Network Engineer

Company: Activision Blizzard
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

Team Name: Job Title: Network Engineer Requisition ID: R013186 Job Description:
Our World Activision Blizzard, Inc., a member of the S&P 500, is the world's most successful standalone interactive entertainment company. We delight hundreds of millions of monthly active users around the world through franchises including Activision's Call of Duty -, Destiny and Skylanders -, Blizzard's World of Warcraft -, Overwatch -, Hearthstone -, Diablo -, StarCraft -, and Heroes of the Storm -, and King's Candy Crush---, Pet Rescue---, Bubble Witch--- and Farm Heroes---. The company is one of the Fortune"100 Best Companies to Work For -". Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard has operations throughout the world, and its games are played in 196 countries. More information about Activision Blizzard and its products and services can be found on the company's website, Your Mission Activision Blizzard is looking for a talented Network Engineer to help support the corporate global enterprise network. Engineer will perform day to day operational duties and be an escalation point for other support teams when needed. This individual will also serve as a key resource on projects, working directly with project managers to implement network related technology solutions. Engineer will part of our of the Activision Blizzard King team that will be responsible in managing and supporting the Blizzard and King infra also; strong communication and interpersonal skills are required, as well as a desire for delivering great customer service. Responsibilities:

• First responder and escalation to incident and request tickets from Activision Blizzard's users and teams.
• Perform daily network system monitoring and environmental health checks
• Troubleshoot and remediate issues impacting the operation of the network infrastructure.
• Assist in design, documentation, configuration, integration, and installation network infrastructure.
• Able to implement complex projects and time-sensitive tasks under minimal supervision.
• Provide 24X7 on call support as part of an on-call rotation
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Able and willing to lift 50lbs Player Profile:
  
  • Intermediate knowledge of networking systems, protocols, software and technologies including but not limited to routers, switches, load balancers, WAN technologies.
  • Understanding of WAN/LAN/DMZ/etc., VPN's, TCP/IP, DNS, VLANs, etc. in a distributed environment.
  • Experience in LAN/WAN technologies - fiber, ethernet, WiFi , PTP, MPLS
  • Background in design, configuration and troubleshooting of routing protocols OSPF, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP; VRF and or PBF.
  • Experience with enterprise network switching and routers
  • Experience with cabling technologies - Category 5, Category 6, Single & Multi-Mode Fiber
  • Background in packet analysis (Wireshark) or similar tools
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Knowledge of computer security systems, applications, procedures and techniques.
  • Ability to generate reports in short notice using tools like Visio, Spreadsheets (or similar) and explain solutions and explain data.
  • Highly motivated and self-driven, capable of working with little instruction to resolve demanding tasks, as well as work with internal teams
  • Experience working in an enterprise datacenter environment Pluses
    
    • A degree in computer science or a related field
    • Network Certifications (CCNA/CCNP/JNCIS/JNCIP)
    • Experience with Cisco ASA, Juniper SRX and or Palo Alto Network firewalls.
    • Experience with Juniper QFX and EX switches, and Juniper MX routers
    • Experience with Cisco Catalyst/ Nexus Switches, and or ISR/ASR Routers
    • Experience with Aruba or similar wireless technologies
    • Experience with Cisco ISE/Aruba Clearpass
    • Experience with monitoring tools (Solarwinds, LibreMNS, etc)
    • Experience with Load Balancing technologies (F5, A10)
    • A passion for video games Your Platform Activision Blizzard is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivaled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world. * The video game industry and therefore our business are fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

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