Rackspace Us Inc.
Network Engineer IV - US
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About the role
- Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
- We bring our whole selves to work every day.
- If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Responsibilities
- Designs and architects scalable, resilient network solutions across routing, switching, fabric, and security domains
- Leads complex troubleshooting efforts, including routing protocol issues, fabric/switching connectivity, and firewall policy conflicts
- Architects and maintains Cisco ACI fabric environments, including tenant design, endpoint groups, contracts, and fabric integration
- Architects and maintains Cisco SD-Access (SDA) fabric environments, including underlay/overlay design, fabric edge/border/control-plane nodes, and DNA Center-based policy and segmentation
- Designs, configures, and troubleshoots BGP and OSPF routing environments, including route redistribution, policy control, and multi-site architectures
- Configures, maintains, and troubleshoots Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including security policy design, NAT, VPN, and threat prevention
- Designs and manages network access control (NAC) policies and device compliance using Forescout or Aruba Clearpass.
- Leads implementation planning prior to installation of network hardware such as routers, firewalls, wireless controllers, and switches
- Develops project plans and task lists for network initiatives, and participates in peer design reviews
- Partners with vendors and third-party providers to evaluate and integrate new equipment and services
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in a field related to the role.
- At the manager's discretion, additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement
- 11 years of experience in the field of the role required
Nice to have
- Architects highly available switching infrastructure across Nexus, ACI, and SD-Access fabric environments, including VXLAN/EVPN-based segmentation and fabric-based redundancy to eliminate single points of failure
- Serves as an escalation point for high-level, service-impacting network issues
- Identifies, reviews, and recommends security postures to peers and appropriate security teams
- Researches, evaluates, and recommends hardware, software, and vendor solutions based on cost, performance, and business need
- CCNA or higher required (Routing and Switching, Enterprise, or Data Center track)
- CCNP or CCIE preferred
Skills
- Network Architecture & Design
- Network Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code (Python, Ansible)
- Complex Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis
- Network Rack & Patch-Panel Design
- Network Service Monitoring Systems
- Technical Documentation & Network Diagramming
- Process Improvement
- Client/Customer Service
- Coaching & Mentoring
- High School Diploma or regional equivalent required
- CCNA or higher required (Routing and Switching, Enterprise, or Data Center track); CCNP or CCIE preferred
- Wireless certifications a plus
Compensation
- The compensation range for this position ranges from $108,253.00/year in our lowest geographic market up to 158,733.30 USD/year in our highest geographic market.
Benefits
- The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
Company info
- About Rackspace Technology We are the multicloud solutions experts.
- And we embrace the notion that unique perspectives fuel innovation and enable us to best serve our customers and communities around the globe.
- We are the multicloud solutions experts.
- We have a proven record of advising customers based on their business challenges, designing solutions that scale, building and managing those solutions, and optimizing returns into the future.
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