Network Backbone Engineer

Role: Network Backbone Engineer

Location: Fully Remote (West Coast Hours)

Duration: 18-Months

Overview

The Client is seeking an experienced Network Backbone Engineer to design, build, and operate a global backbone and hybrid multi-cloud network for a large-scale financial technology organization. This team manages one of the largest hybrid cloud infrastructures in the world, delivering network services to customers across 200 countries. You will own network delivery for infrastructure growth initiatives, partner onboarding, and next-generation cloud interconnect projects working with cutting-edge IP/MPLS and multi-cloud technologies in a truly global environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement backbone network architecture for on-prem and public cloud environments
• Build and manage hybrid connectivity between on-prem infrastructure and AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure
• Operate and optimize a global IP/MPLS backbone including traffic engineering and capacity planning
• Interface with carriers and circuit providers for peering, circuit delivery, and troubleshooting
• Drive extranet/partner onboarding from network definition through delivery
• Produce and maintain MOPs, SOPs, and network engineering best practices and documentation
• Support critical outage resolution and provide technical expertise to global teams

Required Skills & Experience

• 8 years of experience managing large-scale global networks
• Hands-on experience configuring and managing Juniper MX and QFX platforms (this is the primary technical bar candidates without direct Juniper experience will not be considered)
• Deep working knowledge of BGP, MPLS/RSVP-TE, OSPF/IS-IS, and TCP/IP (L2/L3)
• Experience with BGP traffic engineering and public peering with ISPs and CDNs
• Experience interfacing with carriers for peering, circuit delivery, and migration
• Hands-on experience with hybrid cloud connectivity AWS Direct Connect/Transit Gateway, Google Cloud Platform Interconnect, Azure ExpressRoute
• Experience with on-prem to public cloud dedicated and hosted interconnects
• Hands-on experience with Cisco and/or Arista routing and switching

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in financial services or fintech network environments
• Juniper JNCIP or JNCIS certification
• Experience with network design, operations, and troubleshooting methodologies at global scale