Remote Network Engineer III

Summary

Join Shift4 as a Senior Network Engineer to work with a team of network professionals to ensure the continuous operations of the corporate network infrastructure. The role will be based in the Sterling, VA vicinity and requires occasional on-call hours during weekends/nights/holidays.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in network engineering to include experience with enterprise/datacenter load balancers, enterprise firewalls, corporate WiFi and WAN optimization solutions
• Minimum of two completed years of higher education and/or trade school with a focus on IT, or 5 years of comparable work experience
• Excellent IP networking fundamentals and extensive experience in the application of IP protocols
• In-depth understanding of network design and security
• Excellent communication, organization and project management skills
• Ability to work occasional on-call hours during nights /weekends / holidays as needed

Responsibilities

• Manage the corporate network infrastructure including network switches, routers, load balancers, firewalls and the management platforms for those systems
• Keep the performance of the corporate network optimal and secure, perform upgrades and patching, monitor relevant network thresholds, capacity and latency, adjust configurations to optimize traffic flow
• Work with Enterprise Security to maintain regulatory compliance (PCI and SOX) with network infrastructure components through vulnerability remediation, upgrades, configuration hardening and participate in recurring audits
• Work with Corporate IT to manage integrated network components including VPN tunnels and remote access, branch office switching and routing, VOIP service, providing assistance where needed
• Manage relationships with Internet service providers including review recurring billing/invoicing, new orders, or changing circuit proposals
• Work with the systems engineers to build new infrastructure, troubleshoot systems performance problems, network packet capture, tracing and analysis, load balancer support
• Architectural responsibilities for new technology and infrastructure to support new product development and corporate goals
• SME for network design and architecture to support development innovation, security initiatives, and payments infrastructure upgrades
• Participates in on-call rotations to provide network engineering support
• Works with the team of network engineers on ticket request handling to ensure standards are adhered to and service quality is maintained

Preferred Qualifications

• Network engineering experience in payments or banking industry preferred with focus on supporting network infrastructure in SOX, PCI or other regulated environment a plus
• Network certifications with Cisco and/or Juniper Networks (CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent preferred)

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be available