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Marriott International · 1 month ago

flex Senior Network DevOps Engineer

Bethesda, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$47.30/hr - $80.96/hr

7+ years exp

Marriott International, Inc is the world’s largest hotel company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. They are seeking a Senior Network DevOps Engineer to support the implementation of network automation projects and provide technical input on network automation infrastructure. The role involves collaborating with teams to design and automate secure network solutions across multiple cloud environments.

Customer ServiceHospitalityHotelTravel

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

As an individual contributor or member of a project team support successful implementation of network automation projects

Provides technical input to the overall architectural and operational discussions around network automation infrastructure and tools

Act as a network developer to create innovative solutions and write python and Ansible code on daily basis

Act as an active contributor in delivering our products in time by participating and delivering work through Agile scrum practices

Conducts research, design and implementation of Network infrastructure Automation solutions and build standard practices across enterprise operations

Make contributions to other Network automation solutions that enhance the operations and cost structures of the Marriott environment

Create and make available project documentation with a focus on communicating technical features and functions of solutions

Work closely with department leadership and service providers to support alignment of plans with solution delivery

Participate in and suggests improvements to standards configuration, change management processes and practices

Proactively identifying and resolving key technical issues

Develop test plans, implementation plans, and project timelines for various projects and tasks

Stay up to date with the latest Devops technologies and best practices

Functions as a strategic senior technical expert within the department

Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work

Champions leaders’ vision for product and service delivery

Makes and executes the necessary decisions to keep moving forward toward achievement of goals

Provides direction and assistance to other teams regarding projects

Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to promote completion of any projects on schedule

Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems

Reviews vendor proposals and selects appropriate vendor for services/technologies/hardware

Thinks creatively and practically to develop, execute and implement new project plans

Generates and provides accurate and timely results in the form of reports, presentations, etc

Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates the quality of operations

Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders

Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand

Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities

Supports achievement of performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc

Provides technical expertise and technical leadership within own and other teams

Provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness of processes and programs

Demonstrates advanced knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes

Demonstrates advanced knowledge of function-specific procedures

Applies knowledge/judgment to achieve business goals

Foresees, identifies and resolves problems

Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job

Performs other reasonable duties as required for this position

Qualification

Network EngineeringInfrastructure as CodeCloud Networking SolutionsNetwork AutomationAnsibleTerraformAWS NetworkingAzure NetworkingCI/CD PipelinesPythonGitKubernetesDockerSoft Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field experience/certification

7+ years' experience as a Network Engineer with Designing and Implementing complex networking

4+ years of experience with automating network functions through tools such as Ansible, Python or Terraform

4+ years with design, implement, and automate multi-cloud and hybrid network architectures using Terraform and Terraform Cloud

Deploy and maintain AWS networking solutions (Cloud WAN, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, and Direct Connect), Azure networking solutions (Azure Virtual WAN, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity) & ALI Cloud services using Infrastructure as Code

Automate deployment, configuration and integration of firewalls (Palo Alto preferred) and network security policies in Cloud environment viz NGFW

2+ years' experience with Infrastructure automation solutions; deployment, management, and orchestration across multi-cloud environments

Collaborate with architecture teams to design and automate secure, high-availability, global WAN/LAN solutions spanning AWS, Azure, and Equinix

Integrate network IaC deployments into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Harness

Participate in code reviews, peer design sessions, and infrastructure governance

Implementation of WAN, LAN, and datacenter networks with a focus on mission-critical, customer-facing applications and services

Technical knowledge in networking (Cisco and non-Cisco) with an emphasis on Datacenter networks, WAN, LAN, Network security and Management tools and core network services such as DNS, NTP & IPAM

Demonstrated experience in delivering written documents detailing network solutions and diagrams

Preferred

Certification in network and/or security technologies (e.g., CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, Cisco DevNet etc.)

Developing Ansible automations to manage network devices (Cisco, HP, Arista etc.)

Experience working in DevOps and Test-driven culture and managing code life cycle using Git and related processes & tools

Knowledge with python web development (Apache, Flask, WSGI, Docker, K8's, HTML/CSS) to create custom network management tools

Experience with writing Infrastructure as a Code for Cloud network components (VPC, RT, TGW, WAN, Shared Services) as well as Firewalls as a Service, SDWAN, SSE/SASE

Experience with writing automations for Compliance management, Configuration management, SoT, Golden configs etc

Knowledge with Load Balancers viz F5 - GTM/LTM, Cloud equivalent

Experience in Network automation software, libraries, and tools such as Netmiko, Nornir, Netbox, PyATS, Genie, F5 SDK, Pan-os-python etc

Knowledge managing Linux platforms

Experience with container technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)

Experience with both private and public cloud infrastructure and interfacing programmatically through APIs

A proactive approach to identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement

Experience working in a Scrum team or other Agile methodologies with a proven track record

Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products and synthesizing into clear technology roadmaps and strategies

Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives, business stakeholders, and IT teams

Benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Discounts at Marriott properties

Commuter benefits

Employee assistance plan

Childcare discounts

Coverage for medical

Dental

Vision

Health care flexible spending account

Dependent care flexible spending account

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Accident insurance

Adoption expense reimbursements

Paid parental leave

Paid sick leave

0.0384 PTO balance for every hour worked

Minimum of 9 holidays annually

Company

Marriott International

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Marriott International, Inc.

Founded in 1927

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

10001+ employees

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