Description:
The Cloud Networking team at Mimecast are looking for a talented Senior Cloud Network Engineer with experience automating and operating networks in hybrid-cloud environments. We’d like to hear from you if you’re someone who’s an expert at Networking and IaC, with an automation-first mindset and knows what it takes to build and operate a resilient, secure and highly automated network architecture. You should be proficient at scripting and IaC, such as Ansible, Python scripting, and Terraform, and proficient working in a Linux environment. As someone who lives and breathes cloud networking, you will possess a passion for staying abreast of the latest emerging technologies in cloud, networking and automation.
What You'll Do
- Build, configure, and administer network devices, services, and components, ensuring optimal performance, security, and availability using Network as Code philosophies.
- Proactively identify and resolve infrastructure issues encompassing distributed networks, providing swift restoration to operational status, and minimizing down-time.
- Deploy network changes and maintain tools, automation, and Infrastructure as Code to manage and monitor the network.
- Provide an outstanding support experience for our internal Engineering teams by working with Product and Engineering teams to support program delivery.
- Identify improvements to runbooks, monitoring, and documentation.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and respond to alerts.
What You'll Bring
- A good level of experience in a relevant technical role, with excellent proficiency maintaining and troubleshooting distributed networks in a Hybrid Cloud environment.
- To have worked in a large environment understanding why IaC and Network as Code are critical to success
- Hands-on experience deploying & maintaining network infrastructure, in both datacentres and AWS
- An in-depth understanding of networking principals and protocols.
- A proactive attitude and a willingness to take on new challenges and deliver results.
- Be naturally creative and resourceful, with an outstanding attention to detail.
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with an ability to connect with others to problem-solve, explain resolution etc.