Principal Network Engineer

JetBlue Airways Corporation•New York, NY

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Network Engineer will support the Enterprise Network to deliver complex projects, which includes design, implementation, change review/implementation, and advanced incident management support. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to designing and provisioning cloud infrastructure via code. This Engineer prepares performance and cost-optimal cloud services to deliver infrastructure aligned with reference architecture standards, requirements, frameworks, and patterns. The Principal Network Engineer will work closely with the Network Engineering team. The Engineer will be motivated to deliver results, and exhibit the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion and Fun.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree; OR demonstrated capability to perform job responsibilities with a High School Diploma/GED and at least four (4) years of previous relevant work experience
Five (5) years of experience in a production operations environment
Two (2) years of experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud production environment
Strong background in utilizing Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Quality of Service (QoS) and Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Extensive experience with network automation and version controls tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Git or similar tools
Expertise in network and cyber security hardware and software, including routers, firewalls, and Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention devices
Strong experience with Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture
Experience deploying and administering production Kubernetes clusters - Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) preferred
Excellent knowledge of L2/L3 network protocols
Proficient in IT Infrastructure with the ability to take ownership and responsibility of critical issues and conclude them to resolution
Strong understanding of DR (Disaster Recovery) and HA (highly availability) solutions
Available for overnight travel (up to 10%)
In possession of valid travel documentation with the ability to travel in and out of the United States
Able to work flexible hours and be available for emergency responses on short notice
Must pass a pre-employment drug test
Must be legally eligible to work in the country in which the position is located
Authorization to work in the US is required. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

Nice To Haves

Four (4) years of experience working as a Senior Network Engineer
Experiencing designing and building critical production solutions which are: implemented as code, fully automated, auto-scaled, fully instrumented, and monitored
Experience designing cloud networks solution
Experience with VMware vRealize management suite, including vRealize Automation and Orchestration
Experience designing monitoring and alerting strategies, backup, and disaster recovery
Experience operating and leveraging hyper converged computing platforms such as Nutanix and VxRail

Responsibilities

Lead total design and manage project activities including identifying appropriate resources necessary to achieve required outcome
Design network solutions for remote office sites, datacenter and Cloud network (Azure and AWS preferred)
Develop strategies and directions for network solutions using current and emerging technologies
Work with Solution Architect and Project management to design, develop and implement infrastructure components, server topology, capacity planning, information security and server hardening
Ensure the network environment maintains appropriate recovery and redundancy
Write scripts and/or code capable of implementing network services including but not limited to Virtual Networks, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Network Switches and Routers, and WiFi network
Write and execute code capable of managing Cloud governance policies, security, and cost management constructs
Plan broad development initiatives that leverage the technical strategic approach
Collaborate with other IT technical teams to drive IT technical policies and procedures
Create monitor alerts and remediation tasks
Create and leverage technology within the cloud environment that will improve operational metrics and best practices
Other duties as assigned