Encora is hiring a
Network Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Network Engineer at Encora, where you'll lead technical teams, mentor colleagues, and drive innovation in network management. With 5+ years of experience, you'll work on process improvements, collaborate with diverse teams, and troubleshoot complex network issues.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant network engineering experience
• Strong expertise in TCP, IPv4/6, and dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF

Responsibilities

• Evaluate the current network environment and focus on process improvements
• Work with vendor support teams and assist with overall network strategy
• Promote a collaborative and inclusive team environment, encouraging knowledge sharing and innovation
• Provide expert assistance to other IT department members and act as an escalation point for IT issues
• Demonstrate professionalism, including the ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy
• Show strong leadership skills and the ability to step in and take charge
• Proactively investigate and evaluate new products or technologies that may benefit the company
• Implement and maintain network security protocols, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices
• Collaborate with diverse teams, both internal IT and engineering teams, and teams supporting custom customer-facing applications
• Participate in cross-functional meetings, contributing technical expertise and strategic insights
• Apply a thorough understanding of the OSI 7-layer model and troubleshoot throughout the entire stack, including VLANs, firewalls, load balancers, switches, routers, and other network equipment
• Possess in-depth working knowledge of enterprise-level network equipment from vendors such as Cisco, Meraki, Fortinet, Palo Alto, F5, and Infoblox
• Understand anti-malware and cybersecurity concepts, including intrusion detection and prevention
• Monitor network traffic for signs of security breaches and take appropriate action to mitigate threats
• Have a strong understanding of Azure, GCP, and other cloud environments
• Perform hands-on network management tasks, including configuration changes, monitoring, and optimization
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues, ensuring minimal disruption to services
• Understand scalability constraints and design constraints required
• Possess working knowledge of scripting languages to monitor system performance of data center infrastructure/environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Passionate about leveraging software innovations to automate network management, improve network observability, and remediate problems
• Excellent interpersonal skills, deep technical ability, and a portfolio of successful execution
• Open-minded to discussing various technical approaches and driving consensus among stakeholders
• A relentless desire to build each network better than the last, treating networking, operational efficiency, and automation as sciences with room for artful breakthroughs
• Proficiency in one or more scripting or automation languages such as Ansible, Terraform, or Python, with 2+ years of experience in any is highly desirable
• Previous experience at large enterprise or service-provider networks, responsible for design and architecture of IP networks
• Knowledge of Linux and experience troubleshooting the life of a packet from client to server and all possible intermediate nodes
• Knowledge about distributed systems such as software load balancers, DNS, VM/container networking (e.g., VIPs, IP tunnels, VXLANs), etc
• Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), or/and Network operating systems
• Experience with cloud networking in Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform environments
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CCNP, CCIE) are a plus

Benefits

Work from home, On-site, or Hybrid