Sr. Network Engineer at Randstad USA

job summary:

Position Title: Sr. Network Engineer - DDI

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Network Engineer for DDI will be part of Network Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) project engineering team. The right candidate will be subject matter expert in designing and implementing next-gen DNS, DHCP and IPAM solutions across networks serving the requirements of Property Networks, Datacenter/Cloud Networks, and Corporate Networks. This role will work closely and collaboratively with a matrix team of expert network architects and engineers to drive adoption of SRE practices and operating models across all network product towers, and around the globe. As the Senior Network Engineer for DDI, the candidate brings focus on building a solid foundation of DDI services that are hosted across a variety of platforms and are highly available across global locations. Reporting to senior leadership, the engineer will be responsible to articulate and deliver an effective DDI solution to meet the demands of increasing complexity and scale of modern IT systems and overcome traditional approaches and limitations. The successful candidate will be expected to bridge the gap by implementing DDI services that are highly efficient and provide high return on investment in a cost effective manner. This role is accountable for establishing technical level relationships and partnering with all business disciplines, other MI teams, outsourcing vendors, and external suppliers to define and implement the Network SRE DDI roadmap, building and enforcing the standards defined in it.

 
location: BETHESDA, Maryland
job type: Contract
salary: $70 - 73 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:

• Develop complex global distributed infrastructure monitoring, management, and automation solutions to manage our global network.
  
  
• Lead design, write, and build tools to improve the reliability, availability, and scalability of Datacenter/Cloud Networks, Property Networks, and Corporate Networks
  
  
• Serve as technical lead for the development of complex global distributed DDI infrastructure to manage our global network.
  
  
• Serve as technical lead for the design new tools to monitor and smart alerts that help discover failures or issues before our customers.
  
  
• Collaborate with other Network teams to develop network SRE solutions with a focus on production integration
  
  
• Conduct network analysis, configuration management and develop improvements for system software performance, availability, and reliability
  
  
• Provide program management assistance and contribute input to help manage project schedules, risks, and costs.
  
  
• Manage Network SRE products and solutions, including the design, low level engineering, and delivery of new hardware systems for Marriott applications across the network.
  
  
• Define and implement an operational Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) strategy for all Network Infrastructure areas.
  
  
• Establish management level relationships and partnering with all Business disciplines and other MI teams to define Network SRE services, meet service level requirements, and serve as an escalation point to resolve service delivery and operational issues.
  
  
• Develop, document, and manage the requirements gathering process and provide detailed design and business processes to support the requirements throughout the project life cycle
  
  
• Drive accountability with strategic sourcing partners, vendors, telco/ISPs, etc., launching and managing Performance Improvement initiatives where appropriate.
  
  
• Create functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and contributes to development of budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional Network SRE tools, systems, and infrastructure.
  
  
• Perform network troubleshooting and upgrades. Coordinate with local teams and vendors, solve problems and restore services as needed
  
  
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement and structured processes and procedures that support a zero-fault culture.

 
qualifications:

• Experience level: Experienced
• Minimum 10 years of experience
• Education: Bachelors

 
skills:

• Network
• DDI
• DNS