Systems Engineer - Best Buy

Role: Systems Engineer

Client: Best Buy

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Hybrid - Local is preferred but willing to look remote

Ideally, I would be looking for someone who could come onsite for a few days, during the first couple of weeks, for onboarding to my team, since we are very technical. then, maybe once a week, unless we need them for something more. But, this isn't a requirement. If we find the ideal candidate who is remote only, I would definitely consider them.

Job Description:

Tell us about your department: Core network and automation. We maintain the data center networks, including routing, switching, load balancing, and DNS/DHCP systems. In addition, we automate common tasks in the data center network space


Project Description:

This would be a supplemental engineer to help implement, troubleshoot, and automate common network tasks.

Position Summary/Job Description: Sr network engineer:
Deploying, and maintaining high-performance and scalable network solutions for data centers, including core switches, edge routers, load balancers, and other related network equipment.
Implement network automation solutions to streamline repetitive tasks such as configuration management, provisioning, and monitoring of data center networks.
Work with automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Ansible) to develop solutions that simplify network management and increase operational efficiency.
Assist in capacity planning, evaluating network performance, and identifying areas for improvement to scale the data center network.
Stay current with emerging technologies in data center networking, including SDN, and network automation, and evaluate how they can be implemented to enhance network operations.
Leads and effectively triages complex issues across systems in many environments, primarily in the data center. Takes the lead in root cause analysis.
Active participant in planning activities and contributes to strategic planning.
Assisting staff/principal engineers


Skills Overview:
What are the top five skills and number of years of experience required to perform this job?
Cisco routing/switching 5 years experience
Routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF) 5 years experience
F5 load balancing 3 years experience
Infoblox DNS/DHCP 3 years experience
Automation (CI/CD pipelines, ansible, Terraform) 3 years experience

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