Network Architect (L5)

Requirements:

• Deliver Technical Designs: You have a proven ability to rapidly deliver architecture artifacts, including detailed high level designs, test plans, and roadmaps.
• Communicating a Shared Vision: You excel at working cross-functionally with experts in different disciplines and translating business goals into technical requirements and offerings.
• You have 5+ years of experience in several of the following technical disciplines:
  • Designing, deploying, and troubleshooting services over Wifi
  • Delivering solutions in baseband, hybrid, or IP-based Media/Content Creation Networks. (Live, Studio Production, VFX, Animation, and general Editorial preferred)
  • Designing Spine Leaf, Backbone, and multi-tiered networks to support multiple customer environments
  • Design and implementation of Data Centers supporting highly available compute and storage elements
  • Zero Trust/Cloud First network architecture design
  • Firewalls, both physical and virtual. (Experience with AWS Security Groups a plus)
  • Overlay Networks (VXLAN/MPLS preferred)
  • Designing, scaling, and troubleshooting large BGP environments
  • Evaluating Network equipment vendors
  • Working with Network Automation tools such as Ansible or Nornir to deliver at scale
  • Scripting network configurations and management tooling, preferably in Python or Java
  • Designing test cases with synthetic traffic generation (IXIA, iPerf preferred) and performing end-to-end testing of solutions as a part of architectural design projects.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Balancing bias to action with the ability to make well-informed decisions
• Understanding and solving business needs at scale with high-quality solutions
• Owning and driving cross-functional projects that enable new business areas for Netflix
• Thriving in ambiguity; complex and fuzzy requirements are more common than clearly defined customer expectations
• Passion for technology, pragmatic thinking, and the ability to dive into ambiguous areas and break down complex problems
• Taking incremental steps toward solving big problems; test-and-learn approaches work better than heads-down development
• Engaging directly with end engineering and developer users to understand their needs and improve their overall experience with the Infrastructure at Netflix
• Independent and self-driven; progress is often self-directed by teams & individuals

Perks and Benefits:

• Location is flexible within the US or The Netherlands
• Periodic travel within the United States for offsites, conferences, and technical meetings

• Annual salary compensation with the range for this role being $100,000 - $600,000
• Comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off