Network Engineer

THE COMPANY:

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

THE POSITION:

At STACK, the Network Engineer will deploy, monitor, upgrade, and support operational technology services and corporate networks. The position requires expertise in operating highly available, secure, and scalable networks. The Network Engineer works under minimal direction with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment. This is a “hands-on” position that requires strong technical skills, as well as excellent informal leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Design, implement, and maintain the organization's local and wide area networks and other networking components.
• Install, configure, and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, and other network devices.
• Monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks or issues, and proactively implement solutions to optimize network performance and ensure high availability.
• Implement and manage monitoring tools to oversee system performance, identify issues, and implement necessary measures to optimize system performance and reliability.
• Conduct regular system backups, audits, and testing to ensure business continuity.
• Provide advanced technical support and troubleshooting for escalated network and system-related issues.
• Investigate and resolve complex network problems, collaborating with cross-functional teams and vendors as needed.
• Perform root cause analysis of incidents and develop preventive measures to minimize future occurrences.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry best practices, applying them to enhance network performance.
• Maintain accurate documentation of network configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
• Prepare regular reports on network performance, security incidents, and other relevant metrics.
• On-call availability may be required to respond to emergency situations.

THE DETAILS:

• Location: Gainesville, Virginia
• Travel: Domestic travel 10% or less
• Benefits: Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Leave Programs
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening

MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in a computer science, computer information systems, management information systems, or related field preferred.
• 5-7 years’ experience as a network engineer in an enterprise or data center setting.
• 5+ years’ experience with Cisco and/or Juniper and/or Arista networking.
• 5+ years' experience with Palo Alto experience.
• Proficiency with code, and the ability to do scripting or coding in at least one popular language (Bash, python, Ruby, etc).
• Certifications in one or more disciplines are preferred: CCIP and/or JNCIP are a plus
• Data center experience a plus.

THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:

• You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.

• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.

• You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.

• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

WHY STACK?

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.

• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.

• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.

• We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law 

Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of STACK Infrastructure, Inc.