Responsibilities

• Handle project from design to implementation.
• Collaborate with internal business units and stakeholders and understand the requirements to deliver efficiently.
• Automate repetitive tasks to reduce implementation time and avoid failure due to human error.
• Participate in periodic on-call rotation for network incident support, quickly mitigate impact and restore service availability through a software enabled toolset.
• Evangelize best network engineering practices and processes within and across teams.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in networking Industry or large-scale data center network
• Experience working with L2/L3 switching platforms, application networking and network protocols like BGP, OSPF, VRRP, LACP
• Experience working in large scale data center/cloud environment with an understanding of passive components (UTP Cabling, Optical cabling)
• Experience in one or more programming languages: C++, Java, Python, Perl
• Experience in understanding and authoring machine readable formats like XML, JSON
• Excellent communication skills and team player with ability to build solid relationships at all levels, across teams, geographies, and business functions
• Experience in solving broad business problems and analytical skills
• Excellent judgment, decision-making skills, and the ability to work under continual deadline pressure when the situation is ambiguous
• Strong negotiation skills and conflict management skills