Sr. Network Engineer (Remote) - Military veterans preferred

2024-04-12
CrowdStrike, Inc.
Other

/yr

  employee   contract


Topeka
Vermont
98033
United States

CrowdStrike, Inc.

Full time

R17971

About The Role:

CrowdStrike is looking for a Senior Network Engineer who has a solid track record of building and operating hyper-scale hybrid cloud networks. You will be responsible for the backbone network, working with application groups to understand long term strategy and creating roadmaps. In addition, you will own major improvement initiatives from ideation to implementation, including funding, planning and operational support.

What You'll Do:

  • Be a hands-on subject matter expert for one or more areas within the network

  • Create and drive short and long term plans and initiatives for both IP and Optical backbone technologies

  • Provide technical direction and insight for projects, discovery, and problem management

  • Partner with application and business teams to align strategy

  • Provide operational support for multi-vendor, multi-region production network at-scale

  • Participate in regular, frequent project meetings to address challenges and drive milestones

  • Improve the reliability and efficiency of production network and drive best practices

  • Write simple to moderately complex scripts and programs for automation, tools, frameworks,

    dashboards, alarms.

  • Identify, test and integrate new products, operating systems and feature sets

  • Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations

What You'll Need:

  • Must have proven track record in leading initiatives independently with minimal supervision

  • 10+ years of experience in designing and building large scale backbone and edge networks

  • Subject-matter expert in core networking principles and protocols such as MP-BGP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS, RSVP, VxLAN, EVPN, QoS, DNS, MACsec

  • Expert in building and operating large scale networks using technologies, such as optical/DWDM, CDN, edge network security, DDoS mitigation, load balancing

  • Deep understanding of various infrastructure technologies for server virtualization, container, databases, message queuing services, large-scale infrastructure provisioning and management

  • Extensive experience in deploying and managing large network using scripts or automation frameworks, such as Python, Ansible, YAML, or Netconf/YANG

  • Working experience in building and managing connectivity on public cloud (AWS, GCP)

  • Experience in selecting, testing, and deploying networking hardware and software

  • Proficient with various networking vendors such as Arista, Juniper, Adva, Nokia, Cisco, etc

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university


Bonus Points:

  • Work experience in network backbone, service provider, SaaS, or cloud operations companies

  • Ability to communicate technical detail into succinct and fact-based business terminology, both verbally and in writing

  • Customer-focused mindset, with demonstrated skill in managing expectations, providing proactive status updates, and producing high-quality work products

  • Ability to use independent judgment to make sound, justifiable decisions and take action to solve problems

  • Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work independently and meet deadlines

  • Ability to work collaboratively with a distributed team in multiple time zones


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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
  • Remote-first culture

  • Market leader in compensation and equity awards

  • Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements

  • Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits

  • Physical and mental wellness programs

  • Paid parental leave, including adoption

  • A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities

  • Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration


  • We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone feels seen, heard, valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.


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