Senior Network Specialist
Established in 2004, we are a tech pioneer offering world-class adult entertainment and games on some of the internet’s safest and most popular platforms. With the support of an international team of dynamic and collaborative innovators, we are on a mission to enable safe user experiences and empower our communities by celebrating diversity, inclusion, and expression — all while maintaining robust trust-and-safety protocols.
We embrace the best of both worlds! Local talent can thrive in our collaborative office space with the flexibility of a hybrid work environment, while remote team members play an integral role in shaping our dynamic culture from afar. We have offices in Montreal (Quebec), Austin (Texas) and Nicosia (Cyprus).
*A select number of positions require full-time in office attendance*
Working within our corporate infrastructure team, as a Senior Network Specialist you will support the design, optimization, and ongoing maintenance of the corporate backbone, campus, and datacenter infrastructure. You may participate in technical discussions to provide insights on how to leverage our WAN backbone to its full capacity. While you may participate in the day-to-day operations (10% of the workload), you will also have the opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies and explore new ideas/concepts ultimately leading to passion projects, in line with business requirements.
What you'll be doing:
- Work with ISPs, datacenter providers and hardware vendors on a regular basis
- Contribute to the team’s projects (70% of your week)
- Work with other infrastructure teams to troubleshoot issues
- Participate in WAN expansion projects
- Help manage the MPLS backbone
- Help manage the Wi-Fi infrastructure
- Participate in lifecycle upgrades
- Work with key partners to establish peering at our different internet exchange (IX) and optimize global BGP routing policies.
- Help design and build new segments in the network as required
- Design and maintain cloud networks
- Participate in an on-call rotation for after-hours support
What you'll need to be successful:
Must haves:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role
- Expert Level Knowledge of BGP
- In depth understanding of Juniper’s Junos OS (MX, EX, QFX, SRX)
- In depth knowledge of BGP (inet, inet- vpn, inet6 and EVPN families)
- Expert Level Knowledge of EVPN-MPLS and EVPN-VXLAN
- Knowledge of VPN/tunnel technologies (IPSec, GRE, etc.)
- Hands on experience with MPLS technologies and environments.
- Experienced working in a multi-tenant environment (Service Provider/Data Center Operator)
- Deep understanding of the OSI model
- Experience with 802.1x Authentication
- Experience with Linux server administration, BASH/Python scripting, file system manipulation, etc.
- Experience with radius server management and configuration
- Positive “Can do” attitude and someone who can contribute to creative solutions
- Soft Skills (collaboration, positive interaction with peer teams, being helpful etc.)
- The successful candidate will participate in an on-call rotation for afterhours support
- Evening and weekend work may be required (it’s normally scheduled in advance)
- Some travel may be required (we allow remote work so this will depend on where the successful candidate lives)
Nice to haves:
- JNCIP/JNCIE or CCNP/CCIE certifications are a plus
- Experience with Segment Routing (SR-MPLS) and Traffic Engineering (TE)
- Network Automation knowledge (Python, Ansible, YANG, BASH, etc.)
- Experience with Next-Gen firewalls
As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
In this role you may be exposed to adult content
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