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The Edge Network Operations team supports incident and problem management for one of the world's largest edge networks. You will be an Operations Engineering Lead, collaborating with various teams to keep a network serving billions of users operating smoothly. You will engage with multiple teams to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues in a highly distributed environment, while contributing to process improvement and automation. Your customer service skills combined with technical foundation in server hardware, networks and system administration will be invaluable as you work towards maintaining network operations. We are excited to see how your contributions will help us achieve our goals.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide expert level knowledge and experience to support triage, troubleshooting, and repair of production networks across ISP Peering and Content Delivery Network (CDN) elements.
Work across global teams in a collaborative formation to engage in complex problem solving, issue management, and root cause analysis utilizing expert analysis and network troubleshooting knowledge.
Support Tier 1-2 engineers to resolve escalations of complex issues in partnership with engineering and field service teams.
Take ownership to drive issues to resolution, working effectively across silos to communicate and advocate for issue resolution.
Complete RCAs and develop SOPs/MOPs to drive consistent issue management and resolution steps that drive operational quality.
Mentor and train junior engineering staff in technical, process, and tooling domains. Identify areas for continued growth across team and develop relevant trainings.
Identify and support development of continuous improvement initiatives including data gathering, analysis, process redesign, prioritization, development, and change introduction.
Support operations engineers as a consultant and subject matter advisor on specific network related topologies or technologies.
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 5 years of network engineering and operations experience
Minimum 5 years of outstanding customer service and communication skills written and spoken, with experience working with internal, external, and vendor stakeholders
Minimum 5 years of advanced network operations expertise in routing switching protocols, IPV4 IPV6, TCP IP, VLANs, BGP, DNS Private Public Paid peering, Netflow, Load Balancing
Minimum 5 years of advanced hardware component and system administration knowledge on CDN storage compute systems, including Linux OS, BIOS and kernel knowledge
Minimum 3 years of experience managing technical teams with a broad range of experience from apprentice to senior engineer level
Minimum 3 years of experience working with OEM vendors and hardware including Arista, Juniper, Cisco, and HPE
Minimum 3 years of experience working with field and colocation DC vendors to resolve issues
Minimum 2 years of working knowledge of ITIL and ITSM principles and tools for event, incident, problem, change, and service management. Experience managing SLAs and KPIs for a network operation
Minimum 2 years of experience and demonstrated ability to develop process maps and MOP SOP documentation
Minimum 2 years of data fluency, with ability to gather, structure, and analyze large data sets and share insights
Minimum 2 years of demonstrated ability to root cause and remediate complex network connectivity and quality issues across global networks and multiple peers
Able and willing to work onsite in Denver, CO. No remote work option is available
High School Diploma or GED
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a technical discipline
Development experience (Python preferred), specifically related to network automation and triage.
Experience with RPA and AI services for operations.
Experience working with hyperscale, distributed edge networks and global operations teams
Technical network & systems certifications (CCNP, JNCIP, ACE, CompTIA Server+, RHCE)
ITIL, Six Sigma, or other professional certifications
Experience developing and deploying network automations at scale?
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Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/flexcareers#block-section-total-rewards)
Role Location Hourly Salary Range
California $88.26 to $98.26
Colorado $88.26 to $98.26
District of Columbia $88.26 to $98.26
Illinois $88.26 to $98.26
Minnesota $88.26 to $98.26
Maryland $88.26 to $98.26
New York/New Jersey $88.26 to $98.26
Washington $88.26 to $98.26
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