IT Cloud Engineer Network

Excellus BCBS•Rochester, NY

3d•$79,068 - $198,168

About The Position

This hands-on network engineering role provides vision, strategy, functionality, and technology solutions for building and maintaining network platforms supporting public and private cloud infrastructure. The work includes designing flexible platforms and services compatible with leading providers while enabling safe integration with legacy systems. The engineer researches, evaluates, develops, and delivers technology in support of infrastructure deployment lifecycles, working directly with IT teams to advance PaaS, SaaS, hosted, and on-premises solutions that provide secure, resilient, on-demand cloud-like services and pursue cost reduction. The position is intended for a network engineering professional with deep traditional enterprise networking experience, particularly designing, implementing, and troubleshooting large-scale Cisco and/or Arista environments. Relevant network areas include routing, switching, network segmentation, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, high availability, and data center networking. Cloud networking experience is valuable, but the focus is enterprise network engineering and operations rather than cloud infrastructure, systems administration, or software development. The job description covers four classification levels. Placement depends on demonstrated knowledge, skills, experience, credentials, independence, assignment complexity, responsibility, and decision-making. Higher levels add primary engineering and strategy responsibilities, mentoring, automation, subject-matter expertise, cost optimization, project leadership, and advising management. The position includes on-call rotation support and may involve travel across the enterprise. Remote work may be considered case by case.

Requirements

Level I: Seven cumulative years of related work experience in lieu of a degree; or an associate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field plus four years of related experience.
Awareness of security, compliance, and audit policies and procedures.
Experience researching, designing, and implementing assigned technologies.
Infrastructure operations and infrastructure project delivery experience.
Scripting and automation experience.
Strong communication skills.
Understanding of cloud computing infrastructure and concepts.
Knowledge of cloud and/or on-premises integration, including the ability to integrate disparate systems.
Level I: Intermediate knowledge of at least three listed concepts or tools, such as Azure, AWS, GCP, Cisco, Arista, SD-WAN, ForeScout, network emulation tools, next-generation firewalls, load balancers, wireless networking, network orchestration, Terraform, Ansible, Nutanix, VMware ESXi, YAML, JSON, REST APIs, or GitHub.
Level II and above: Intermediate knowledge of at least four listed concepts or tools; intermediate infrastructure operations and project delivery experience; strong technical documentation ability; IT computing resource management and optimization experience; business maturity, confidentiality, and sound judgment; strong scripting and automation experience; and intermediate Disaster Recovery and security, compliance, and audit knowledge.
Level III and above: Advanced knowledge of at least four listed concepts or tools; advanced understanding of IT infrastructure Disaster Recovery procedures; ability to mentor within the team; a professional certification in job-related technology; and strategic vision aligned with business objectives.
Level IV: Advanced knowledge of at least five listed concepts or tools; demonstrated team or technical leadership, facilitation, and project leadership; extensive hybrid cloud knowledge; and demonstrated ability to mentor peers.
Ability to work in a traditional office environment under fluorescent lighting, communicate orally, and sit at a desk using a computer, keyboard, and mouse for three or more hours at a time.
Ability to travel across the enterprise, work in a home office for continuous periods for business continuity, and provide on-call rotation support.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Cloud networking experience.
Professional certification in job-related technology for Level III and above.

Responsibilities

Act as a high-level escalation tier for operational support in assigned technical areas.
Conduct proof-of-concept testing in a lab environment.
Create infrastructure design documents for production deployments and maintain supporting technology standards documentation.
Deploy new technology into production and design infrastructure solutions that support business requirements.
Ensure assigned technologies align with business needs.
Research and implement hybrid cloud technology.
Support high-level strategy for the enterprise server environment.
Work with business stakeholders to gather IT infrastructure requirements.
Work with technology vendors and technical subject-matter experts to develop corporate standards for assigned technology areas.
Integrate multiple systems and technologies.
Serve as a primary engineer for assigned technology areas at Level II and above, maintaining performant and optimized infrastructure.
Contribute to budgets, expenditures, and enterprise strategy for assigned technology areas; assist with RFI/RFP processes at Level II and above.
Mentor lower-level engineers, establish business justifications for purchases, focus on automation, and perform system analysis and capacity planning at Level III and above.
Serve as a primary subject-matter expert, contribute significantly to automation workflows, and stay current with hybrid cloud technology at Level III and above.
Advise management, emphasize technology cost optimization, mentor peers, lead business-critical IT infrastructure projects, and lead internal strategic efforts at Level IV.
Demonstrate teamwork, interpersonal skills, reliable attendance, integrity, personal accountability, and good judgment; support the company's mission and values and protect member privacy.
Perform other functions as assigned by management.

Benefits

Group health and/or dental insurance may be included in the total rewards package.
Retirement plan may be included in the total rewards package.
Wellness program may be included in the total rewards package.
Paid time away from work may be included in the total rewards package.
Paid holidays may be included in the total rewards package.

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