Network Architect

Years of Experience Directly Related to Role:

8+ years of experience with Cisco, Meraki, Aruba Wireless and Palo Alto Networks.

5+ years of experience designing and supporting IP networks optimized for video streaming, live broadcast, or OTT

delivery

8+ years of experience as a Network Engineer including

7+ years of supporting complex global network and/or solution engineering in SaaS environments

5+ years of experience with network design or support of public cloud infrastructure: AWS, Azure, GCP

5+ years of experience with network design and/or solution engineering in SaaS environments

7+ years of supporting SD-WAN solutions

3+ years of experience with supporting and administering DDI solutions

General Functional Description of Role for Applicable Level:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

• One or more industry leading certifications preferred such as CCNA, JNCIA, CCNP etc.

• Hands-on experience with multicast, unicast, and adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR) technologies in large-scale content distribution environments

• Experience with protocols and standards common in media delivery (e.g., HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, SRT, RTP, IGMP)

• Understanding of QoS, traffic shaping, and network performance optimization for broadcast and streaming workflows

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Motivated, curious self-starter who has the desire to learn

• Ability to solve technical problems with creative solutions

• Strong knowledge of network design and applications, including designing IP addressing hierarchy, complex routing and switching technologies.

• Understanding of network architecture, design of large-scale networks

• Understanding of SDN/SDDC (Software Defined Network or Datacenter – full stack – (compute, storage, network) including experience with AWS, Azure, Openstack, Cloudstack, or related technologies

• Experience with multiple successful implementations (including the ability to configure, deploy, manage, and

troubleshoot) of Cisco routers and switches, site-to-site IPsec tunnels, Palo Alto firewalls, Aruba Wireless and Meraki security appliances, switches and wireless.

• Knowledge of project life cycle management

• Knowledge of change management and MOPs

• Strong knowledge of packet capture and traffic analysis

• Virtualization technologies

• Knowledge of wireless design, technologies, and wireless site survey tools

• Hands-on experience with how to support repeatable, reliable, and scalable network architectures with fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring systems, statistics/metrics collection, and disaster recovery.

• Strong knowledge of transport protocols, routing protocols, and security/auth to encryption protocols at all layers of the OSI model with emphasis on TCP/IP are essential

• Knowledge of networking technologies and protocols such as VTP, LACP, 802.1Q, RSTP, ARP, CDP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, GLBP, VSS/VSL, QoS, Multicast, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, RADIUS/TACACS+, 802.1x, SNMP, L3VPNs, L2VPNs and IPsec.

• Expertise in IP telephony/Hosted PBX and Call Center management are a plus.

• Expertise in Terraform is a plus

• Broadcast and streaming teams: HLS, MPEG-DASH, RTMP, SRT, RTP, IGMP