What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Engineer - CONTRACT position at Rakuten Group, Inc.?
Job Description :
Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.
SUMMARY :
The Network Engineer is part of the Cloud Platform Department which provides mission critical large-scale infrastructure services for various Rakuten businesses across the globe. The department manages the production infrastructure and network connectivity both within and between data centers and public clouds via the global backbone. The Network Engineer supports cloud infrastructure operations, implementations, and service-oriented infrastructure strategies. The responsibilities include contributing to a wide range of projects from automation, data center build outs, network upgrades, monitoring / telemetry, and cloud platform infrastructure services.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Build and operate Rakuten cloud infrastructure systems, networks, platforms (e.g., release, upgrades / update / patch, version control)
- Support cloud infrastructure automation (Networking and Linux)
- Perform tasks using infrastructure automation CI / CD, Jenkins, Git workflow
- Build out and refresh of cloud infrastructure for data centers and public clouds with emphasis on next generation cloud networking and connectivity services
- Manage initiatives and projects mentioned with support from leads and senior staff
- Support operations and review incidents leveraging vendors and partners
- Tier 2 operation support; leverage industry knowledge, various analysis, and performance tools, participate in a 24x7 globally distributed on-call
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS :
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS :
Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.
Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professiona l - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team
Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
