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Original Job Post

Forcepoint · 2 days ago

Network Reliability Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

4+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Contribute to Network Architecture and Design

Monitor, measure and improve the reliability, availability and scalability of Network Infrastructure, applications and services

Identify manual routine operational practices and build robust automation capabilities using code and modern tools

Engage in Incident response and participate in post-mortem analysis to investigate root cause and capture contributing factors for remediation

Perform analytics on previous incidents and trend/usage patterns to better predict issues and take proactive actions

Design and build custom tools as needed to support process optimization, challenging the status-quo and improving operational efficiency

Participate in 24/7 rotational shifts & On-Call for handling production operation issues

Engage in service capacity planning and demand forecasting, software performance analysis and system tuning

Create meaningful dashboards/reports for application telemetry and infrastructure health for pro-actively identifying performance constraints and bottlenecks

Qualification

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Networking ConceptsTCP/IPUDPRouting ProtocolsVLAN ConfigurationDNSOSI LayersLoad BalancingNetwork MonitoringSNMPFlow MonitoringTelemetrySyslogBGP RoutingPeering ExchangesInternet ExchangesNetwork SecurityFirewallsIPSECGRE TunnelsVPN ServicesProblem-SolvingCommunicationMentoringNetwork AutomationSoftware EngineeringPythonJunosJuniper MXQFX

Required

University degree and 4-6 years of related experience, or equivalent work experience.

Strong understanding of Networking concepts and theories, such as different protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, routing protocols, etc), VLAN configuration, DNS, OSI layers, and load balancing

Strong understanding of network monitoring techniques including SNMP, Flow Monitoring, Telemetry, and Syslog

Strong understanding of BGP routing on the public internet. Manipulating BGP attributes to alter routing. Leveraging Peering Exchanges and Internet Exchanges.

Understanding of network security best practices

Understanding of network firewalls, IPSEC/GRE tunnels, VPN services

Ability and willingness to coach and mentor Team members and colleagues

Preferred

Network Automation using tooling like ansible, puppet, or chef

Software Engineering skills with at least one scripting language like Python

Understanding of Junos and Juniper MX, QFX, and EX platform

Understanding of Linux or Kubernetes systems

Company

Forcepoint

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Forcepoint is a data protection cybersecurity firm that helps businesses in securing users, data, and networks while enabling development.

Founded in 1994

Austin, Texas, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

https://www.forcepoint.com

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