Senior Network Engineer

Digital Ocean
Seattle
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration"]

Senior Network Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining DigitalOcean's massively scalable network from the Internet edge to hypervisor connections; lead network architecture reviews, automate provisioning, and drive improvements in availability, performance, and reliability across data center and backbone networks.

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Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean
3 months ago

Senior Network Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Network Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining DigitalOcean's massively scalable network from the Internet edge to hypervisor connections; lead network architecture reviews, automate provisioning, and drive improvements in availability, performance, and reliability across data center and backbone networks.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Diagnose complex network issues using packet analysis, flow data, and monitoring tools. Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes to maintain SLA compliance and high availability.
  • •Develop scripts and workflows using Python, Golang and Salt to automate provisioning, configuration changes, and compliance auditing across the DigitalOcean network infrastructure.
  • •Develop scalable network solutions for data center and cloud connectivity using protocols such as BGP, ISIS, MPLS, VxLAN, and SR across the network environment.
  • •Help in capacity planning and availability by analyzing traffic patterns, forecast growth and recommend hardware/bandwidth upgrades, implement and fine tune QoS policies and routing to optimize throughput and latency.
  • •Provide technical guidance to team members, conduct design and architecture reviews, and create network documentation including topology diagrams, Standard Operating Procedures and runbooks.

Key Requirements

  • •BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
  • •Knowledge of and demonstrated ability in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python
  • •Expertise with Linux
  • •Expertise working with Juniper hardware (e.g., MX, QFX, EX, SRX) and the Junos operating system
  • •Experience with CI/CD, containers and/or virtualization, web servers, and databases
Experience:CloudInfrastructureNetworking
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonGoSaltLinuxJuniperJunosCI/CDContainersVirtualizationPrometheusGrafanaELKGitBGPIS-ISMPLSVxLANSRSegment RoutingQoS

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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