Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Company Description

Experian is the world's leading global information services company. During life's big moments – from buying a home or a car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business by connecting with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and excel, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organizations to prevent identity fraud and crime.

As the world's leading repository of consumer credit data, Experian is transforming data into solutions that facilitate transactions, ensure financial safety and improve the financial lives of millions of consumers around the world. We have been named by Forbes magazine as one of the "World's Most Innovative Companies" and ranked on Fortune's Best Companies to work for.

Job Description

The Cloud Network Infrastructure Engineer would meaningfully contribute to project delivery with hands-on experience with migrating applications and infrastructure to the cloud. The engineer will work to design and build automated operational processes focusing on scalable cloud deployments with the paradigm of infrastructure & cloud network aspects. Cloud Network Engineer will help build and train its next-generation Cloud Network and Security offering. The engineer must be comfortable working on multiple routing, switching, load balancing, and security platforms.

You will be dynamic, and responsibilities range from all aspects of network design, implementation, operation, and support. You will require advanced knowledge of multiple network technologies. The role will be a critical member of an Agile enterprise cloud network engineering team working to build and support multi-cloud/hybrid solutions. You will bring a strong background in automated software engineering and cloud operations at enterprise scale with strong emphasis on collaboration and communication, interacting with important internal business unit partners. 

Reporting to the Director of Network Services.

Summary of Primary Responsibilities

• An expert level knowledge of the OSI network model, Ethernet, and TCP/IP networking
• Expert level knowledge of the following network routing protocols - BGP, OSPF, VXLAN/EVPN
• Experience with Cisco, CheckPoint, Palo Alto, & Fortinet Firewalls
• Develop infrastructure as code on AWS, Azure, GCP, & GCP using best practices and implementations for non-production and production environments
• Advanced level knowledge of automation frameworks such a Ansible, Terraform or Python development experience
• Implement configuration and deployment automation towards improving functionality, availability, and manageability of our enterprise cloud offerings
• An advanced level of experience implementing and administrating common TCP/IP-based services, including DNS, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, SSH, SMTP, etc
• Expertise at network documentation, IPAM, Visio, LucidCharts, SharePoint, and Confluence
• Knowledge of common network monitoring platforms such as NNMI, ThousandEyes, Prometheus, Grafana, & Dynatrace
• Lead technical operations on important initiatives from requirements to design to implementation
• Ensure the availability, performance, reliability, and reporting of global cloud data centers and enterprise networks 
• Improve productivity in delivery orchestration, proactive monitoring, self-healing automation and operations validations 
• Ensure problem resolution related to these mission-critical services and build automation to proactively detect and prevent their re-occurrences
• Communicate reaching across functional borders to analyze, tune, and configure automated platform infrastructure and systems 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of validated experience in managing, provisioning, and supporting network technologies in a large globally diverse environment
• 4+ years of experience in network operations or engineer role at an ISP or network services provider comprising of designing, developing, and operating scalable cloud infrastructure services
• Deep network code skills with experience in cloud infrastructure project with hands-on migration expertise on public clouds such as AWS and Azure
• Background in Software Defined Networking (vxlan, QoS, VIPs, etc...)
• Experience Linux/Unix and/or Windows Integration and Administration 
• Experience in automation/configuration management using Chef, Ansible, Terraform or an equivalent
• Experience with Programmable Network Hardware
• Proficient in networking and core Internet Protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and routing in distributed networks
• Knowledge about writing Templates to build cloud services as code (IaC) on Technologies like Terraform, Cloud Formation or any IaC Tool
• Understand Authentication & Authorization Services, Identity & Access Management
• Experience working with AIPs designing RESTful services and integrated with other providers
• Experience using wide variety of open-source technologies

Beneficial Cloud Certifications: 

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
• Azure Network Engineer Associate
• Azure Security Engineer Associate
• Google Cloud Associate
• Google Cloud Professional

Additional Information

This is a permanent home-based role in Costa Rica. No relocation available.

Our benefits include: Medical, life and dental insurance, Asociacion Solidarista, International Share Save Plan, Flex Work/Work from home, Paid time off, Annual Performance Bonus, Education Reimbursement, Family Bonding, Bereavement Leave, Referral Program, and more.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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