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Staff Network Engineer
Company | ServiceNow |
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Location | Kirkland, WA, USA |
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Salary | $143600 – $251300 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in network engineering, focusing on internet and datacenter operations
- 4+ years of experience in network automation
- Strong communication skills and empathy for customers
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies in a fast-paced environment
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience with key network technologies, including 802.1q, HSRP/VRRP, OSPF, ISIS, MCLAG, BGP, BFD, NAT, ACLs, IPSEC, SNMP, TCP/IP routing, switching, load balancing, and security
- Proficiency with Juniper’s Junos, Cisco IOS, Cumulus (Linux), and Rest API
- Experience with network automation languages and tools such as Ansible, Netmiko, Python, Go, and Terraform
- Understanding of CI/CD, Git, and Infrastructure as code principles
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Kentik, and Thousand Eyes
Responsibilities
- Actively participate in the cloud networking team, handling all proactive aspects of network deployment and orchestration
- Drive the delivery of business-critical public cloud infrastructure worldwide
- Ensure network capacity meets established business and technical requirements
- Operate and troubleshoot systems to quickly identify and resolve issues
- Manage network augmentation as the organization grows
- Take a leadership role in root cause analysis and resolution of network issues
- Participate in a rotating ‘on call’ schedule with other team members
- Design and code new automations and on-platform optimizations
- Develop and maintain network automation pipelines using tools like Ansible, Go, Python, Bash, Terraform, etc.
- Collaborate with platform teams to build, update, and enhance flow designer orchestration to maintain a unified platform for all network deployments globally
- Provide feedback and partnership to infrastructure architects on design improvements and contribute to the design process for new initiatives
Preferred Qualifications
- Comfortable working in agile and fast-paced environments
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
- Advanced knowledge of scripting and coding in Java, Python, and Go
- Developer-level experience with the ServiceNow Platform