Principal Network Developer

Lead network lifecycle management programs by defining high-level objectives and delivery procedures.  Organizes project technical milestones & supporting tasks.   May work as project technical lead, coordinating effort of two or three engineers.  Advises project/program manager and coordinates with immediate and skip-level leadership. Collaborates across teams within same org (same VP).  Will serve as technical SME in cross-functional activities.  Has technical responsibility for moderately complex project(s), including project requirements, specifications (where applicable), and documentation. Responsible for decomposing high-level architectures into detailed designs.  May lead multiple engineers in developing network solutions consisting of multiple modules with complex interactions; Work with supporting service teams to ensure solutions are properly supported by monitoring and automation systems. Serves at Tier3 or specialized escalation point for network events and provides break-fix support for large-scale events.   Serves as principle point of contact for driving systematic resolution of complex network issues.  Act as SME for root cause analysis efforts. Frequently develops scripts to automate non-traditional, complex tasks for business unit. May serve as a technical lead on network automation design and delivery projects.  Comprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle.  Provides a broad set of guidance to technical and senior technical members of staff.  Interprets input from leaders (technical and managers) and provides focused development to junior member.  Able to carry out technical coaching sessions, and helps junior members develop skills. Collaborates with vendor engineering and account manager to address current business or operational issues.  Participates in the development of RFQ/RFPs.  May lead the adoption of new vendor hardware.  Active communication with product teams.  Responsible to drive technology to meet product and service requirements.  Participate in coordinated communication with product teams, networking leadership, and PMO to help assess gaps, solutions and needs.                                                      Bachelors degree in Computer Science preferred and at least 8 years of related experience.  Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment.   Exposure to commodity Ethernet hardware (Broadcom/Mellanox), protocol experience with BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, DHCP, MPLS.  Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL.  Experience with Internet peering and inter-domain networking.  Experience with scripting or automation and datacenter design – Python preferred, but must demonstrate knowledge in a scripting or compiled language.  Experience with high level software design/development.  Experience with automation systems, framework design/use and deployment.  Experience with network modeling and programing – YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF.  Knowledge of network security design, system performance characterization and testing.  Knowledge of data flow and telemetry design, deployment and operation.  Excellent judgment in influence for product roadmap direction, features, and priorities.  Leading individual contributor and a team member that provides direction and mentoring to others.  Ability to use professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.   Capable of working under limited supervision.   Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.   

Career Level - IC4

•  Lead Architecture tactical and strategic discussion
• Work with cross organization to develop new service features for DRCC/Multicloud. 
• Develop engineering skills inside of DRCC/Multicloud and in peer groups.
• Work with deployment teams and data center operations providing support during new capacity additions and changes on the packet network.
• Own DRCC/Multicloud infrastructure documentation, responsible for updating and maintaining network drawings and plans for both operational purposes and new builds.
• Create and maintain DRCC/Multicloud Network Architecture, network elements & functional blocks documentation.
• Work with the engineering team to define DRCC/Multicloud standards and best practices for deployment.
• Maximizing network performance by troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades, and collaborating with network architects on network optimization.
• Lead new product introduction for DRCC/Multicloud, work very close with Product team, Qualification team and new region build. 
• Participate in FOA and field trials of new platforms and technologies.
• Work with the network qualification team