Senior Network Automation Engineer

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
The Role
We're looking for a senior network engineer who shares our values and passion in network architecture and infrastructure. As a network engineer you will help build and deploy network tools to configure, monitor, maintain and visualize our global network connecting multiple data centers, offices and clouds. As a team, we value correctness, efficiency, and safety. We measure and monitor everything, and have a culture of continuous reflection and improvement. We aim to eliminate friction in our environment and believe that no project should be delayed due to lack of reliable infrastructure. We believe that a well designed production environment can be beautiful.
Work from anywhere: This role can be performed from any location in North America.
You Will

• Architect, design and implementation of multi-vendor production networks spanning multiple data centers and locations including public cloud
• Configure and administer routers and switches in a multi-vendor environment
• Participate and drive network automation efforts
• Write and maintain software to solve complex network management and monitoring tasks, including:

• deploying and auditing configuration of network devices
• monitoring network health, including metrics collection, visualization, and alerting
• tracking network utilization over time to assist capacity planning models

• Collaborate with other teams to design and implement tools that help automate end-to-end processes that involve the network infrastructure
• Integrate existing open source software tools and participate in those open source projects in order to contribute any new features or bug fixes
• Troubleshoot network failures and performance issues
• Provide leadership and mentor other network engineers on the team
• Participate in an on-call rotation

You Have

• 6+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating large scale datacenter and cloud networks
• 3+ years of software engineering or devops experience
• Knowledge of networking concepts (switches, routers, protocols such as TCP/IP, etc.)
• Knowledge of routing protocols and concepts (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, etc)
• Experience developing in at least one of Python or Go
• Experience with Cloud (AWS/GCP) networking
• Experience operating DNS
• Comfortable using the Linux/Unix command line and command line tools
• Experience with developing software for highly scalable/distributed systems
• Experience with large-scale installations of Linux/Unix
• Experience with Terraform and Ansible
• Understanding of Serverless technologies and Kubernetes

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Python, Go
• JunOS, F5 BIG-IP, Arista EOS
• Linux (CentOS)
• SNMP, NetFlow, Prometheus
• Terraform

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.
We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page .
While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
To find a location's zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Zone A:
$217,800 - $326,800 USD
Zone B:
$207,000 - $310,400 USD
Zone C:
$196,100 - $294,100 USD
Zone D:
$185,200 - $277,800 USD
Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.
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