Senior Network Engineer - CTJ

We are looking to hire a Senior Network Engineer to join Microsoft Federal.

The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources - including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment - Civilian, Defense, or intelligence community.

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field AND 3+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business

o OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation

o OR Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation.

o OR Master's Degree in Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in network design, development, and automation.

Other Requirements:

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Cloud Screening:

Candidates must be able to successfully complete and pass a Microsoft Cloud background screening. Required Cloud Screenings will be administered on a recurring bi-annual basis.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business.

• Technical certifications based on domain/service line (e.g., Azure, Security, Dynamics).

• Delivery Management certification (e.g., Scrum, Agile, Change Management, Project Management).

• 8+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation.

• 3+ years' experience with network authentication systems such as TACACS+ (Cisco ISE, Duo).

• Possession of Industry certifications within the network Engineering CCNP or CCIE Route & Switch and work with industrial control systems.

Technology Consulting IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,400 - $184,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $120,000 - $194,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for the following:

Network Design and Implementation

• Perform technical analysis and lead the design architecture of network plans for the enterprise, analyzing network & security requirements of the business and architects solutions that include highly available and resilient designs.

• Install, upgrade, and maintain network or security hardware and operating system and software as needed, leveraging automation with experience in network hardware from Cisco, Arista and Palo Alto.

Maintaining and Operating Networks

• Support Network Infrastructure services.

• Oversee complex infrastructure network or security projects, including design, deployment, and monitoring, and perform complex incident management and problem resolution for network and security systems.

• Applied experience with Ansible, Splunk, Solarwinds.

• Utilize experience working with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching/routing platforms, application networking and network protocols to include Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Router Redundancy (VRRP), and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).

• Handle Layer 3 technologies, including Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), BGP, OSPF, and VRRP.

• Apply technical knowledge of enterprise networking solutions for very large environments, at scale (e.g., Multiprotocol Label Switching/Border Gateway Protocol (MPLS/BGP), routing, switching, Software-Defined Networking/Network Functions Virtualization (SDN/NFV), Ethernet VPN/Virtual Extensible LAN (EVPN VXLAN)), and have knowledge of Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technologies.

• Monitor network system state using tools such as Simple Network Managemet Protocol (SNMP), Sflow/Netflow, and Telemetry, in compliance with current capacity plan guidelines, and network services budgets, including reviewing invoices from service providers for usage, errors, and inconsistencies, and making adjustments where feasible.

Supporting People

• Collaborates with Information Technology staff and business personnel in the creation and turnover of solutions for production-level operations, and act as a source for direction, training, and guidance for less experienced department staff, demonstrating leadership ability in a fast-paced environment.

• Effective communication skills and team player with ability to build solid relationships at all levels, across teams, geographies, and business functions.

• Applies judgement, decision-making skills, and the ability to work under continual deadline pressure when the situation is ambiguous.

Pre-Sales Support

• Collaborates with internal stakeholders (e.g., Solution Architect, Pursuit Lead, Consulting Account Executive) in the pre-sale process by understanding business requirements and providing industry and technical input and/or solution offerings to help shape the deal. Supports drafting proposals and/or statement of work (SOW).

• Provides input on staffing and skill requirements for delivery to Resource Deployment, Technical Delivery Managers (TDMs), and/or Project Managers.

Technical Delivery

• Follows the capacity process outlined by Resource, Insights, Capacity, and Capability (RICC) team. Maintains tools with up-to-date skills and availability.

• Leads meetings with customers/partners to understand business needs. Uses business, industry, and technology strategies to map customer/partner requirements to the adoption and optimization of Microsoft technology solutions. Engages others appropriately to understand and define customer requirements.

• Participates in project planning and develops project documents by identifying the risks and dependencies. Communicates the business value of planned solutions to customers/ partners. Identifies technical and business risks in programs and proposes mitigations. Assists project managers/architects in preparing for steering committee (e.g., developing artifacts). Manages their schedule and communicates with project leads. Generates and delivers Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

• Implements solutions and provides oversight and leadership on work-streams across domains while adhering to Industry Solutions processes. Aligns solutions with the intent of the architecture. Manages escalations, analyzes situations, and coordinates appropriate resources to resolve issues by following delivery practices, considering cost implications, and engaging in conversations with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Customer Service and Support, Project Manager, Solution Architect, Product Group) as needed.

• Pro-actively manages executive-level customer/partner/stakeholder relationships to identify and contribute to the drivers of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, determine the root cause, and establish recovery actions to improve the experience. Works with account team to ensure One Microsoft approach. Shares lessons learned with workgroup and consultant community.

Intellectual Property Management

• Acts as an ambassador in the consumption of intellectual property (IP) by leveraging and/or modifying existing IP or creating repeatable content where applicable. Provides feedback on Managed IP for continuous improvement, reports IP gaps, reviews IP to be considered for harvesting and curation and ensures it is logged for consumption. Improves Industry Solutions offerings quality and collaborates with portfolio and solution teams by providing feedback.

Business Development

• Identifies opportunities to expand or accelerate the adoption and consumption of cloud and Microsoft technologies. Facilitates, as appropriate, other team members to scale the business with existing customers by articulating value propositions of strategic Microsoft products and services and developing new offerings for the domain. Drives innovation and digital transformation. Ensures the use of the existing intellectual property (IP).

Readiness

• Learns new technologies or services based on business demands and industry trends. Obtains relevant accreditations and certification(s) as advised by domain leadership team. Identifies certifications and readiness plans in partnership with World Wide Learning. Leads or participates in relevant technical communities and conducts training sessions to evangelize technology and/or offerings based on availability. Mentors team members and acts as a technical advisor for stakeholders by providing thought leadership, articulation of solutions value, and outcomes of business strategies.

Operational Excellence

• Completes operational tasks and readiness and ensures timeliness and accuracy. Follows Microsoft policies, compliance, and procedures (e.g., Enterprise Services Authorization Policy, Standards of Business Conduct, labor logging, expenses, travel guidelines). Leads by example and guides team members on operational tasks, readiness, and compliance.

Other

• Embody our culture and values.