Network Engineer

 The Network Engineer plans, implements, and oversees Fanatics' network infrastructure, corporate network systems, and identity management. Supports on-premises and cloud-based network services for both in-house and externally facing systems. The main objective is to build and maintain high-availability network infrastructure to sustain the online and internal information technology activities of our users. 

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Provide expertise and assist customers, developers, and partners with network design decisions. 
• Provide ongoing maintenance and implementation of network updates and patches. 
• Recommend and implement standards, policies, and procedures to achieve agreed-upon service levels by tuning, maintaining, and supporting a breadth of network infrastructure. 
• Provide design recommendations and expertise regarding the integration and architecture of commercial network application packages. 
• Develop and plan lifecycle replacement, coordinate outages, and perform performance tuning for network applications and hardware. 
• Maintain monitoring and data gathering systems for network reporting and performance purposes. 
• Establish and maintain working relationships with vendors to address and resolve network problems. 
• Work closely with business stakeholders and developers to ensure smooth planning, implementation, and cutovers of network systems. 
• Maintain the network systems roadmap for lifecycle improvements, upgrades, and capacity planning functions. 
• Participate in all technical aspects of network technology, including short and long-term planning. 
• Provide technical support, operations, and problem resolution of network infrastructure as required, including 24x7 on-call support. 
• Provide support and implementation planning for business continuity and disaster recovery. 
• Prepare and deliver presentations to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences. 
• Must have a good grasp of network trends and the mission of the group to provide the most cost-effective and efficient network systems. 
• Manage identity and access, including the implementation and maintenance of network security protocols 

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or related field OR equivalent combination of education and experience  

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:  

• 7-10 years of experience. 
• Self-motivated, only requires direction from leadership for priorities.  Excellent time management skills working on projects, operational support, and mentorship to peers. 
• Active role in peer mentoring other engineers on key technologies within department. 
• Highly proficient for multiple technologies and subject matter expert in at least one technology. 
• Able to lead projects providing technical direction across multiple business and technology group. 
• Anticipates issues, identify and recover from production failures, and triage system-wide performance issues. 
• Proactively seeks opportunities to improve ecosystems at an enterprise level. 
• Provides deep understanding of business-critical systems, processes and how they interact with each other.  
• Understands implications and trade-offs of reliability, scalability, operational costs, and ease of adoption by the organization. 
• Drives the architecture, design and implementation of complex systems. 
• Creates complex and complete documentation for enterprise systems. 
• Ability to build strong working relationships with peers, managers, and internal customers. 
• Experience supporting operational availability in an enterprise network environment. 
• Experience developing or monitoring and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure on multiple platforms and Cloud providers (AWS preferred). 
• Knowledge of configuration with Cisco Nexus and Catalyst type switching, SDWAN, wireless networks, network-based authentication (Cisco ISE, certificate-based network authentication), and cloud networking technologies in AWS and Azure. 
• Knowledge of configuration with PCI DSS, and SOX compliance in relation to network technologies.
• Knowledge of configuration of network services such as DNS, DHCP, FTP, and SMTP. 
• Knowledge of network architecture, multi-tier architecture, and network security protocols. 
• Proven ability of scripting skills in Ansible, PHP, Python, Bash, and/or Terraform. 
• Knowledge of network applications and development methodologies. 
• Proficient knowledge and experience with network and systems management tools. 
• Proficient ability to document network designs and reference architectures in detail using workflows, diagrams, and technical documents. 
• Proven written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to provide a synopsis to management. 
• Strong analytical abilities and professional office experience necessary. 
• Design, implement, and manage cloud-based solutions to support business operations. 
• Ensure the security, availability, and performance of cloud services. 
• Collaborate with teams to migrate existing applications and infrastructure to cloud platforms. 
• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage and costs. 
• Stay updated with the latest cloud technologies and best practices to provide innovative solutions