• Sr. Principal Engineer

    Insight Global (Englewood, CO)


    Job Description

    - Our client is an enterprise telecommunications and connectivity company, and this role sits within their data center networking and provisioning operations team. We are seeking an experienced Principal Network Development Engineer with a strong focus on code driven networking. You will be responsible for the overall reliability and scalability of our network infrastructure, and will work closely with our software engineering and operations teams to drive continuous improvement of our network services. You will deliver results through others by leading and mentoring junior engineers. Proactively identifying issues and driving the team to solutions.

     

    - The team is driving a large initiative to bring together various disparate data centers and networks with connection points and rebuilding the infrastructure from the ground up utilizing Cisco ACI. The goal is to have one data infrastructure.

     

    - This role is heavily focused on the backend of networking and will required making legacy systems unified and automated.

     

    - Industry and vendor specific certifications and training (Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, etc.)

     

    - Experience deploying and maintaining a Cisco ACI environment in a large enterprise.

     

    - Deep knowledge of load balancer architecture in a multi-tenant datacenter. Ideal candidate will have experience with F5, A10, NGINX, etc.

     

    - Strong experience in designing, implementing, and scaling complex network infrastructure and services

     

    - Strong understanding of network protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, and VLANs

     

    - Experience leading the technical design and implementation of large-scale network infrastructure projects

     

    - Experience with network automation and configuration management tools such as Python, Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent

     

    - Knowledge of cloud networking principles and technologies, such as VPCs, load balancers, and firewalls in AWS or other on-prem cloud environments

     

    - Familiarity with container networking and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes

     

    We are a company committed to creating inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment opportunities without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected] . The EEOC "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

     

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    Skills and Requirements

     

    - 15+ years of network engineering and architecture

     

    - Principal or Technical Lead experience

     

    - Expertise with Cisco ACI

     

    - Ansible

     

    - Python

     

    - Terraform

     

    - AWS, Azure, and/or GCP - Patents within networking

    - Experience working for a major cloud provider null

    We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].