Senior Network Operations Engineer

Do you have a passion for network engineering technologies?Are you looking for the freedom to innovate and help shape the next generation of the network?Join our Network Operations Engineering team!

Our group is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and enabling networking systems deployed on Akamai's security scrubbing network.

Partner with the best

As a Network Operations Engineer Senior you will join a 24x7 shift-based team. This includes resolving immediate customer impacting issues and lower severity issues. You'll collaborate with cross functional teams to operationalize new security and traffic delivery products. You will also work with team members to improve network operation efficiency.

As a Network Operations Engineer Senior, you will be responsible for:

• Providing subject matter expert advice during technical incidents

• Troubleshooting layer 2 and layer 3 connectivity performance issues

• Providing technical and product support for customer's experiencing issues

• Developing alerts and dashboards that enable monitoring of network issues

• Developing and maintaining tools, documentation, and procedures to support the operation of a large scale network infrastructure

• Installing, configuring and maintaining routers and switches

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Be able to work night shifts - 5 days per week for 8 hours (6:30PM - 2:30 AM CET)

• Have experience in SQL and developing queries to extract data from multiple tables

• Have excellent communication and customer service skills

• Have IP network design, ethernet technologies

• Have experience with Linux/Unix and related tools

• Have experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco and Juniper routers and switches

• Have experience with Internet routing protocols and service provider networks (ie. BGP/ISIS/OSPF/MPLS)

• Have experience managing and troubleshooting IP computer networks

Build your career at Akamai

Our ability to shape digital life today relies on developing exceptional people like you. The kind that can turn impossible into possible. We’re doing everything we can to make Akamai a great place to work. A place where you can learn, grow and have a meaningful impact.

With our company moving so fast, it’s important that you’re able to build new skills, explore new roles, and try out different opportunities. There are so many different ways to build your career at Akamai, and we want to support you as much as possible. We have all kinds of development opportunities available, from programs such as GROW and Mentoring, to internal events like the APEX Expo and tools such as Linkedin Learning, all to help you expand your knowledge and experience here.

Learn more

Not sure if this job is the right match for you or want to learn more about the job before you apply? Schedule a 15-minute exploratory call with the Recruiter and they would be happy to share more details.