Primary Job Responsibilities (Including but not limited to):

• Ensure stable and reliable network services (e.g. access products, service networks and core network).
• Day-to-day network performance monitoring.
• Network troubleshooting and fault analysis; hardware/software troubleshooting and repair.
• Implementation of configuration changes via our change control systems and processes.
• Maintenance of network monitoring, analysis and reporting tools.
• Installation of network hardware and software.
• Ability to travel to our datacenter on an as needed basis
• Participate in the weekly 3AM ET maintenance window weekly on Tuesdays
• Alert handling and escalation (identifying and responding to alerts on FreedomPay’s systems and networks, liaising with 3rd party suppliers, handling escalation through to resolution).
• Provisioning (IP assignment, core network configuration, monitoring and graphing, leased lines).
• Support security policy enforcement by leveraging security solutions from multiple vendors such as Palo Alto and Cisco.
• Support facilities provisioning (installing racks, setting up power, installing ethernet, fiber and console cabling, remote power and KVM).
• Maintenance of technical documentation (for Platform Operations) of processes and procedures used throughout normal operations.
• Development of knowledge and skills in network and system administration, particularly regarding FreedomPay’s own architecture and platforms.
• Participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation is required.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 5-8 years’ experience working with networking protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and vendor networking operating systems i.e. NX-OS, IOS-XE, and JUNOS.
• Demonstrate strong initiative and the ability to work independently as a self-starter, while also thriving in a collaborative team environment
• Professional level certifications preferred (CCNP/JNCIP, etc.) in any track such as routing and switching, datacenter or security.

Job Location

• This position will need to be local to one of our datacenters in Ashburn, Virginia