Perform system and network analysis using well-defined toolsets for proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response (e.g., packet capture, application performance management, syslog, Netbrain, Aternity, Observe, Arkime). Create technical deliverables including physical and logical network diagrams, network assessments, capacity planning, detailed design documents, runbooks, configurations, and change orders.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Plano, TX
Description
Our client, a Financial company, is looking for a DevOps Engineer - Lead for their Plano, TX/Remote location.
Responsibilities:
Network Automation:
Develop and implement network automation ideas to reduce repetitive manual health checks and eliminate the possibility of human error.
Advanced knowledge of Python programming - NetDevOps focused.
Thorough understanding of data structures (SQL, JSON, YAML, XML)
Experience using APIs for network automation
Proficient in Github, Gitlab and using Co-Pilot
Experience in Ansible configuration management, collections, and writing playbooks
Lead technical discussions to understand business requirements and translate them into functional specifications.
Develop comprehensive graphical and text-based design documentation and effectively manage the implementation process from design to customer acceptance.
Network Management and Support:
Provide engineering support for projects, including design, implementation, testing, and support for new deployments, expansions, environment refreshes, and upgrades.
Interface with multiple teams from business areas, network architecture, cloud governance, and network tools management as a team representative on feature developments and enterprise initiatives.
Perform advanced troubleshooting to identify, resolve, and provide root cause analysis of network-related issues.
Assist with maintaining network Co-Locations and LAN/WAN infrastructure and systems for small, regional, and large office and campus environments.
Support a large complex data network infrastructure by using network monitoring and management tools.
Familiarity with Agile software development tools - Atlassian Confluence + Jira
Engage in continuous learning to stay abreast of new and emerging technologies.
Network Configuration and Security:
Provide LAN routing, switching, wireless, and security configuration and deployment assistance within various environments.
Make configuration standardization and upgrades for vulnerability remediation in a timely manner.
Plan and execute OS upgrades on various network platforms, maintaining current standards.
Provide technical expertise on secure networks technology areas.
Assist clients through the planning, design, and implementation of secure data communications networks.
Incident Response and Troubleshooting:
Participate in and respond to network & security incidents.
Perform system and network analysis using well-defined toolsets for proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response (e.g., packet capture, application performance management, syslog, Netbrain, Aternity, Observe, Arkime).
Provide technical support leadership on problem calls and major incident bridges.
Interface with multiple teams from business areas, network engineering, and management as a team representative on major incident bridges.
Documentation and Best Practices:
Maintain documentation and contribute to enterprise learning platforms based on user reports and experience.
Provide peer reviews of implementations, configurations, and documentation for team members.
Assist other team members with deployment or best practices.
Create technical deliverables including physical and logical network diagrams, network assessments, capacity planning, detailed design documents, runbooks, configurations, and change orders.
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in a related field.
At least 3 years of network security and network infrastructure support experience.
At least 2 years of experience with packet capture tools like Wireshark and TCPdump.
At least 2 years of experience configuring, supporting, and troubleshooting firewalls, site-to-site
IPSec VPN connections, and Network Address Translation (NAT).
At least 2 years of experience with AWS Cloud/ DevOps technology.