Vendor Technical Lead, Networks

Minimum qualifications PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience with a focus on routing and switching.

Network Vendor experience including product line management and routing system architecture.

Experience with networking technologies (across the OSI Organizationel) and standards development organizations such as IETF, IEEE and ITU-T Preferred qualifications Network Operator experience including designing and operating the largest IP networks on the planet.

Proficiency with Go, C++, and/or Python.

About the job Company is proud to boast a network that provides service to millions of Internet users around the world.

The Network Engineering team is responsible for operating that network reliably and at scale.

As a member of the team, you have a direct impact on design and feature enhancements to keep our systems running smoothly.

You also ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance, coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardware components and responding to network connectivity issues.

Companys complex network generates a constant stream of challenges which require you to continually be innovative with an evolving set of technologies.

Keeping the network reliable ensures that our users stay connected with our suite of applications, products and services.

The role of vendor point-of-contact TL, is a technical senior-level engineering role, that objectively manages cross-functional priorities, and is empowered to be the trusted single channel of communication across all vendors.

This vendor lead will also need to factor in business considerations and optimize for Company’s short-term and medium-term interests, regardless of their own project involvement and reporting structures.

In this role you’ll define strategies, architectures and technologies for building Company’s IP network(s) that will meet the service level objectives.

Production Networking covers a wide range of network technologies and reaches from large scale network design, routing and forwarding, optical technologies and reaches.

Youll specify network design, hardware, embedded software and control/management software requirements for routing and switching platforms, evaluate and qualify new technologies, and develop tools and processes for introducing these in the network.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running.

From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Company platforms, we make Companys product portfolio possible.

Were proud to be our engineers engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them.

We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities Be responsible to make prioritization decisions and defer project features Designate single point of contact for communicating authoritative decisions to external routing vendors Develop and communicate vendor platforms roadmap to wider organization Review software releases proposed for pilot and wide rollout Be responsible for cross-functional coordination and stakeholder input