Network Reliability Engineer

The Network Reliability Engineer reports to the Manager of Network Reliability and is a member of CoreSite’s Network Engineering team. The primary function of the role will be to advance automation, scale, and next-generation initiatives within the company. The role will focus heavily on SDN, Cloud, and virtualization.The position will heavily focus on product improvements and automation. Candidate should have experience in at least one programming language and be willing to demonstrate this experience during the interview process. We don’t necessarily care if you have a computer science degree, but we do expect candidates to be able to demonstrate full understanding of fundamental programming concepts.Repetitive activities are boring and have to be eliminated. You will be part of a world-class engineering team that’s paving the path for new ways for enterprises to consume ever increasing cloud services. Duties

Train, mentor, and help develop the skills/capabilities of Network Reliability Engineers.

Be responsible for the quality of the customer experience in production and in the ideation, design, and development of next generation systems.

Partner with Engineering teams to measure, deliver, and improve both the engineering and customer experience.

Improve observability via implementation of improved monitoring, metrics, logging, and system analytics.

Build software and systems to manage services and applications through automation.

Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network components, inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.

Produce network topology diagrams for existing and new infrastructures for sales, customers, marketing, and other internal needs.

RequirementsKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Track record of building and running high-performance teams.

Fundamental understanding of common API concepts and standards as well as aspects of data storage, service status and session handling

“Fluent” in at least one programming language, and be willing to perform live coding exercises during the interview process

Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities

Have familiarity with workloads within cloud-based ecosystem with at least one of the leading public cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Excels in a team-oriented work environment

Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

Exhibits a strong work ethic and accountability to deadlines

Education/Experience:

6+ years’ experience as a Network Engineer in a service provider network environment that includes high end routing/switching network infrastructure

Experience in Cloud interconnection

Preferred experience in ISP and/or telecommunications companies

Preferred experience with cloud computing architectures – IaaS, SaaS, etc.

Preferred CCNP certification or equivalent work experience

Four-year college/trade education preferred or equivalent work experience

Physical Demands:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Compensation:Compensation for this role includes a base salary between 100,000 and $120,000 annually. This role is also eligible for an annual bonus and equity, based upon individual and company performance.BenefitsNot only does CoreSite have a fun, team-focused work environment, but we also offer great benefits to all employees regularly scheduled to work more than 20 hours a week!

First-day medical insurance through Cigna with generous premium cost coverage

Dental insurance through Delta Dental

Vision insurance through VSP

Telemedicine through MDLive for Cigna

Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) plans

Health saving account (HSA) plans for employees participating in the High Deductible Health Plan

Life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance fully paid by the company

Voluntary coverage benefits for supplemental life, critical illness, accident, and hospital insurance

First-day eligibility for 401(k) savings plan through Fidelity, which includes an attractive matching company contribution

Discretionary annual bonus and equity incentive plan

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with a 15 percent discount

16 days of paid time off (PTO)

11 paid company holidays and additional floating holidays

School visitation and elder care paid time off

Parental leave, adoption and surrogacy benefits, and family planning/fertility support

Wellness reimbursement program & wellness incentive program

Free parking or a company contribution toward a public transit pass

Education reimbursement and student loan debt assistance program

Employee assistance program, childcare resources, personal finance management support, and student loan debt assistance program

Pet insurance

Charitable matching program

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