Network Engineer

Position – Network Engineer

Location – Bloomington, IL United States

FTE Position ( ONSITE )

Job Description : : Role Summary :

Network Engineer for DC Network Load Balancer team

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• 7-8 years of work experience in Networking domain
• Listening to internal teams’ issues or business challenges and working to find technological solutions for load balancing impacts / issues. Finding solutions to “unsolvable” problems.
• Working on complex problems that require a deep understanding of load balancing and web application firewalls.
• Supporting a hybrid environment consisting of on-prem and cloud deployments.
• Testing iterations of hardware, configurations, Virtual Editions, and software (code upgrades) in lab environments.
• Write scripts or work to resolve support issues, automate infrastructure deployment, and collect metrics.
• Provide low level technical documentation of network solutions.
• Be an expert trusted advisor for software teams, infrastructure teams and external vendors.
• Experience designing and supporting network infrastructure components.
• Extensive knowledge of F5 LTM, GTM, APM, IPI, and WAF.
• Knowledge of HAProxy open source load balancers.
• Extensive experience operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting large scale network deployments.
• In-depth knowledge of iRules, geo-blocking, CDN, and security threat vectors.
• In-depth knowledge of Splunk, TCP / IP protocols, and the ability to analyze packet captures.
• Knowledge of Maul and Grafana.
• Basic Linux operations.
• Hands-on programming experience with shell scripting, Perl, or Python.
• Ability to work autonomously, set standards, and work directly with software teams.
• Current experience in which high levels of initiative, judgment, and tact have been demonstrated.
• Collects and analyzes information to identify customer's technical needs, suggest solutions and develop implementation and integration plans (e.g., technical proposals)
• Responsible for the analysis, design, deployment, support, and security of technology to ensure the organization is efficiently managing its technology and data-related assets in accordance with market best practices and external regulations.

HCL is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and / or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to secure@hcltech.com for investigation.

Compensation and Benefits

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies : medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.