Network Automation Engineer - Product Platform Engineering

Company Description

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

Job Description

We're looking for a network automation engineer who shares our values to help us build tools to configure, monitor, maintain and visualize our global network connecting multiple datacenters, offices and clouds.  As a team, we value correctness, efficiency, and safety. We measure and monitor everything, and have a culture of continuous reflection and improvement.  We aim to eliminate friction in our environment and believe that no project should be delayed due to lack of reliable infrastructure.  We believe that a well designed production environment can be beautiful.

You will:

• Write and maintain software to solve complex network management and monitoring tasks, including:

• Deploying and auditing configuration of network devices

• Monitoring network health, including metrics collection, visualization, and alerting

• Tracking network utilization over time to assist capacity planning models

• Write proper tests and documentation for all tools

• Collaborate with other teams to design and implement tools that help automate end-to-end processes that involve the network infrastructure

• Integrate existing open source software tools and participate in those open source projects in order to contribute any new features or bug fixes

• Troubleshoot network failures and performance issues

• Mentor and train other network engineers on the team

• Participate in an on-call rotation

Qualifications

You have:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience

• Experience developing in at least one of Python or Go

• Comfortable using the Linux/Unix command line and command line tools

• Knowledge of networking concepts (switches, routers, protocols such as TCP/IP, etc.)

• Knowledge of routing protocols and concepts (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, etc)

• Very strong attention to detail

• Strong communication skills

• A desire to continue learning

• A personal commitment to quality

Even better:

• Experience with AWS and GCP networking

• Experience with developing software for highly scalable/distributed systems

• Experience with large-scale installations of Linux/Unix

• Experience with Django and Ansible

• Understanding of Serverless technologies and Kubernetes

Technologies we use:

• Python, Go

• JunOS, F5 BIG-IP, Arista EOS

• Linux (CentOS)

• SNMP, NetFlow, Prometheus

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $198,000 - USD $297,000
Zone B: USD $188,100 - USD $282,100
Zone C: USD $178,200 - USD $267,400
Zone D: USD $168,300 - USD $252,500

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees