Senior Network Engineer

Seattle, WA, United States

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe a run can change a day, a life, the world. Everyone who works here is a key part of our obsession to make the best running gear on the planet. We want our business — which also happens to be our passion — to be a place where everyone feels welcome and comfortable being themselves. Our company culture defines us, bonds us together, and drives our success. We live this culture daily through our brand values: Runner First, Word is Bond, Champion Heart, There is no “I” in Run, and Keep Moving. This means we always solve for the runner, do what we say we will, give it our all, are generous with our humanity, and find a way to keep moving every day, because joy is kinetic.

Are you ready to help create something extraordinary?

Your Job:

The Brooks Sports IT Cloud Services and Infrastructure (CSI) team’s mission is to architect, implement, and support IT infrastructure that empowers our customers to build high quality, business critical workloads in a secure, scalable, highly available, and cost effective, hybrid cloud environment. We’re a team of skilled engineers with a vested interest in the quality and reliability of the systems and services that deliver a consistent and reliable experience to our customers.   The Brooks Cloud Services and Infrastructure team is seeking a talented and tenured network professional capable of not only managing and implementing network technology, but also dedicated to delivering best-in-class, customer focused, global communication services. Knowing technology is not enough. Delivering technology to meet-or-beat client expectations is the goal of the Cloud Services and Infrastructure team!   As a Senior Network Engineer on the Brooks CSI team, you will accept the DevOps culture and principals in network engineering and operations. You will promote network automation including “network as code” concepts, along with continuous development, integration, and deployment of new and existing networking technologies. Hands on experience with automation tools and programming languages is a must. The Senior Network Engineer role is primarily a Tier 3 role and will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automated, highly available LAN, WAN, and cloud-based network solutions. The successful candidate has excellent troubleshooting skills and takes an active interest in understanding how the network is utilized by our customers and applications and is constantly looking for opportunities for improvement.  You Responsibilities: Design, plan, configure and implement site and global networking gateways, routers, switches, firewalls and/or work with external vendors and partners

Troubleshoot & resolve network and communication related issues and events

Use automation to monitor, configure, and deploy network infrastructure

Create and maintain documentation and network related processes/procedures, migration plans, and implementation requirements

Collaborate and align with Information Security to maintain a secure network topology using network segmentation, IDS/IPS, and other intrusion detection methods and tools to protect company servers and workstations from cyberthreats

Apply and follow processes, best practices, and technology and compliance standards to the support, development, and management of network devices, systems, and services

Maintain, manage, and monitor network systems, devices, and services, and ensure the integrity and security of network systems, devices, and services

Manage solutions with internal employees, staff and external vendors and partners

Integrate new networking technologies with existing services and systems

Keep up to date on industry best practices and solutions and make recommendations on any changes to Brooks infrastructure

Maintain knowledge of networks related exploits, technology trends and other role relevant fields

Partner with vendors to sustain and improve network service operations and availability

Lead training and information sharing sesisons for Brooks engineering teams

Actively participate in Brooks innovation programs and initiatives

Your Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in computer science and/or equivalent combination of education and experience

5+ years managing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise class network systems, devices, and solutions at an engineer level

5+ years managing and maintaining enterprise class software defined wide area network (SD WAN)

3+ years experience with Juniper EX and SRX series required

3+ years experience with Mist wireless access point configuration required

Extensive experience with SD WAN products from vendors such as VMWare Velocloud, Juniper SSR, Silver Peak, or Fortinet

Recent experience with Juniper Wired Assurance network management platform required. Experience with Juiper JunOS preferred

Experience working in mixed operating system environments, such as Windows Server, Windows desktop, and Linux

Experience with network automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform

Expert level knowledge of network hardware, network device integrated operating systems, network design fundamentals, networking best practices, and network protocols and routing

Expert troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Ability to analyze real-time network traffic to assist with incident management/resolution

Demonstration of innovation and initiative – always looking to improve network systems and services and assist wherever necessary

Possess the ability to work effectively within project teams, as well as possess self-motivation to provide excellent individual contribution

Possess the ability to physically rack mount up to 2U devices without additional assistance

Some domestic and international travel may be required

On-call duties 8-5pm PT, with some Friday night and weekend maintenance window work required.

Technologies We Use: AWS and Azure Cloud Networking (VPC, VNet, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, Peering, Transit Gateway, etc.)

SDN technologies (SD-WAN, VeloCloud, Palo Alto VPN, DIA, BGP, etc.)

LAN Hardware and Services (Juniper, Mist, Wired Assurance, VLAN access and trunking, LAG, static routing, OSPF, ACLs, WLANs, etc.)

Infrastructure as Code and Automation (Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, python, bash)

IT Infrastructure (Dell, VMWare, EC2, Azure VMs, Docker, Lambda, Fargate/ECS)

Network Monitoring and Management (SNMP, Logic Monitor, Syslog, Netflow)

Intrusion Detection/Prevention (Juniper, Prisma Access)

Network Policy and Security Services

DNS/DHCP

Compensation: Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $89,626 per year up to $134,438 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Other: Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!   Benefits- including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.   Paid Time Off- Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.  Bonus- in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.    Perks- including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.