Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GCI is a company that provides critical services to Alaskans, and they are seeking a Cloud Network Engineer II to support their Cloud Network Engineer function. The role involves collaborating with various engineering teams to develop, deploy, and maintain Hybrid Cloud and SDDC platforms while ensuring network reliability and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Design and implementation of network and/or system facilities utilizing standard engineering concepts of availability, efficiency, redundancy, scalability, and security
- Development of new solutions and continuous improvements of the current network and systems facilities ensuring the integrity of high availability data centers and campus Lan network infrastructure
- Perform audits, forecasts, and manage capacity of IP addressing, bandwidth forecasting, hardware, software licensing, and hosted devices
- Provide detailed reports on network operational status and milestones related to project completion
- Support and manage escalation events
- Automate and streamline operations and processes to rapidly release reliable network infrastructure faster and more frequently
- Configure firewalls, load balancers, routers, and switches, in support of network operations and projects
- Reviews modules for quality assurance
- Remote site support for off-site personnel and customers
- Maximize performance using network monitoring tools, troubleshooting network and system outages, scheduling updates, and collaborating with architects on optimization
- Build and maintain tools for deployment and testing in stable and scalable production environments
- Maintain professional skillset by participating in educational opportunities, technical organizations, reading professional publications, and personal use of technology
- Coordinate with project management and engineering teams on a regular basis
- Develop and update documentation and support materials
- Mentor junior engineers and technicians
Skills
- A combination of relevant work experience and/or education sufficient to perform the duties of the job may substitute to meet the total years required on a year-for-year basis
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Bachelor's degree in computer technologies, network engineering, or related field
- Minimum of four (4) years of experience in any combination of: Progressive experience in cloud networking, Cloud network development and internal and multi-cloud networking environments, Working with moderate to complex network management within a data center environment or related field
- Associate or professional levels certifications: Cisco, F5, Aruba, Palo Alto and VMWare
- Telecommunications experience
- Other telecom industry or job specific certifications
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