Network Security Engineer III

5 - 10 years

13 - 18 Lacs

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JOB TITLE: Network Security Engineer III
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Network Operations Network Engineer III is a key element within the Rackspace Infrastructure team and is expected to provide a high level of technical expertise to ensure the uptime and maintenance of critical networking systems. A Racker in this role takes ownership of complex network issues and ensures they are resolved and/or successfully documented and handed off to an oncoming shift.
The Racker accepts and takes ownership through to resolution of issues escalated by other Network Operations Engineers and creates training and mentoring opportunities for those engineers as appropriate. The Network Operations Network Engineer III is heavily involved in technology, tool, process, and training improvements for the team.
The Racker leverages substantial technical skills and experience provide subject matter expertise to ensure these improvements are implemented successfully. Technical issues can include troubleshooting latency, packet loss, and poor performance; responding to DDoS attacks; identifying and resolving switch and router hardware and software failures; identifying and resolving configuration inconsistencies; identifying and escalating problems with networking platforms or technologies; planning and conducting complex maintenances to ensure standardization and uptime; and managing Internet providers and connectivity.
The Network Operations Engineer will create and maintain customer loyalty by providing Fanatical Support above and beyond customer expectations.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Key Accountabilities
Provide both day-to-day operational support and project-based initiatives.
Provide exceptional customer support via the ticketing system and phone
Detect events in a timely manner using monitoring tools
Mitigates DDoS attacks to protect customer and shared infrastructure
Document planned and unplanned network events in appropriate tracking and turnover systems
Troubleshoot and resolve network events and create event documentation accordingly
Take ownership of level-appropriate customer requests and issues and engineer escalations, seeing them through to resolution
Escalate support requests to other teams and communicate with Incident Management as appropriate
Escalate to vendors and follow up as needed to ensure problem resolution
Adhere to Change Management and Maintenance policy and process
Participate and provide input to Root Cause Analysis
Take ownership of projects self-identified or assigned and ensure proper and complete documentation and resolution
Review, assist in defining, and propose new policy and process standards
Key Performance Indicators
Ticket Contribution and Phone Availability: Provide correct and helpful expertise to resolve issues, maintaining high ticket evaluations results
High level of first pass yield and success on written, quality checked, tested, and executed maintenances
Prompt and correct responses to network events
Maintain proficiency in troubleshooting, tools, and technologies
ROLE DIMENSIONS

PERSON SPECIFICATION:
The Network Operations Network Engineers need experience (but not limited to) the following technologies
Cloud/On-premises support for Cisco networking
Palo Alto firewalls
Fortinet and Native Cloud Security (AWS, Azure)

The Network Operations Network Engineer III:
Is able to handle multiple tasks and prioritize work under pressure
Is comfortable and proficient in delegating tasks to other engineers
Is detail-oriented in documenting information and able to own customer issues through resolution
Demonstrates expert problem-solving skills coupled with a habit of regularly taking on responsibility
Has a desire to expand personal technical knowledge and mentor other engineers to expand knowledge
Identifies were process can be improved and engages managers and other teams to implement those improvements
The ideal candidate possesses:
At least 5 years of recent networking experience
CCIE-level aptitude
A minimum of 12 months of experience in a customer service role
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Critical thinking skills and the ability to provide solutions with precision during high-pressure situations
Schedule flexibility to include working a weekend day regularly and holidays as required by the business

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Rackspace Technology

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San Antonio

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