Senior Network Engineer
Secaucus, NJ
Senior · Full time
$140-160K
Posted a year ago
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The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace.  To safeguard our employees and their families, our visitors, and the broader community from COVID-19, and in consideration of recommendations from health authorities and the NBA’s own advisors, any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA will discuss accommodations for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.

 

      Position Summary
The NBA is seeking a passionate, enthusiastic, and experienced Senior Network Engineer with a background in cloud and traditional networking. This position will be part of a multifunctional team that supports, secures, and maintains the global NBA Network. This corporate and broadcast network spans through offices in over 15 countries, the top cloud vendors, as well as NBA, WNBA, and G-League Arenas. The NBA network is responsible for carrying critical content and applications that reach fans and partners in almost every country.

 

Primary Responsibilities

  • Responsible for configuring, installing, and securing critical network solutions.
  • Analyze, design, install, and support complex network solutions in cloud, on premise, and hybrid environments.
  • Responsible for continuous network monitoring and response
  • Be part of a team that manages, monitors, improves, and supports hardware for a global network environment to include routers, switches, firewalls, voice services, wireless controllers
  • Engage in conversations and provide technical and functional expertise with internal and external customers
  • Continually improve the network by innovating and upgrading
  • Drive network automation and focus on continued service improvement
  • Support and work closely with our broadcast engineers to deliver live games and digital content
  • Performs problem isolation and resolution of network problems
  • Support live events throughout the year which will include domestic and global travel
  • On-Call rotation to support our games as well as the 24/7 operations

 

Required Skills/Knowledge:

  • Deep knowledge and understanding of all things networking (TCP/IP, Multicast, Layer 2/3 protocols, Wi-Fi, MPLS, VPN, 802.1x)
  • Working experience in configuring and supporting a cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS)
  • Proficient level and hands on experience with Cisco Routing and Switching Product family (NX-OS & IOS)
  • Operational and hands on experience with Network Security Devices (Fortinet, Palo, ASA, Firepower, Cisco ISE)
  • Strong troubleshooting techniques to quickly diagnose and resolve complex issues
  • Must be comfortable in a multi-vendor environment.
  • Proficient with network monitoring and troubleshooting tools
  • Experience with using and interpreting Wireshark captures
  • Experience with network automation tools (Ansible, Python) is a plus
  • Familiar with project management tools (ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps)
  • Ability to work well in a team while still being self-sufficient
  • Ability to accurately handle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
  • Ability to travel up to 15% to handle live events

 

Experience Needed:

  • 5+ years as a Network Engineer
  • Prior experience in a direct to consumer or broadcast environment a plus.

 

Educational Background Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Services, or a related technical discipline.
  • Experience in lieu of a degree.

 

Salary Range: $140,000 - $160,000 

 

The NBA does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other third parties. Any unsolicited resume sent to the NBA will be considered NBA property, and the NBA will not pay a fee should it hire the subject of any unsolicited resume.

 

The NBA considers applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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NBA is a sports company that specializes in basketball,entertainment, live events & Programming.
Size:  1001-5000 employees
Year Founded:  1946
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