Network Architect
Job Description
At Constant Contact, we are seriously awesome people who take ownership and make an impact by operating with the mindset, integrity and courage of a small business owner. There’s something so profoundly rewarding about knowing that your work is empowering people everywhere to pursue their dreams. Here, we all play an integral part in helping business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profits and individuals to succeed by giving them all the help and tools they need to grow online. We’re energized by new challenges and new possibilities-and we’re just getting started!
The Constant Contact Network Engineering team is responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining the data center and corporate offices’ network infrastructure. We have an opening for a Network Architect who will work on a wide variety of areas like WAN Edge, Wireless Technology, IPS/IDS, NGFW systems, various switching and routing platforms, DDOS Mitigations, Network Access Control, Load Balancers, Inter Office and Inter DC Connectivity, Cloud Networking, DNS, Automation.
What you’ll do:
- Create reference architectures, design plans, roadmaps, and standards for secure, scalable network infrastructure across the enterprise
- Be responsible for understanding business and technical requirements to develop advanced network solutions for global deployment
- Evaluate and select technology solutions and gain organizational commitment for high-level network infrastructure plans
- Participate in the creation of policies, procedures, and staff development plans
- Lead major projects with little or no supervision
Participate in life cycle projects of network gear:
- Automate day to day tasks of network provisioning
- Participate in delivering complex projects and also communicate well with other operations teams
- Work on DNS, Load balancer configurations
- Work on NGFWs, setup new connectivity to B2B partners, remote sites
- Deploy custom solutions, use existing tools to monitor the infrastructure
- Train and mentor junior engineers
- Work on PCI, SOC2 compliance initiatives
- Be a part of a 24×7 network engineering team and take part in On Call rotation
- Work with other operations teams to troubleshoot and fix complex issues
- Generate and update documentation and help with process streamlining
Who you are:
- 10+ years of experience in network engineering in large scale enterprise and data center environments – Juniper expertise is ideal
- Automation experience with tools like ansible to provision and configure network infrastructure
- Extensive experience with configuration of security appliances, switches, routers, etc. (Palo Alto, F5 and Juniper products) is required to be successful in this role
- Experience with designing and configuring EVPN fabrics
- Hands-on experience with Cloud networking
- Must have understanding of how web applications function at a high level
- Vendor Certification in routing and switching, firewalls, wireless is a plus
- Linux skills to deploy monitoring tools using Perl or Python
- Understanding of load balancing technologies, DNS, SAAS Infrastructure
- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP. Understanding of cloud and on premises network connectivity
- Experience with Wireless Technologies for corporate offices
- Solid working experience with routing and switching technologies: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, ISIS, MPLS (L2 & L3 VPN), RSVP, LDP, Switching technologies (VLAN/Trunking, STP,RSTP,VSTP)
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The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education and work location. In addition, some roles may be eligible for additional on target commission pay or bonus. The compensation package includes health and welfare benefits including paid leave.
Pay Transparency – All Full Time Employees
$162,500—$195,000 USD
Why You’ll Love Us:
- We celebrate one another’s differences. We are proud of our culture of diversity and inclusion, and we’re always working hard to strengthen and improve this culture. We have programs in place that bring us together on important issues and provide educational opportunities for all employees.
- Join the experts. If you’re passionate about supporting businesses and organizations, you won’t find a better spot to share your talent. We’re dedicated to improving the quality of our product from a customer standpoint and have a true desire to enable the success of businesses, non-profit organizations, and community groups.
- You’ll have opportunities to grow your career. We encourage and support our team members to learn different aspects of the business, take on stretch assignments, seek coaching opportunities and professional development opportunities.
- A generous paid time off policy and a competitive benefits package that supports the health and well-being of you and your family
At Constant Contact, we’re all about work flexibility and are proud to serve our customers as a hybrid workforce. Our hybrid work model combines the convenience of remote work with access to our great office locations to collaborate in-person, participate in live trainings, and socialize with colleagues.
Application Deadline: 30 days. We may fill this job opening prior to the deadline if a candidate is selected by us.
Constant Contact is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected under applicable law. If you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions, please contact [email protected].
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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