Network Engineer

NBCUniversal•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

NBCUniversal’s Network Engineering group within the Operations & Technology organization is hiring a Network Engineer based at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The engineer will work on a dedicated team of network and firewall engineers building reliable, scalable network infrastructure for broadcast and media production facilities. The role involves configuring, deploying, and supporting Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto firewalls and network technologies with vendor and internal automation and monitoring systems. The position follows a hybrid schedule requiring work from the office at least four days per week; the company may change in-office requirements. Occasional travel is required for project and remote event support, and the engineer will participate in an operational on-call rotation supporting 24x7 production on-air network infrastructure.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience configuring, deploying, and supporting network technology from multiple vendors, including Cisco (IOS, NX-OS, XR), Arista, Palo Alto, and F5.
Experience with AWS and Azure network configurations, including Direct Connect and Express Route.
Hands-on experience implementing firewall policy on Palo Alto using Panorama.
Ability to participate in an operational on-call rotation supporting 24x7 production on-air network infrastructure.
Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation and diagrams.
Ability to travel occasionally for project and remote event support.

Nice To Haves

Good understanding of Enterprise and Service Provider networking, including OSPF, IS-IS, vPC, port-channeling, 10/40/100G optics, IPSEC, QoS, VLAN, Multicast MP-BGP, route-reflection, MPLS (IP and Segment Routing), Traffic Engineering, L3VPN, and VRF.
Ability to analyze network logging and other data sets to troubleshoot and isolate production and design problems.
Experience with network automation and version control tools such as Ansible and Git to deploy networks at scale.

Responsibilities

Configure, deploy, and support network technology and firewalls from multiple vendors.
Implement firewall policy on Palo Alto using Panorama.
Participate in the operational on-call rotation supporting 24x7 production on-air network infrastructure.
Develop and maintain technical documentation and diagrams.
Travel occasionally for project and remote event support.
Analyze network logs and other data sets to troubleshoot and isolate production and design problems.
Use network automation and version control tools to deploy networks at scale.