Network Engineer II - Progress

We’re Progress – we offer the best products to develop, deploy, and manage high-impact business applications. We are bold, forward-thinking innovators who build solutions that work and care about our customers. We invent and reinvent every day, work together as one, value and respect each other, and cheer our wins. Join us as a Network Engineer and help us foresee and define a strategy for how the network is integrated with the business in support of our priorities.   

Our team’s vision is that the network should be more than basic connectivity, bandwidth, and application access. Instead, it should offer an end-to-end functionality together with centralized control which helps business agility. Our network should operate fluently, with robust resiliency and enables core communication and collaboration across the business.   

Please note that due to the job specifics, this will be a hybrid role (work-from-home & onsite), and a commute to our Burlington, MA office, as well as to our data center will be needed.   

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN THIS ROLE:        

• Have the responsibility for day-to-day support and advancement of our global network infrastructure, which includes areas such as:

                Enterprise and Data Center Switching
                Routing
                WAN technologies such as SD-WAN, MPLS VPN, IPsec VPN
                Remote Access VPN
                Wireless
                Load Balancers
                Firewalls
                Network Management, Monitoring, Alerting and Logging        

• Monitor network utilization and performance.
• Troubleshoot and escalate appropriately upon network incidents.
• Multi-task efforts that may include other providers.
• Document technical engineering procedures for use by other members of the IT Infrastructure team.
• Contribute to roadmap, architectural direction, and continuous improvement.
• Communicate proactively about opportunities, expectations, timelines, risks, and issues.
• Perform knowledge transfer to other members of the IT Infrastructure Team.
• Assist in vendor negotiations and the RFP/RFI process.

A STRONG CANDIDATE HAS:         

• BA or MA degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent industry experience.
• Network Engineering experience
• Understanding of Cisco Nexus data center switch family concepts, as well as, deployment and troubleshooting experience with the same.
• Understanding of Cisco Catalyst switch family concepts as well as deployment and troubleshooting experience
• Understanding, deployment, and troubleshooting experience with BGP and OSPF routing protocols.
• Understanding of Firewall concepts and deployment experience with at least one of the leading Firewall vendors.
• Knowledge and experience in supporting MPLS VPN and IPsec VPN WAN technologies.
• Knowledge and experience in supporting Wireless solutions, either in the cloud or on-premises ones.
• Able to work well under pressure, multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
• Exceptional ability and strong desire to learn new skills.

ADVANTAGES BUT NOT REQUIRED:     

• Holding CCNA or CCNP certification
• Experience with Linux and Python  
• Experience with Ansible or Terraform  
• Experience with networking in the Cloud (Azure / AWS / GCP)  
• Experience with SIEM  

BENEFITS:         

• Medical, dental, vision, life & disability, and financial benefits (including 401(k) retirement savings plan. Tuition Reimbursement program. Additional voluntary benefits including crucial illness/hospital indemnity, identity theft protection, auto & home insurance, legal, and pet insurance.
• Competitive salary, bonus, and best-in-class Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) with a 27-month lookback
• Flexible paid vacation time, paid day off for your birthday, and company holidays. A variety of leave plans, including Parental Leave.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and an employee well-being program focusing on physical, mental, and financial health.

Progress is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer!

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