Rackspace Technology · 8 hours ago
Senior Network Engineer V
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$132K/yr - $193K/yr
12+ years expRackspace is seeking a Senior Network Engineer V to join their Infrastructure team. This role involves providing technical expertise for critical networking systems and mentoring other engineers while managing complex network issues and improvements.
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Responsibilities
Perform design requirements feasibility studies
Perform vendor recommendation/selection and coordination for hardware testing and installations
Examine theoretical and implemented designs for deficiencies and facilitate corrections
Prepare maintenance plan documentation & change management
Examine maintenance plans for accuracy
Script maintenance implementations
Work in either a lead role or an assisting role during maintenance implementations
Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) & Method of Procedures (MOP’s)
Develop network standardization practices
Document informational content for specialized network designs to be used for training needs
Present and/or Train on new network typologies, hardware, and technologies to internal teams
Lead Root Cause Analysis sessions to achieve better networking practices
Determine baseline requirements for our network needs
Provide code analysis on existing software, IOS testing, and software recommendations
Create network lab mockups for error testing
Automate repetitive Engineering tasks
Act as 4th level escalations POC for design or other related problems
Conduct provider testing/deployment of new services
Monitor capacity and plan for bandwidth additions
Establish project priority based on business needs
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma or regional equivalent required
Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or Network Engineering. At the manager's discretion, additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement
Minimum 12 - 14 years of recent experience with network design and build-out of LAN/WANs and/or large-scale network retrofits and remediations
Expert-level experience with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI)
Industry recognized certifications: CCNA required, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP preferred, CCIE (R&S, SP, or DC) highly preferred (or equivalent experience), Python PCEP
Expert-level experience working with all of the following technologies/applications: MPLS, BGP, LDP, QoS, IPv6, OSPF, vPC, STP, DWDM, EVPN, L2VPN, MPLS VPN, L3VPN, FHRP, VLAN, CDP, port-channels, IS-IS, MPLS Inter-AS, VXLAN, DNS, ACL, RADb, Flowspec, RTBH, GitHub, API's, NFV, Hypervisors, virtual switching
Multi-vendor experience working with the following platforms: Cisco IOS, ASR 1k (IOS-XE), ASR NCS (IOS-XR), Nexus (NX-OS), Arista (EOS), Junos
Experience working in a service provider, datacenter/hosting environment, or large-scale enterprise networks
Experience researching, evaluating, and recommending hardware and/or software solutions supporting large-scale deployments and/or remediations against the LAN/WAN
Experience working with 3rd party networking vendors, with an understanding of the service/hardware/software portfolios they provide
Able to identify areas of process improvement and provide input and solution options to streamline work
Excellent writing, documentation, and communication skills, possessing the ability to communicate well with technical and non-technical peers
Customer service-oriented attitude
Experience with network service monitoring systems (Arbor, Zenoss, Syslog, SolarWinds, Splunk, Kibana, WhatsUp Gold, etc.)
Preferred
CCDA, CCNP, CCDP preferred
CCIE (R&S, SP, or DC) highly preferred (or equivalent experience)
Python PCEP
Benefits
Incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives
Equity awards
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Company
Rackspace Technology
Rackspace Technology is a leading end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI solutions company.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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Leadership Team
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