Company Overview:

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.

We want people who are passionate about building huge scale networks on the Internet.

We are looking for a Network Engineer to join the existing network engineering team, working with the infrastructure group. Reporting to the  Senior Manager of Network Engineering, the Network Engineer will be part of a team that is designing, implementing and maintaining the DigitalOcean network from the Internet edge to the hypervisor connections.  Our networks need to be massively scalable, and enable systems agility, while providing our hundreds of thousands of customers with the most stable platform.  We work with other infrastructure and engineering teams to ensure new products and features have scalable network architectures and will provide the performance our customers require.

If you’re looking for a Network Engineering role to challenge your skills and be rewarding and fulfilling, while working with top of the line equipment and managing a large network with huge scaling requirements and modern design, this job is for you.

Job Overview:

• Administration and implementation of the Datacenter Network Fabric with a dynamic and highly skilled team
• Implementation of Network Infrastructure Augments to existing Data centers 
• Ensuring that our existing network is running at its peak
• Providing support to customers who are experiencing network related issues
• Responding to and troubleshooting alerts as well as participating in our on-call rotation
• Working closely with other teams within the infrastructure group to build a scalable and economical network
• Optimizing our automation systems
• Working closely with other technical teams to support and resolve complex problems.

Requirements:

• Experience working on, building, and troubleshooting large-scale datacenter networks
• Experience working on, building, and troubleshooting global backbone networks
• Experience working with Juniper hardware (e.g., MX, QFX, EX, SRX) and the Junos operating system, and Nokia, Arista, and Ciena
• Experience working with typical layer-2 and -3 protocols such (e.g., BGP, OSPF, VRRP, IS-IS)
• 2+ years experience working with MPLS, including BGP-LU (RSVP-TE experience a plus)
• Understanding of peering and transit and their roles on the Internet
• The ability to function independently on routine tasks and project work
• The ability to utilize a variety of communication skills and document concepts with a particular audience in mind
• Strong Linux skills along with experience in Python or any other similar language
• Experience with Salt configuration management
• Understanding of overlay and underlay networking concepts 
• Experience with Ansible configuration management a plus
• Experience with Ethernet/IP 
• Experience with Jira or other ticketing systems
• Expert knowledge of automation tools such as Ansible or SaltStack.
• Familiarity with network monitoring technologies such as SNMP, OpenConfig and Streaming Telemetry.

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on relevant years of experience and skills. Employees may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees including grants of equity upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging our teams and employees to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship and other internal programs. We provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
• We care about your well-being. In addition to cash and equity compensation, we also offer employees a competitive array of benefits. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary in other countries due to local regulations and preferences.
• We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal-opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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