Snr Network Engineer

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We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Corporate Overview
Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations' greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That's why we're a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.
Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.

The Role

The Sr. Network Engineer is responsible for technical management, design, support, and administration of the Global corporate network sites LAN/WAN.

Responsibilities include and are not limited to:

1. Network Design & Support: Design and maintain the LAN/WAN infrastructure, which includes Juniper, Cisco, Cisco Meraki, and Extreme Networks Cloud Products. Manage enterprise Silver Peak SD-WAN for better network optimization. Oversee the administration and technical management of Palo Alto Firewalls and Global Protect VPN Gateways.
2. Equipment Installation & Configuration: Install, configure, and maintain a range of networking equipment: Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Extreme Networks Cloud, and Juniper routers and switches; Palo Alto Firewalls; Meraki, Juniper MIST, and Extreme Wi-Fi Network systems.
3. System Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Ensure smooth operation and handle troubleshooting for any network-related issues. Provide necessary support and address issues promptly, maintaining optimal network performance.
4. On-Call Rotation: Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours and weekend support for network issues, ensuring network uptime and addressing emergencies outside of regular working hours.
5. Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest network technologies and trends.

Qualifications and Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Must have at least one of the following Cisco and Juniper certifications: CCNP, JNCIP-NET, JNCIP-SEC, JNCIE-SEC, and Palo Alto Networks: PCNSE.
- Hands-on experience with Cisco and Juniper L2/L3 routing and switching.
- Hands-on experience with Palo Alto Firewalls, Silver Peak SD-WAN, Meraki MS and MR cloud products, Juniper SRX Firewalls, Juniper QFX product families.
- Hands-on in Routing and Switching technologies and protocols: BGP, OSPF, VTP, SPANNING-TREE, VX-LAN, Private VLAN, HSRP, VRRP, MPLS, QoS, GRE, STP, IP SEC, etc.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco's router platforms IRS4450, and MX1400 series.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco's Switch Platforms Catalyst 2960, 3850, 4500, 9200, 9300s, 9400s, 9500s, NX3K, NX9K, Juniper QFX5500, and Extreme Networks series.
- Good communication skills are essential. Must be able to give and receive correct information, explain difficult information in non-technical language, and maintain a customer service attitude to all levels of users.
- Able to work independently and creatively problem-solve complex technical problems.
- Able to provide leadership, guidance, and training to other team members as deemed necessary.
- Able to provide accurate estimates of time frames and cost estimates necessary to complete potential projects and develop milestones and project implementation plans.
- Ability to work independently and handle urgent situations on-call.

Why Proofpoint
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We're a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly 'culture-add', and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint #LifeAtProofpoint

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us

Proofpoint Best Places to Work Awards

Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.

Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

Disrupting the Status Quo

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers' sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Making a Difference

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

Our Commitment

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

About Us

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today's advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

- Build and enhance our proven security platform
- Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
- Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
- Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That's why we're a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

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