Network Engineer - Commercial Energy Storage

Job Description

This role will support sites in both Japan and Australia, with Japan being the primary focus; the candidate MUST be fluent in verbal and written Japanese. The role is open to candidates based in both Japan and Australia, working at Tesla offices in Tokyo, Melbourne or Sydney. 

The global energy market is currently undergoing a once in a generation transformation. Tesla Energy is at the forefront of this transition, deploying massive BESS systems across the APAC region, helping to stabilise electrical grids and reduce carbon emissions. 

 The Tesla Energy Network Engineering Team is key to ensuring these critical assets are online and operating day and night without fail. 

Tesla are seeking a motivated network engineer to be part of the multi-functional OT team in APAC. The ideal candidate will specialise in network engineering, with experience in network automation. OT experience and server experience, are preferred, but not required. 

This role will provide networking and server implementation, management, and automation, and will contribute to a global network architecture, ensuring we meet internal and external customer requirements and industry regulations. 

If you have a bias for action, don’t shy away from difficult problems, and want to gain experience in a high-performing team that delivers, please consider applying. 

Job Responsibilities

• Deploy networks for new industrial energy sites, for both Japanese and Australian regions 
• Maintain current network solutions within industrial energy sites 
• Work closely with other Network and Server Engineers on designs and initiatives 
• Function as a Tier 2-3 escalation point 
• Gather requirements, analyse, and propose solution to networking needs 
• Provision, implement, test/validate, and maintain networking services per existing designs 
• Conduct product POC evaluation 
• Monitor, analyse, and report metrics of network services 
• Document processes and information in a knowledgebase and operational run-books 
• Implement automation to speed up processes 
• Participate in on-call rotation 
• 15% travel required as necessary if within Japan, up to 50% travel required if not 
• Must be able to work occasional weekends, after hours, and holidays 
• Must be able to lift 55lbs/25kg
  

Job Requirements

Note: We’re not expecting you to have all of these, but the more the better. 

• 1+ year experience in production industrial or manufacturing networking infrastructure, preferably in the energy industry. 
• Operational experience in IP networking, L2/L3 network protocols (spanning-tree, OSPF, BGP, industrial ring protocols), TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, end to end QOS/COS (focused on industrial real-time protocols), VLAN, VRRP, LACP, SDWAN, EVPN with VXLAN, ACL, application flow, NAC, and infrastructure cabling. 
• Operational experience with multi-vendor industrial switching technologies including Cisco IE (IOS and IOS XE/IOx), Hirschmann, Siemens, Beckhoff, Moxa, N-Tron, Redlion and similar industrial switches. 
• Working experience with other common non-industrial switching platforms such as Juniper, Arista, etc. 
• Working experience with industrial protocols such as CIP Ethernet/IP, PROFINET, BACnet, EtherCAT, MODBUS and similar protocols. 
• Experience with Cisco Zone-Based Firewall, Juniper SRX, Palo Alto Networks, or Fortinet firewall services, including Application inspection, IPSEC VPN, URL filtering, and IDS/IPS. 
• Experience with various tools such as Protocol Analysers, SNMP, Netflow, IPAM, RADIUS, Splunk, network taps, SPAN ICS scanners (CyberVision, Claroty, Tenable, etc.), and load/stress testing.  
• Experience with developing scripts to automate infrastructure deployment and collect metrics (Ansible, Python, PowerShell, Shell Scripting, etc). 
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and other common tools. 
• CCNP, CCNA, or Industrial (e.g. ISA/IEC) certifications. 
• Linux, Microsoft Server, VMware vSphere experience. 
• A strong focus on documentation. 
• A drive to deliver projects, even when faced with difficult obstacles. 
• Strong communication skills with internal and external stakeholders. 
• Light software development experience preferred.