Senior Network Engineer

Digital Realty Global•Eagan, MN

About The Position

Position Title: Senior Network Engineer Your role Here at Digital Realty’s IT department, we pride ourselves in our ability to focus on improving the value that Digital Realty gets from its investments in technology. We work fast, hard, and are passionate about what we do. Digital Realty is currently looking for a Senior Engineer to join our IT Infrastructure team to work closely with our Corporate Services, Operations, and other groups to implement and maintain quality and customer focused solutions. Based on the nature of our industry, our solutions utilize and rely on a wide variety of technologies. As such, we are looking for a highly skilled and motivated person who can administer enterprise solutions as well as be flexible enough to explore revolutionary or “outside the box” ideas to get the job done. We need people who take pride in being a subject matter expert in their domain yet understand and explore the many other talents of IT; someone with expert knowledge of Cisco IOS and networking in general. A bit about us Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter . A bit about our team Our IT team is at the heart of our business. We develop infrastructures, design and build networks, support servers and provide the first line of support by delivering rich connectivity for our customers. With new data centers coming online all the time, it’s a rapidly changing technical environment so our team is always ready to innovate and take the lead on projects. We constantly develop, deploy and support vital networks and data services that drive business performance and improve life for customers around the globe. What we can offer you Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us. Health and Safety Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress. Our Compensation Philosophy Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Requirements

Expert knowledge of Cisco products, their functionality, configuration and best practices
QoS, IPSLA, DMVPN, WAN, MPLS, SIP, PRI, IPSEC, STP
Working knowledge of security infrastructure, such as firewalls and proxies (or analogous tools)
Working knowledge of BGP, EIGRP, OSPF
Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows networking configuration and protocols
Error investigation, Troubleshooting, and Root Cause Analysis
Minimum five years’ experience as a network engineer responsible for a primarily Cisco based network
Experience in data center industry
Cisco Certification Network Professional certification or higher
Familiarity with SolarWinds monitoring platform
Cisco – 5 – 10 years (route (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP), switch, DMVPN, IPSec, SSL VPN)
Fortinet, Palo Alto – 3-4 years (Firewall)
zScaler Experience
Experience Cisco DNA/ISE Zero Trust
zScaler Cloud Experience - 1-2 years

Responsibilities

Work with stakeholders to gather requirements
Design and implementation of network solutions (as a part of the Network Engineering team)
Maintain and update detailed network documentation
Provide escalation point for resolving complex problems requiring advanced skills and research capability
Maintain vendor relationships and ensure compliance with licensing and support agreements
Manage projects utilizing remote hands vendors and internal staff
Provide support knowledge sharing, authoring, and maintenance of system run books and documentation
Independent worker who drives work to completion based on pre-devised project plan
Communication with customers and team members throughout project assignments; reports back progress through project management system at regular intervals

Benefits

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.

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