• Need to know how to code. You don’t need to be an expert, but basic programming in your language of choice is required - you need to be able to build a program.
• Everything we configure at TransFICC is automated, so having experience with a software automation tool like Ansible and coding ability is a must.
• We are looking for someone experienced as a sys admin or network engineer; however, you must have a reasonable understanding of both.
• Constructive, open-minded and self-motivated. A belief in life learning, and an awareness of how much there still is to learn.
• Appreciate autonomy and be able to take the initiative.
• Experience managing 3rd parties via email and phone, negotiating with vendors, purchasing hardware and enabling remote work.
• Ideally you would have some of the following:
• Experience in low-latency network technologies: TCP/IP, Multicast (IGMP, PIM), L2/L3, and WAN.
• Experience in deploying and supporting routing protocols such as BGP, EVPN.
• Experience with Arista or Cumulus Linux.
• Understanding of Firewall technologies, design, and vendors; and how to automate them.
• Coding experience with Python and Bash scripting to automate tasks.
• Knowledge of Ansible and Terraform to automate configuration deployment.
• Experience with Linux, both from an admin point of view and on the command line.
• Experience in writing tests in Robot Framework.
• Well versed in observability and alerting stacks: Elastic, InfluxDB, Telegraf, Grafana
• Experience in troubleshooting system or network issues, tcpdump, wireshark, strace.