Flexport · 4 months ago
Staff Network Engineer
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$158K/yr - $198K/yr
10+ years expFlexport is a company dedicated to making global trade easier and more accessible. They are seeking a Staff Network Engineer to design, deploy, and manage their global enterprise network, focusing on improving network efficiency and reliability to support global growth.
Freight ServiceLogisticsShippingSoftwareSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Lead the design, implementation, and refinement of Flexport’s global network infrastructure
Install, configure, and troubleshoot network hardware from firewalls, switches, WiFi, VPNs, and AWS cloud infrastructure
Design, implement and maintain new and existing systems, such as monitoring and analysis, management and alerting, for a complex enterprise network
Be a technical escalation point and provide support for network related issues and requests
Perform peer review of other team members work
Strong documentation skills following compliance best practices
Implement extensive in-house testing and research for network infrastructure improvements
Provide documented solutions, including build and maintenance plans
Continuous development and improvement of network policies and procedures and ensuring they are put into practice and followed by the team
Develop automated methods through code to mitigate and remediate network events and minimize operational complexity
Manage existing relationship with service providers, contractors, and various vendors
Work closely with our Security team to design and deliver security related enhancements
Qualification
Required
10+ years network engineering experience in corporate environments
Experienced in designing, implementing, and optimizing large scale global networks
Strong working knowledge of routers, L2/3 switches, enterprise WiFi solutions, and prevailing brands of firewalls and EndPoint Security solutions
Very familiar with and have extensive hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks, Ruckus, Cisco, Aruba and Juniper devices/technology
Possess a high level of integrity and can work independently and under tight project schedules
Able to effectively communicate technical information, both verbal and written, to a wide range of end-users, including non-technical users
Experience with Layer 2 protocols and associated enhancements such as LACP, L2 ECMP, 802.1d/w/s, or 802.1x
In-depth experience with routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, MPLS and VRFs
In-depth experience with Layer 3 protocols such as IPv4/IPv6, TCP or UDP
Knowledge in one or more of the following areas is desired: VPN (DVMRP, GRE, IPSec/SSL VPNs), Wireless (802.1a/b/g/n), Global and Local Server Load-Balancing (GLB/SLB)
Experience in programming or scripting to automate / build etc (Terraform and Python preferred)
Familiar with monitoring tools such as CheckMK, Logic Monitor, or DataDog
Customer service minded and develop and maintain cordial, effective partnerships
Experience with cloud networking (GCP, Azure, AWS)
This role will require some travel, on-call, and afterhours work
Preferred
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP/CCIE) and/or Security certifications
Company
Flexport
Flexport is a full-service global freight forwarder and logistics platform using modern software to fix the user experience in global trade.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.7BKey Investors
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2024-01-19Convertible Note· $260M
2023-08-30Series Unknown
2023-07-01Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Ryan Petersen
Founder and CEO
Stuart Leung
Chief Financial Officer
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