Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer United States, Georgia, AtlantaInformation Technology16-Jul-2024Ref #: 25501How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)Delta's IT department is undergoing a transformation to change the way we do business from top to bottom. We strive to build innovative solutions that deliver impact to our customers. As we grow, we seek new team members eager to collaborate and advance our mission of becoming a best-in class IT organization at the world's premier airline! The primary role for the Senior Network Engineer is planning, designing and delivering network solutions around Cisco's Data Center technologies and integrating them into Delta's overall data center architecture and design. Additional responsibilities include:

This position is responsible for designing, testing, implementing, and supporting network infrastructure.

This position provides consultation and direct technical support in life cycle planning, problem management, integration, and network configuration.

The Engineer is also responsible for project planning and designing network infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements. This includes documenting current and future requirements, planning analysis, project design, cost, and level of effort estimation for project implementation.

Additionally, this position successfully develops and leverages vendor relationships to deliver network products and services.

Ensures network performance and reliability meet enterprise objectives for timely service restoration and tuning.

Works with the Enterprise Architecture Team to develop and define network architecture which incorporates standards, practices, processes, and products for the enterprise.

Travel may be required approximately 10% of the time.

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep ClimbingOur culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives

401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%

Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave

Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits

Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages

Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health

Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members

Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals

World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint

Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies

Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together

Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

The ideal candidate will have 4 + years of experience working in an Enterprise Data Center environment or equivalent college education.

Candidate must be self-motivated, team oriented and must possess strong interpersonal and presentation skills.

5-7 years’ experience in a senior network engineer/architect role within a data center environment

Familiarity or experience with Cisco ACI architecture and products

Advanced knowledge in Data Center architecture

Familiarity with SDN & SDDC technologies and their applications

Understanding of distributed virtual switches

Experience or good understanding of any of the following cloud management systems: OpenStack, CloudStack, vCloud Automation Center (vCAC), vCloud Director (vCD)

Experience with L4-7 services integration in a data center environment (Palo Alto and F5 are a strong plus)

Experience with Cisco Nexus platforms, VMWare, and server virtualization

Experience with Nexus 9K and VXLAN

Understand datacenter networking fabric topologies and common architectures deployed, both Layer 2 and Layer 3 based

Familiarity or experience with VMWare solutions including NSX

Familiarity or experience with architecting and operating micro-segmented environments

Strong Routing & Switching skills

Familiarity or experience with network automation or programming with Python

Experience with Linux

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrated leadership of large complex projects

College degree in a related field preferred

Cisco & VMWare certifications are a plus

Experience in the transportation industry is a plus

Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data.

Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.

Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.

Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)Airline industry experience is a plus. Delta Air Lines, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you are a qualified individual, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings through this site, apply for jobs through Delta’s online system, or at any point in the selection process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please click here