What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Network Engineer position at Slide?
Slide Insurance - Fun. Innovation Driven. Fueled by Passion, Purpose and Technology.
At Slide, you will not only be part of a successful team, but you will also be a part of our Slide Vibe/award winning culture where collaboration and innovation are expected, recognized and awarded!
What You Will Be Doing
Education, Experience, and Licensing:
The Slide Vibe - An opportunity to be a part of a fun and innovation-driven culture fueled by Passion, Purpose and Technology! Slide offers many opportunities to collaborate and innovate across the company and departments, as well as get to know other Sliders. From coffee chats, to clubs, to social events - we plan it, so all Sliders feel included and Enjoy their Journey.
Benefits - Created using Slider feedback, Slide offers a comprehensive and affordable benefits package to cover all aspects of health...Physical, Emotional, Financial, Social and Professional. A Lifestyle Spending Account is set up for each Slider and Slide contributes to it monthly for use on any benefit that individually suits you - Health Your Way!
2023 & 2024 BEST PLACE TO WORK - Tampa Bay Business Journal
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At Slide, you will not only be part of a successful team, but you will also be a part of our Slide Vibe/award winning culture where collaboration and innovation are expected, recognized and awarded!
What You Will Be Doing
- Plan, build, and operate our next-generation network infrastructure to drive our business, leveraging both on-prem and cloud technologies.
- Own the network platform roadmap and work with the rest of our systems and software teams on projects and improvements.
- Optimize our environment's performance, latency, and resilience, propose, and implement new automation and monitoring tools and methods, and manage capacity planning.
- Identify problems before they happen – own incident response and escalations.
- Mentor, coach, and collaborate with the infrastructure team and the broader Technology department.
- Fortify our network security by testing, configuring, and deploying new technologies and tools.
- Interface with leading vendors to understand upcoming and innovative solutions.
- Stay up to date on emerging trends and technologies and understand if and when they are ready to implement and complement our existing network.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education, Experience, and Licensing:
- Bachelor’s in computer science or engineering, Information Technology, or High School diploma and relevant work experience.
- 5 years’ experience in networking, including LAN, WAN and Cloud (Azure Preferred) required.
- 7 years’ Information Technology experience required.
- Deep understanding of network security, network fundamentals, and routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, multicast, etc.) required.
- Experience designing LAN, WAN, campus, and cloud networks required.
- Senior-level proficiency in next generation firewalls (Palo Alto, Cisco, Fortinet, etc) required.
- Experience in Layer 1 networks and DWDM, automation frameworks, and cloud technologies
- Proficiency in cloud networking, Azure specifically
- Experience supporting career & knowledge development for engineers early in their career.
- Ability to support project team to prioritize activities and provide deliverables as planned.
- Proficient in MSO/365 applications such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Ability to work independently while effectively communicating with multiple teams.
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to plan and prioritize effectively.
- Desire to live Slide’s Core Values.
The Slide Vibe - An opportunity to be a part of a fun and innovation-driven culture fueled by Passion, Purpose and Technology! Slide offers many opportunities to collaborate and innovate across the company and departments, as well as get to know other Sliders. From coffee chats, to clubs, to social events - we plan it, so all Sliders feel included and Enjoy their Journey.
Benefits - Created using Slider feedback, Slide offers a comprehensive and affordable benefits package to cover all aspects of health...Physical, Emotional, Financial, Social and Professional. A Lifestyle Spending Account is set up for each Slider and Slide contributes to it monthly for use on any benefit that individually suits you - Health Your Way!
2023 & 2024 BEST PLACE TO WORK - Tampa Bay Business Journal
2024 TOP WORKPLACE - Tampa Bay Times & USA Today
