Job opening - Senior Network Engineer at Carbonite, Inc (Boston, MA)

Position Description:



As a Senior Network Engineer on Operations team, you will have the chance to help build and support Carbonite’s mission-critical network. We are looking for a passionate person that wants to build great things, is both innovative and methodical, is team focused and understands that we are in the business of providing a great customer experience. In this role, we expect you to have expert level knowledge (and hands-on experience) of complex networking systems at every level. We would look to you to help architect and implement new solutions that move massive amounts of data, and to redesign existing solutions to be more efficient. We are less concerned with the specific vendors you’ve worked with than the environment you worked in and the positive impact you made. We want strong communicators with a demonstrated work ethic and truly value being able to contribute to a team.

Responsibilities:

• Design mission-critical and scalable network infrastructure (think Service Provider or carrier-type environment)


• Review existing network designs and help identify areas to continue to build upon or improve


• Help troubleshoot network issues in any manifestation / Document resolutions


• Create network capacity models that help define the network strategy & identify constraints


• Work with a core team to establish design principles and standards for all network components and configurations


• Work closely with a wide variety of people (truly.. not jargon) to help educate and communicate how the network works, how it’s going to work and why it works (or doesn’t)


• Document (both narrative and diagram) the network architecture, design principles  and operational “runbooks”


• Assist in reviewi! ng and implementing network security measures to achieve a hig! hly secure environment


• Work with third-party vendors in support of the network and act as an advisor in contract negotiations


• Rack/stack/configure network hardware based where needed


• Participate in a 7x24 on-call rotation


• Be a critical part of the larger Operations team at Carbonite and be willing to do what it takes to make things work… including buying cookies for people in times of stress!

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