Staff Engineer, Network

Sila•Alameda, CA

12h•$146,000 - $185,000•Onsite

About The Position

Sila is a battery materials company developing and manufacturing materials intended to increase lithium-ion battery energy density while reducing battery size and weight. The Staff Engineer, Network will design, deploy, operate, and maintain resilient networking across multi-office, data center, and manufacturing environments. The role is expected to be based primarily in Moses Lake, with an on-site physical presence required for equipment management. It focuses on reliable network performance, troubleshooting, configuration management, monitoring, security, and availability of critical platform components.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience administering, monitoring, and securing firewalls, routers, and switches.
Deep Layer 2 knowledge and troubleshooting experience.
Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols and SD-WAN.
Experience with high-bandwidth storage networks.
Experience working with MPLS, VPLS, or SD-WAN.
Experience with virtual switches in cluster-computing environments.
Experience supporting information security policies, controls, and initiatives.
Ability to think through problems and visualize complex solutions.
Ability to be based primarily in Moses Lake and be physically present for equipment management.
Ability to pass a respirator fit test and wear respiratory protection daily.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment, including a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel-toe safety shoes.
Ability to enter spaces narrower than 3 feet and walk miles per day around the facility.

Nice To Haves

Infrastructure as code experience.
Experience with AWS VPC, Transit Gateway, and Direct Connect.
Experience with operational technology in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Create accurate network diagrams and documentation for network design and planning.
Deploy and manage multiple sites and environments, working toward network redundancy.
Monitor network performance, troubleshoot network problems and outages, schedule upgrades, and collaborate with other Data Systems teams to maximize performance.
Design, manage, and maintain centralized configuration management for networking gear.
Build monitoring, supervision, and resiliency mechanisms to observe, respond to, and maintain platform health, performance, and security.
Develop and support processes that maintain uptime, SLAs, security, and availability of critical platform components.