Data Center Network Engineer
PayPal Inc.

Job Info

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At PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), we believe that every person has the right to participate fully in the global economy. Our mission is to democratize financial services to ensure that everyone, regardless of background or economic standing, has access to affordable, convenient, and secure products and services to take control of their financial lives.

Job Description Summary:
We are looking for a Data Center Network Engineer for our corporate wireless team.

Job Description:

Meet our Team:

The Data Center Network and Operations team manages the network interconnectivity across PayPal's global data center and POP locations. The footprint encompasses a 5,300+ device leaf/spine architecture supporting multiple vendors and product lines. This team manages the new deployment of network assets (physical or virtual) into the current infrastructure and then provides an integrated handover to our Global Network Operations team for ongoing monitoring and visibility of the network. This is a great opportunity to get exposure to enterprise interconnectivity around the world.

Your Way to Impact:

You will be responsible for tasks and workflows around designing, supporting, managing, and configuring the data center network. This position requires technical know-how and practical hands-on experience in and around enterprise network design and support. This position will also require the support and understanding of load balancing, firewalls, and networking within Public Cloud environments; thus, a broad range of networking skills are required.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve software, hardware, system, and network issues
• Design and validate the performance, quality, and reliability of the network
• Design and implement leaf/spine deployment models
• Optimize network performance - address network problems and breakdowns, and partner withnetworking vendors to optimize the network
• Collaborate to ensure topology designs are understood and global configuration models are adhered to
• Work with security to evaluate threats, troubleshoot issues, and comply with appropriate security configuration standards
• Design and deploy changes to the configurations of network devices as per the applicable change management process.
• Communicate with and support remote hands employees while troubleshooting or testing physical devices and their connectivity
• Support the L1 Global Network Operations team and handle any L2+ escalations requiring deep dive analysis
• Work with vendors on software upgrade paths and complete the upgrades across the global network
• Interface with, and utilize, monitoring, reporting, and life cycle management platforms to create and modify reports on a daily/weekly/monthly basis
• Create, design, and document new implementation solutions
• Continually prove and improve disaster recovery plans and processes
• Be part of an on-call rotation, monitor overall network performance, and implement changes when needed

What You Need to Bring:

• A successful candidate will have at least 4 years of experience working with networking technologies
• Cisco or Juniper certifications preferred (Associate level or higher)
• Multi-vendor network experience is required (Arista, Cisco, Juniper preferred)
• Exposure and understanding of white box networking
• AWS, Azure, or GCP network-related certifications preferred
• Working knowledge of enterprise-level routing and switching
• Demonstrate network engineering proficiencies regarding VxLAN design and network analytics
• Ability to troubleshoot servers running Linux operating systems
• A BS/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field is preferred but not required

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Additional Job Description:

Subsidiary:
PayPal

Travel Percent:
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Our Benefits:
At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset-you. That's why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

Who We Are:
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PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.

As part of PayPal's commitment to employees' health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.

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