Senior Systems Engineer (Network)

• We’re looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Infrastructure team, where you will work with hardware and networking across our data centers, offices, and the cloud to build and maintain critical financial systems
• Wealthfront’s Infrastructure team is a team of “Generalists with Expertise” who adhere to the principles of “infrastructure-as-code” and automation. We operate both physical servers and cloud-based computing, and our network spans both environments
• This candidate will play a key role in shaping future network architecture
• Manage our networking and server hardware, topology, and connectivity in our physical data centers and cloud
• Design and build network telemetry, monitoring, and observability
• Build and maintain an automated change management pipeline to deploy network configuration revisions and provision hardware
• Ensure critical services operate reliably by triaging and fixing operational issues as an on-call engineer, participating in post-mortems and implementing improvements to prevent future issues
• Make and collaborate on key decisions regarding the evolution of our infrastructure, such as our hybrid cloud architecture
• Be responsible for liaising with third parties, vendors and internet service providers as well as traveling to our Bay Area and New Jersey data centers and offices for onsite networking projects

Benefits

• Lunch and snacks on the house: Enjoy lunches, snacks, coffee and stipends to go out to lunch with coworkers.
• More tools in your toolbox: Join one of our affinity groups, attend leadership trainings and receive 1:1 mentorship. We give team members a quarterly learning stipend so we can all continue to grow and improve.
• Commuting made easy: We’re a short walk from the Palo Alto Caltrain and all employees receive a Caltrain pass. Our co-working space in San Francisco is great for days when you need to work from the city. An additional transportation stipend and relocation bonuses make getting to the office a breeze.
• Prioritize Wellness: Stay happy and healthy however you choose with our monthly wellness reimbursement. You define what wellness means for you — a massage, running sneakers, or dance classes? It’s your call.
• Work/life balance (no, really): We have flexible working hours, a discretionary time off policy and offer 16 weeks of paid parental leave (both parents). We work hard, but we rejuvenate too.
• Your health matters: We provide comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage for you and your family, including HSA contributions for high deductible plans.- We are looking for a candidate that operates comfortably across hardware and software boundaries, bringing strategic expertise to designing, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure
• Proficiency with at least one language such as Ruby, Go, or Python and configuration management tools such as Git
• Proficiency with Networking protocols such as BGP, MLAG, VLANs, DNS
• Experience with automating production data center environments, including hardware provisioning, network device configuration, and capacity planning
• Proficiency with automation technology including Chef, Ansible, and Terraform
• BS or MS in Engineering or Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Experience with AWS Networking technologies like Direct Connect, NACLs, Security Groups, VPC, etc
• 6+ years of experience with routing and switching in data centers
• Demonstrated experience with Linux systems
• Experience with VPN technologies, like OpenVPN, IPSec, TLS
• Excellent communications and organizational skills
• Experience with Palo Alto Networks Firewalls, Juniper switches