Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Networks

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Job Responsibilities:

• Work with various teams to design and implement scalable, and reliable network solutions
• Maintain a highly available cloud infrastructure edge for the Okta identity platform
• Collect and analyze data to identify root causes for network-specific events
• Automate AWS infrastructure with Terraform and/or Chef
• Evolve the system by introducing changes to improve efficiency, scalability, and velocity

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes pride in designing and implementing durable solutions to network problems. They are passionate about network responsiveness and performance.

Required knowledge and skills:

• 5+ years experience in a Cloud Network Engineer role or related
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of TCP/IP networking stack; (layer 2 through 7). Ability to implement a highly available VPC network, including inter-vpc connectivity. Working knowledge of stateless and stateful firewalls. Familiar with DNS, web-application firewalls, and various load balancing methods available in the cloud.
• Deep knowledge of AWS network concepts such as Transit Gateway, Site to Site VPN, and Direct Connect
• Ability to troubleshoot network issues using AWS vpc flow logs and cloudwatch metrics, as well as analyzing standard packet captures.
• Experience working with Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet or similar automation tools
• Able to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders

Bonus skills:

• Working knowledge of Palo Alto next-gen virtual firewalls, implementation of firewalls, as well as configuration of security policies, routing, and global protect.

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