Marriott International · 5 hours ago
FLEX Senior Network DevOps Engineer
Bethesda, MD
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$48.26/hr - $82.54/hr
7+ years expMarriott International is the world's largest hotel company, and they are seeking a Senior Network DevOps Engineer to join their Network DevOps team. The role involves automating, maintaining, and managing the core network services and infrastructure, while driving the adoption of network automation practices across global teams.
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Responsibilities
Be working closely and collaboratively with expert network architects and great engineers
Be a key contributor to drive adoption of Network Automation practices and operating models across all Global Network teams
Be accountable for establishing technical level relationships and partnering with all business disciplines and other MI teams to define and implement the network automation solution
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
Develop test plans, implementation plans, and project timelines for various projects and tasks
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
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 network infrastructure
6+ years of experience with developing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Software-defined networks (SDN) across all Network device functions including Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Load Balancers
6+ years' experience with automating network functions using Ansible
3+ years of experience administering the Ansible Automation platform & managing Network Source of Truth systems to support automation workloads
3+ years of experience in building Network test frameworks
3+ years of experience in building CI & CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, Harness & Helm charts
Experience in Network automation software, libraries and tools such as Netmiko, Nornir, F5 SDK, Pan-os-python, Palo Strata Cloud manager sdk etc
Experience with writing automations for Compliance management, Configuration management, SoT, Golden configs
2+ years' experience as part of a network operations team
Certification in network and/or security technologies (e.g., CCIE, CCNP, CISSP, Cisco DevNet etc.)
Expertise in developing Ansible automations to manage network devices (Cisco, HP, Checkpoint, PaloAlto, etc.). Be comfortable with designing ansible framework to support automation use cases, well defined roles, functions, filters
Experience working in DevOps and Test-driven culture and managing code life cycle using Git and related processes & tools
Knowledge of 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 managing AAP (Ansible Automation Platform) admin functions, backups, recovery, upgrade, integrations, best practices, governance, KPI reports
Knowledge with Load Balancers viz F5 - GTM/LTM, Cloud equivalent
Knowledge managing Linux platforms
Experience working in a Scrum team or other Agile methodologies
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
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
Benefits
401(k) plan
Stock purchase plan
Discounts at Marriott properties
Commuter benefits
Employee assistance plan
Childcare discounts
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
Marriott International, Inc.
10001+ employees
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