Site Reliability Engineer

Summary

The Site Reliability Engineer 2 provides technical design, planning, operation, maintenance, and advanced troubleshooting of the Bread Financials' network infrastructure. This position ensures continuity and alignment of the network administration/engineering direction. This position supports Bread Financials' strategies and participates in engineering the network infrastructure as well as the development of guidelines, procedures, and standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree
• Years of Work Experience Required: 3 to 5 years
• Type / focus of work experience required: Network Engineer on Enterprise Class Network
• Experience with projects adopting Iterative/Agile/Water fall methodologies and proficiency with its practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• Years of Work Experience Preferred: 3 to 5
• Type / focus of work experience Preferred: Complex Network / Firewall Engineering level
• Ability to work with multi location/Global teams.

Documentation/Technology -

• Assist in the development of standards, policies, and procedures. Assists in the annual audit processes as needed in support of the senior associates.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to gain the greatest efficiencies.

Quality Assurance -

• Follows and contributes to all the QA processes defined and analyzes network infrastructure components for effective performance, cost effectiveness and availability.

Process and Project Management -

• Contributes to network projects related to technology pilots, conversions, implementations, etc.
• Supports medium to large projects based on project management experience and competencies.
• Sustain the necessary data throughput rate by analyzing networking activity and maintaining existing equipment.

Relationship Management -

• Provides 24x7 on-call support in troubleshooting, coordinating, escalating to ensure the recovery of failed components or equipment.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with outside vendors of IT&O products, professional organizations, contract employees, external auditors, and consultants.
• Responds to network connectivity issues and works to resolve any wireless communication issues within the confines of the office.