Senior Network / Wireless Engineer GNOC West

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As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives.  Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.  American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.  And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.  Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

Job Responsibilities:

·       Provide hands on second level technical support, analysis, and issue resolution for network infrastructure and network services.

·       Optimize network performance via analyzing, tuning, and monitoring. Evaluate existing network performance to identify deficiencies and make performance recommendations.

·       Provide technical training and mentoring to other engineers.

·       Provide network support for complex issues related to applications, servers, databases, storage and/or any other technical service.

·       Analyze and evaluate new network monitoring capabilities.

Qualifications:

·       Six plus years of experience in supporting large scale corporate/datacenter networks.

·       Expert level of knowledge in routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP

·       Expert level of knowledge in switching technologies like spanning tree, port channels, and virtual port channels.

·       Expert level of knowledge of Cisco NX-OS/IOS and Arista routing and switching platforms

·       Strong knowledge of protocols like TCP, UDP, and IP.

·       Good understanding of security infrastructure like Firewalls, IPSEC/SSL VPNs

·       Strong understanding of Aruba Wireless technologies

·       Must be willing to learn new technologies while being able to adapt to a fast-paced service driven environment

Preferred Additional Skills:

·       Experience with supporting network services such as DNS and NTP.

·       Experience with F5 Load Balancers

·       Experience with Viptela and Versa SDWAN technologies

·       Experience with network monitoring tools such as Spectrum, Performance Center, and Splunk.

·       Experience with managing and troubleshooting ESXI virtualization of load Balancers and firewalls

·       Experience with IVPN IPSEC troubleshooting across Cisco and Palo Alto

·       Experience support cloud environments AWS, GCP, Azure

·       Knowledge of programming languages such as Python and TCL

Education Requirement:

·       Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in the field of networking.

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will work in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) .

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