Network Engineer (1-year contract)
We are EA
And we make games how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry.
But making games is cool. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.
The challenge ahead :
The Network Engineer will be part of a team responsible for delivering corporate network services for data center and branch offices in an important enterprise.
You will encompass engineering, delivery, operational support, performance management, network analysis, metric reporting, and administration for the EA Enterprise Network.
New non-incumbent role is established to develop passionate staff. This is an entry to mid-level role amongst senior delivery engineering team, essentially a junior position with opportunity for advancement.
Opportunity exists for the candidate to specialize expertise in network programmability, cloud, data center, backbone, security, or wireless areas.
What a Network Engineer does at EA :
configure and maintain network gear
capacity planning, performance tuning, and configuration optimization
Plan changes, assessing and mitigating risks
provision new services, migrate existing services, circuits.
conduct feasibility, impact, and cost studies, develop solution options
highest level operational support, assessment, break / fix, incident resolution
draw diagrams, producing solution (physical and logical) documentation
develop and evaluate network performance criteria and measurement methodology
configuration and deployment of network services in consideration of architectural standards
use network tools for administration, maintenance, automation, and visualization / reporting
conduct economic and population growth studies to determine impact on network capacity and development plan projections
Requirements :
Be passionate about network technology and demonstrate awareness of industry trends / direction.
2 + year experience in delivery, provisioning and troubleshooting of networks.
Experience with OSI Reference model and IETF TCP / IP suite and typical implementations.
Experience with OSPF and BGP routing protocols for routed protocols IPv4 / IPv6.
Experience with the hierarchical network and next gen firewall platforms architectures.
If you have network programmability background :
Knowledge of intent-based networking solutions
Experience of Software-defined Networking and network controllers
Understanding of APIs and the use of YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF
Working knowledge of SD-WAN solutions, for example, Viptela and Talari
If you have cloud background :
Have a working knowledge of cloud deployment models e.g. Public, Private, Community, and Hybrid
Experience with different vendor cloud platforms e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
Experience of cloud automation and orchestration e.g. Chef, coolPuppet, Ansible
Knowledge of common cloud characteristics e.g. on-demand self-service, elasticity, multi-tenancy
Knowledge of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS)
If you have Cisco data center background :
Good knowledge of 2 Tier, 3 Tier and spine-leaf architecture
Good knowledge network virtualization
Experience with the components and operations of Cisco virtual switches
Understanding of SDN, network function virtualization, OpenDaylight
Understanding of the concepts of overlays e.g. OTV, VXLAN
Experience with data, control, and management planes
If you have Cisco R&S background :
Practical and conceptual knowledge of routing and switching technology, static and dynamic routing protocols, network planes.
Fundamental working knowledge of Cisco routing and switching technologies including Catalyst and Nexus switching, and ISR / ASR routing platforms.
Minimum : Associate level certification (i.e. CCNA)
Preferred : Professional level certification (i.e. CCNP) or intent to pursue / maintain
If you have network security background :
Practical and conceptual knowledge of network firewall behavior, features, capabilities.
Fundamental knowledge of Cisco firewalling, RAS VPNs, Palo Alto or Juniper SRX
Basic proficiency of next-generation firewalls (i.e. Palo Alto or Fortinet).
Preferred proficiency with next gen firewalls feature sets like (User-ID, IPS, DLP)
Minimum : Associate level certification (i.e. CCNA-Security)
Preferred : Professional level certification (i.e. CCNP) or intent to pursue / maintain
If you have a Cisco wireless background :
Good knowledge of Cisco Wireless, AP’s, RF science. Use the Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
Good knowledge of Cisco ACS / ISE for AAA services.
Associate level certification (i.e. CCNA Wireless or CWNA)
Programming or development experience, at a minimum in scripts Windows / Unix scripting preference toward Python, or full programming language working knowledge.