Network Specialist

Established in 2004, we are a tech pioneer offering world-class adult entertainment and games on some of the internet’s safest and most popular platforms. With the support of an international team of dynamic and collaborative innovators, we are on a mission to enable safe user experiences and empower our communities by celebrating diversity, inclusion, and expression — all while maintaining robust trust-and-safety protocols.

We embrace the best of both worlds! Local talent can thrive in our collaborative office space with the flexibility of a hybrid work environment, while remote team members play an integral role in shaping our dynamic culture from afar. We have offices in Montreal (Quebec), Austin (Texas) and Nicosia (Cyprus). 

*A select number of positions require full-time in office attendance*  

Working within our corporate infrastructure team, as a Senior Network  Specialist you will support the engineering, optimization, and stability of the corporate backbone, campus, and datacenter infrastructure . You will actively contribute to technical discussions to provide insights on how to leverage our WAN backbone to its full capacity. Handling both incident response and day-to-day operations, you will also have the opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies and explore new ideas/concepts, piloting innovation initiatives in line with business requirements.

What you'll be doing:   

• Work with ISPs, datacenter providers and hardware vendors on a regular basis  
• Lead the technical execution of infrastructure projects
• Contribute to the team’s projects (70% of your week) 
• Collaborate with other infrastructure teams to resolve complex troubleshooting issues
• Participate in WAN expansion projects  
• Manage the MPLS backbone  
• Manage the Wi-Fi infrastructure  
• Support firewall administration and enforce security policies across the network infrastructure
• Plan and execute lifecycle upgrades  
• Work with key partners to establish peering at our different internet exchange (IX) and optimize global BGP routing policies.  
• Design and build new segments in the network as required  
• Lead incident response efforts by performing Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implementing technical remediation to prevent recurrence
• Participate in an on-call rotation for after-hours support

What you'll need to be successful:  

Must haves:  

• 4+ years of experience in a similar role
• Expert Level Knowledge of BGP (inet, inet- vpn, inet6 and EVPN families)
• In depth understanding of Juniper’s Junos OS (MX, EX, QFX, SRX)
• Network Automation knowledge (Python, Ansible, etc.)
• Expert Level Knowledge of EVPN-MPLS and EVPN-VXLAN
• Knowledge of VPN/tunnel technologies (IPSec, GRE, etc.)
• Experience working in a multi-tenant environment (Service Provider/Data Center)
• Advanced technical troubleshooting skills with the ability to execute recovery actions during complex network incidents
• Experience with Next-Gen firewalls
• Practical experience with 802.1x Authentication and Radius server management/configuration
• Experience with Linux server administration, BASH/Python scripting, file system manipulation, etc.
• Experience with Segment Routing (SR-MPLS) and Traffic Engineering (TE)

Nice to haves:  

• JNCIP/JNCIE or CCNP/CCIE certifications 
• Experience with Segment Routing (SR-MPLS) and Traffic Engineering (TE) 
• Experience using Git for managing network configurations and automation scripts 
• Hands-on experience setting up and managing AWS Direct Connect or GCP Interconnect 

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees  

In this role you may be exposed to adult content