Principal Engineer - Route/Switch/Wireless

As a Principal Engineer, you will provide SME expertise in routing, switching, and wireless domains, and lead a small group of engineers. You will also engage with project and business sponsors, facilitate dialogue, and work on large and complex design responsibilities. You will be responsible for developing the engineering roadmap, defining workstreams, and delegating tasks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology is required, or a closely related field, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years overall IT engineering industry experience with evidence of ongoing personal development
• Strong leadership, organization, and mentorship skills with demonstratable experience
• Professional-level certifications with Cisco and/or other closely related technologies. CCIE level skills and experience is preferred
• SME-level experience supporting the operation of mission-critical networks within finance, healthcare, or other highly regulated areas (HIPPA, PCI, SOX, CIS, NIST, ISO/IEC, etc.)
• SME-level experience participating in solution design and project delivery
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, OSI model, application flow analysis, IPv4 subnetting, IP routing, and switching protocols
• In-depth experience with Cisco SDWAN technologies
• In-depth experience with Dynamic Routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF and EIGRP
• In-depth experience with Cisco Catalyst Center (DNA Center)
• In-depth experience with designing and supporting highly available Wireless LANs
• In-depth experience with Cisco Data Center Switch technologies such as Nexus, UCS Fabric Interconnect, VPC, OTV, etc...
• In-depth experience with enterprise DNS, DHCP, and IP address management
• Hands-on experience deploying virtual infrastructure within Microsoft Azure or AWS public clouds
• Scripting experience in Perl, Python, or PowerShell a plus
• Extensive experience operating within an ITIL ITSM organization with a background using ServiceNow
• Extensive experience with diagramming software such as Microsoft Visio and Lucidchart
• Experience using tools such as SolarWinds, Netbrain, LiveAction, ThousandEyes, AppDynamics, Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana
• Excellent communication skills, directly interfacing IT leadership, business stakeholders and technical teams

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Ownership stake in the company
• Medical and dental insurance
• Time off
• 401k matching program
• Tuition assistance program
• Employee volunteer program
• Wellness program