Rate Range: $82/hr on W2 depending on experience (no C2C or 1099 or sub-contract)
Work Authorization: GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1b
Must have-
Experience on Palo, BGP and Juniper
Top Note:
This is a strict Schedule: 8-5pm PST - Wednesday-Sunday. Looking for someone hybrid - Wed-Fri in office and Sat and Sunday remote. 8AM to 5PM PST
There's an on-call shift - (6PM-6AM) as needed potentially.
Description:
Collaborate with other engineering teams to automate various processes, aid in capacity planning and implementations • Work with team members to deploy, and operate infrastructure globally to support the movie production and distribution process • Engineer and deploy scalable and flexible high-performance and high-availability network infrastructure • Generate quality documentation on network issues, updates, root cause analysis, troubleshooting techniques and network analysis including diagrams/templates. Exercise consistent rigor in maintaining documentation • Ensure reliable operation of systems and infrastructure software by designing and implementing network, instrumentation and management tools in order to predict, quickly diagnose and resolve abnormal network behavior • Liaison between critical production engineering groups • Serve as a Tier 2 support for Systems, Media, Storage and Cloud Operations Engineers • Interface with other entities and their networks to support cross-segment workflows, file transport and other sharing of media assets, devices and infrastructure • Minimum of 3 years of experience in engineering and operations for a Studio, ISP or a Major Enterprise network in a 7x24x365 environment. Normal hours and business days apply, but must be available to work after hours, weekends and some holidays as well as providing L3 on-call support on a rotation basis will be required. • Shift work weekdays and weekends. Onsite and Remote- on-call support on a rotation basis will be required.
Experience working in a multi-vendor network environment (Juniper, Arista, Cisco, Brocade, Palo Alto, F5, Infinera, Ciena) • Consistent track record of implementing large-scale and mission-critical networks • Experience running and supporting high availability infrastructure • Working experience with Public Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure and/or GCP) • Experience implementing/maintaining monitoring and alerting for production systems • Network theory and services (TCP/IP, UDP/IP, 7 layers of OSI, DNS, DHCP) • Mid-level expertise with VXLAN, STP, ISIS, BGP, EVPN and MPLS • Networked Storage technologies (NAS, SAN, Clustered, Tape) • I/O technologies (Fiber Channel, InfiniBand, SCSI, SATA, SAS) • Network hardware (firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers, transport gear) • Local and Networked File Systems (NFS, SMB, DFS, NTFS) • Video streaming theory, standards and concepts • Exceptional advanced troubleshooting skills • Understanding of Network Security principals and best practices
Requirements: • A Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering or Electrical Engineering • Certifications (JNCIA-Junos, JNCIA-MistAI, JNCIA-SEC, ACE-A, PCCSA, PCNSA, PCNSE, CCNA, CCNP, BIG-IP, DDI Professional) • Experience working on virtualized network environments (overlays) • Experience with network scripting/automation • Experience with configuration management systems such as Ansible or Terraform • Strong hands-on support of large WAN, LAN and MAN environments • 3rd party interfacing and network-to-network connectivity experience • Experience implementing scalable, highly available and secure VPN environments • Experience developing automated methods to mitigate and remediate network events and minimize operational complexity • Experience deploying and supporting Media Production environments with a Studio or Postproduction House
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: • Customer service oriented individual • Self-driven with an analytical mind with a bias for action • Track record of practical problem solving under pressure • Excellent communication, and documentation skills • Excellent communication skills to collaborate with teams globally • Able to comfortably multitask (i.e., perform multiple tasks concurrently) • Ability to manage competing priorities, and work well under pressure • A team player with good interpersonal and relationship building skills • Able to interact and apply soft skills with face to face production customers • Strong analytical problem-solving skills • Able to make important decisions given incomplete and conflicting knowledge