about 2 months ago

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IT Network Engineer

X (formerly Twitter)

San Jose, CAPalo Alto, CAUSEuropeRemote

Are you prepared to join the X team and help build the ultimate real-time information-sharing app, revolutionizing how people connect? At X, we’re on a mission to become the trusted global digital public square, committed to protecting freedom of speech and building the future unlimited interactivity. Our goal is to empower every user to freely create and share ideas, fostering open public discourse without barriers. Join us in shaping this thrilling journey where your contribution will be invaluable to our success!

  

Job Title: IT Network Engineer

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Who We Are

𝕏s Network Engineering team handles a dynamic, constantly growing and evolving global network that provides a reliable, high-performance and secure network behind one of the few products in the world that touches over 1 billion people.

Who You Are

You are a Network Engineer who is proficient with the fundamentals, and eager to grow your skills on a global network. Youre a motivated pragmatic thinker, eager to get the job done while finding a balance between shipping and quality with a:

  • Basic understanding of BGP configuration and management

  • Basic knowledge of backbone and datacenter networks

  • Working understanding of wireless technologies

  • Working knowledge of at least one internal routing protocol, its configuration and day to day operation

  • Working knowledge of corporate networking

  • Working knowledge of TCP/IP

  • Working knowledge of remote access

  • Strong documentation and communication skill set

What You’ll Do

Deployment

  • Help to define configuration and architecture standards

  • Contribute to the qualification of new platforms

  • Provisioning of network devices in corporate offices and POPs as per documented procedures 

  • Provisioning and management of corporate circuits

Operations

  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of configuration standards and operational procedures

  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of corporate device monitoring

  • Liaise with third parties, IT and remote office users to fix and resolve issues

  • Creation and execution of scheduled changes, process & documentation

  • Participate in the on call rotation

  • Maintaining and upgrading existing systems, firmware updates and configurations 

  • Monitoring network performance and ensuring system availability and reliability 

  • Troubleshooting: Analyzing and resolving network hardware and software problems

Desired 

  • Familiarity with the following:

    • Multiple networking vendors, such as Juniper, Cisco, Aruba, Arista

    • Remote Access

    • Network security and NAC

    • Scripting and automation of network operations activities