Datacenter Network Developer H/F

Network Engineer III Location Remote : Is this you? A Network Engineer III with experience working in cloud service provider environment that strives for customer excellence, revels in being a part of constant innovation, and enjoys being an important cog in the Cloud space. We're committed to delivering industry-leading solutions to our customers based on their unique business needs. For those looking to the public cloud, we're an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and Certified Solution Provider focused on migration, optimization, transformation, and cloud-first application consulting. We also specialize in managed cloud, backup, and disaster recovery.
We have a fun, casual culture that embraces fresh ideas and innovation. We're customer-driven and we are looking for authentic and accountable team players to collaborate with us to reach our goals.
At Opti9 in this role, you will be a part of a diverse and talented Cloud Networking team that works with a wide range of physical and logical technologies in the Cloud provider space. As a member of the team, you will be tasked with weekly and monthly customer facing projects that involve pushing our infrastructure to the next level while staying competitive in the marketplace we reside in. You will be pushing the boundaries on SDN, micro segmentation, logical circuit technologies, data center designs and concepts, etc. You will be working across multiple vendors for networking and security products that support our public and private cloud infrastructure. Primarily, this role will be focused on doing new customer deployments across our supporting technologies.
This candidate will also require excellent interpersonal skills between internal teams and our customers representing the product workload owners. Also in this role, you will be acting as Tier 3 support to the Cloud Ops and NOC teams as needed outside of regular customer related projects.
Responsible for configuration and support of logical circuit connections across backbone to customer sites and regions such as Megaport, PacketFabric, ExpressRoute (Azure), DirectConnect (AWS), etc.
Responsible for managing and maintaining all data center and Colocation core and distro connectivity all the way down to the access level
Responsible for all Networking/Security monitoring platforms and ensuring adherence to customer and infrastructure SLA uptimes
Utilize approved tools to verify and take required action on events aggregated from network monitoring tools and Web Application Firewall
Responsible for troubleshooting and solving sometimes complex network connectivity issues, adding/modifying NAT entries and firewall rules and initiating routes to enable connectivity
Occasional customer facing projects involving design, diagrams, documentation, implementation
Responsible for new customer deployments involving NSX, security configurations, VMware Cloud Director network configurations, etc.
Responsible for all data center and regional capacity on physical and logical circuit technologies supporting our public and private cloud infrastructure
Responsible for managing, maintaining, and improving the Opti9Tech SDWAN and VMware NSX (V/T) SDN infrastructure supporting customer and infrastructure workloads
Regularly maps out and documents customer and infrastructure diagrams to current and accurate versions
Matures our automation strategy using Python, Nautobot, Ansible, and other automation tie-ins
Technical Knowledge and Experience:

• 6-10 years related experience in infrastructure/network environments and designing, planning, documenting and implementing LANs and WANs using latest technology
• Experience with Python, Ansible, or similar automation technology
• Extensive experience with Cisco/Arista Spine & Leaf Data Center deployments
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) experience a plus

Advanced understanding of TCP/IP network protocols, including common application protocols
Experience with monitoring platforms such as Netmon, Solarwinds, Icinga, etc.
Strong interpersonal and customer service skills with the ability to work effectively with both local and remote staff, teammates, and managers

Able to clearly and correctly express complex technical concepts in English, both verbally and in writing
Experience in high-availability networks in load-balanced, n-tier application environments
Highly effective in documentation and diagram creation for customer and infrastructure needs
Working knowledge of data security best practices
Generous PTO and paid holidays
Medical & Dental Insurance
Retirement plan with company match
EAP benefits
Casual atmosphere
Access to certification training and reimbursement programs
Option to be remote position
Opti9 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, service in the military, or any other legally protected characteristic.