Job Description:

• Install, configure, and test network hardware and software, including routers, switches, firewalls and other network devices. Install, configure, and test network hardware and software, including routers, switches, firewalls and other network devices. 
• Diagnose and resolve complex network problems, often involving performance issues, connectivity disruptions, or security vulnerabilities.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of network configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps, as well as providing training to other team members. 
• Monitor network performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing optimizations to improve efficiency and reliability. Work closely with other IT teams, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure seamless network deployments and ongoing network. 
• Lead UNFI network architecture and design efforts to meet the platform and product team requirements while aligning to UNFI Infrastructure and security standards. 
• Research new network solutions, execute POC’s and feasibility studies to validate next-gen product concepts and technologies leveraging results to guide business and technology decisions. 
• Lead complex network architecture requirements analysis to convert platform, security, and business requirements into technical solutions. 
• Apply knowledge base technical expertise in decision making and in the resolution of problems which are highly complex and technical in nature. 
• Act as a technical subject matter expert in the resolution of outages or high priority incidents. 
• Define, create and update UNFI network & security standards and ensure that the network is deployed to these standards. 
• Automate the deployment, configuration and maintenance of network configuration and virtual platforms. Develop infrastructure as code to meet the needs of our platforms and products. 
• Serve as Network SME for the team and help grow others knowledge in that space. Create and maintain functional / technical design specifications and solutions to satisfy project requirements. Create simple, repetitive deployment processes that increase both velocity and quality.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science or closely related field plus at least 3 years of experience in job offered or any developer/engineer/networks related job titles. 
• Will accept a single degree or any combination of degrees, diplomas, or professional credentials determined by a qualified credential service to be equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in computer science or closely related field. 
• Applicants must possess at least 3 years of experience in the following: 

(1) internet routing protocols and concepts including IPv4 and/or IPv6 protocols; (2) Cisco network operating systems, Cisco IOS and NXOS; (3) recommending, designing, implementing, and maintaining Cisco network and Cisco security solutions; (4) designing and deploying network security technologies; (5) core network services including DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and NTP; (6) designing and implementing encryption protocols including DMVPN, IPSec, TLS; and (7) architecting and designing for Security Constraints, Resiliency, FaultTolerance, and Scalability in context of hybrid network architectures.

- 100% telework required. 0-10% domestic travel required

- Compensation for role: $161,703/year