Principal Network Engineer

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Westlake, TX
Senior level
Fintech
The Role
The Principal Network Engineer is responsible for the design and implementation of Fidelity Investments’ datacenter and co-location core network, focusing on stability, automation, and innovation. The role involves working with large scale enterprise infrastructure, engineering VXLAN overlay networks, troubleshooting network issues, and supporting various infrastructure teams. Documentation and automation skills are crucial, alongside experience with network protocols and hardware.
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Job Description:

The Network Core and Site Engineering (NCSE) team is responsible for the architecture, engineering, deployment, and support of the Fidelity network across the globe under a two squad model. Campus LAN/WAN squad supporting U.S. regional campuses and Investor centers, international campuses and WAN backbone and Data Center squad supporting Data center network fabric (overlay and underlay), Data center interconnects, co-location network infrastructure supporting connectivity to the cloud service providers.

The Principal Network Engineer on the Network Core and Site Engineering team is responsible for the design, engineering, and implementation of Fidelity Investments’ datacenter and co-location core network routing and switching with a focus on stability, automation, and innovation. Engineer and operate the VXLAN overlay and underlay network environments traversing multiple platforms, supporting Enterprise Infrastructure teams on projects including engineering and implementing new and upgrading existing network hardware, code certification as well as keeping the network secure through tactical change management. Additional duties include operational support and participation in on-call rotation.

The Expertise You Have and The Skills You Bring

  • Experienced in engineering and supporting large scale enterprise infrastructure technologies for compute infrastructure connectivity over EVPN-VXLAN overlay networks.

  • Expert knowledge configuring and supporting HPE and Cisco networking platforms.

  • Network Engineering and Troubleshooting skills:

    • Routing Protocols: BGP, OSPF, VRF, VPNs

    • Switched Protocols: PVST, RPVST, HSRP/VRRP

    • Monitoring Protocols: SNMP, Syslog, Telemetry

  • Datacenter design and support experience:

    • Overlay technologies – VXLAN

    • EVPN-BGP

  • Experience with EVPN-VXLAN configuration and troubleshooting.

  • Documentation of complex technologies and topologies using Visio.

  • Knowledge of common network services (DNS/DHCP/HTTP/SSH)

  • Infrastructure automation experience and familiarity of scripting languages (bash/python/ansible) and interacting with Rest APIs

  • Implement code upgrade/hot fixes from vendors.

  • Provide technical support and assistance troubleshooting during on-call period and for impacting issues.

  • Familiarity with network observability and monitoring systems

  • Focused Curiosity, Initiative, Logical Mindset, Inquisitive, Communication (listening, speaking, writing, presentation), Time Management, Results driven, Tactical Planning

  • Computer Science/Network Engineering Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of related experience

  • Cisco CCNA/CCNP/CCIE or other network engineer certifications preferred


Certifications:

Category:Information Technology

Fidelity’s working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks). 

Top Skills

Bash
Python
The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
58,848 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1946

What We Do

At Fidelity, our goal is to make financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We do this by focusing on a diverse set of customers: - from 23 million people investing their life savings, to 20,000 businesses managing their employee benefits to 10,000 advisors needing innovative technology to invest their clients’ money. We offer investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, and many other financial products.

Privately held for nearly 70 years, we’ve always believed by providing investors with access to the information and expertise, we can help them achieve better results. That’s been our approach- innovative yet personal, compassionate yet responsible, grounded by a tireless work ethic—it is the heart of the Fidelity way.

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