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Job Title: Network Engineer III
Location: Seattle, WA 98105
Hybrid - Primarily WFH/ Requirement to be able to go onsite as needed
Emergency situations
Working Hours/Time Zone: M-F 8-5PM PST
Job Descriptions:
The Network Engineer-III is responsible for the planning, design, configuration, integration & installation of our growing local area network (LAN) and/or wide area network (WAN). The Network Engineer-III will provide leadership in technical support and documentation to various departments and users with regard to the global infrastructure. The Network Engineer-III serves as a liaison to gather network requirements from internal customers, vendors, and other third-party providers.
This role will have a strong focus on F5 technologies, including BIG-IP LTM, GTM, Remote access, traffic management, and application delivery optimization across the enterprise network. Other responsibilities will include Forescout device profiling in a Software Defined Access environment, and managing SolarWinds device monitoring for the Data Center and Enterprise environment.
Work Location:
Additional travel to satellite locations in Tacoma, WA, and Olympia, WA
Responsibilities
This role will have a strong focus on F5 technologies, including BIG-IP LTM, traffic management, and application delivery optimization across the enterprise network.
Requirements
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 5-7 years of recent experience with network design and build-out of LAN/WANs and/or large-scale network retrofits and remediations
Hands-on experience with F5 BIG-IP solutions, including load balancing and application delivery.
Knowledge of SolarWinds Monitoring and Forescout NAC
Must have certifications: CCNA and F5 101
Preferred certifications: F5 201, F5 301, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP preferred, CCIE (R&S, SP, or DC) highly preferred (or equivalent experience), Python PCEP
Advanced level experience working with most of the following technologies/applications: MPLS, BGP, LDP, QoS, IPv6, OSPF, vPC, STP, DWDM, EVPN, L2VPN, MPLS VPN, L3VPN, FHRP, VLAN, Network Engineer III CDP, port-channels, IS-IS, MPLS Inter-AS, VXLAN, DNS, ACL, RADb, Flow spec, 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), Aruba wireless and ClearPass
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 (Spectrum, Solarwinds, and Cisco DNAC.)