Sr. Cloud DevOps Network Engineer

Sr. Cloud DevOps Network Engineer – We offer a competitive benefits package!

The Company:  GIA is the world’s foremost authority in gemology. GIA is a global organization with headquarters located in Carlsbad, CA. GIA in Carlsbad boasts a 17-acre ocean view campus that accommodates approximately 800 of its 3,400 total employees worldwide. It offers many competitive health and commuter benefits that promote the well-being of its employees as well as that of the environment.

The Location: This position is located in Carlsbad, California at our corporate headquarters reporting fully on-site due to the nature of the job.

What to expect:

• Work Hours:  8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday - flexible start time
• We offer competitive medical, dental, vision and matching 401-K plans
• Paid vacation, sick and holidays, tuition assistance, commuter benefits

The Environment:

• On-site cafe - affordable custom breakfast and lunch meals and Starbucks drinks!
• Economic friendly services - electric vehicle charging stations on-site
• Ergonomic assessments offered on-site and virtually

JOB OVERVIEW

The Sr. Cloud DevOps Network Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, automating and building our next generation cloud CI/CD pipeline and infrastructure with a focus on hybrid network infrastructure for the GIA on-prem and multi-cloud environment. You must be able to work in and adapt to a fluid, fast-paced environment. You will be collaborating closely with the architecture and engineering teams to build a world class Cloud environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties and Responsibilities:

Hybrid Network Architecture and Engineering: (30%)

• Design and support GIA multi-cloud networking architectures in AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud including VPCs, VNets, Transit Gateways, and VPNs.
• Optimize network connectivity for hybrid environments, integrating SD-WAN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, and Cloud Interconnect.
• Planning, installing, and deploying highly available solutions on the public cloud.
• Implement Zero Trust Networking and software-defined networking (SDN) solutions.
• Ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and security of production systems.
• Implement network connectivity solutions to ensure seamless integration of network systems with software applications.
• Collaborate with developers, system engineers, and data scientists to ensure efficient operation of the company’s networks and systems.
• Ensure system security through the implementation of security measures and regular audits for the Cloud landing zone and the hybrid network.

Automation of Infrastructure provisioning with Network expertise (40%)

• Develop and deploy network automation solutions and Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to provision and manage network resources across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Own and contribute to an end-to-end agile DevOps-based software development life cycle with end-to-end automation in mind (Tools & Processes).
• Integrate network changes into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI/CD.
• Design, configure, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure. Collaborate with the architecture team to build Cloud patterns with High Availability, scale, security, monitoring, and configuration of cloud platform services.
• Create and manage provisioning automation via CloudFormation, etc.
• Support process for Kubernetes and Docker creation pipelines.
• Support the agile software development process among cross-functional teams to ensure smooth product delivery.
• Work with development teams across multiple organizations to drive automation, establish software standards, service modularity, testing standards, and deployment/management of microservices.
• Mentor and train junior DevOps engineers.
• Design and implement continuous integration, testing, and deployment methods for network infrastructure.
• Develop and manage tools to automate network infrastructure and optimize existing systems.

Network monitoring and operations: (20%)

• Manage monitoring and alerting functionality for networks and systems.
• Manage and troubleshoot of hybrid networking issues.
• Perform incident/alert troubleshooting, problem analysis and provide high quality solutions to technical issues.
• Support and improve our tools, infrastructure, and processes that support rapid and reliable delivery of high-quality software to our production service.
• Assist development in troubleshooting system and software issues in all environments.
• Manage RCA, Incident Proce