Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer- Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina

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About the job

The CIS IaaS Network Engineering team is looking for a Senior Network Engineer to support SAS’ internal and customer hosting network environments. The team is responsible for all aspects of SAS’ network architecture at our Cary, NC HQ campus and datacenters, regional offices, co-locations and public cloud.

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will:

• Design and build new network architectures on premise and in public clouds.
• Automate deployment and support of network components.
• Work with all network technology including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless, load balancers, Azure/AWS/GCP
• Mentor and train engineers on the network delivery and operations teams.
• Document network environments for network engineers, other IT staff and business consumers.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering/architecture.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or related fields.
• Expert level knowledge of several network technologies: routing, switching, firewalls, load balancers, wireless, SSL and IPSEC VPN
• Experience with Arista based BGP EVPN spine/leaf architectures.
• Experience with networking in hybrid and public cloud environments, including cloud-native equivalents for routers, firewalls and load-balancers
• Experience with automation using Terraform, Ansible and/or Python to deploy and manage on-premises and cloud networks
• Experience with github or gitlab CI/CD pipelines
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

 Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Palo Alto NGFW, Global Protect and Prisma Access.
• Experience deploying and supporting DNS/DHCP services in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with ServiceNow catalog item and workflow development

World-class benefits   

Highlights include... 

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans. 
• Medical plan options include:
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays. 
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center). 
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge! 
• An industry-leading 401k plan. 
• Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1. 
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days. 
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

You are welcome here.

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers.

Additional Information 

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights.

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