Sr. Network Engineer

Job Description

Sinclair Broadcast Group is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer to join our corporate IT team in Hunt Valley, MD. This position does have the ability to be hybrid and/ or remote.

What you'll be doing:
• Implement and manage a diverse network infrastructure
• Develop network automation and day-2 operation practices
• Provide technical planning and documentation for deployments
• Work with a team of engineers tasked with daily WAN / LAN operations
• Manage station WAN connectivity; MPLS (AVPN) and Internet (AVPN iLi)
• In depth knowledge of BGP OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols
• Provide networking support for Cloud Connectivity to AWS and Azure
• Manage Firewalls connectivity; NAT, site-to-site VPN connections
• Work with Systems Administrators to determine network infrastructure requirements, including iSCSI storage networking, broadcast operation software requirements, and other critical business needs
• Work with Aruba & Meraki WiFi, Airwave, and ClearPass, Cisco, Arista, Fortinet, and other networking/security technologies
• Leverage SolarWinds, Nagios and Infoblox for management and monitoring of network devices and services along with other opensource tools for enterprise management
• analysis tools to profile application traffic to identify and correct ongoing problems
• Provide tier 3 support to Network Team, Operations and the NOC
• Develop policies and practices for the network team to elevate the levels of service that the team provides for a diverse set of stakeholders throughout the company
• Embrace DevOps practices bringing them to the Network Operation team to accelerate deployments, standards, monitoring, fault analysis, and tracking of changes throughout our enterprise

What we're looking for:
• Deep Knowledge of CCNP level networking required
• Deep understanding of LAN and WAN Mutilcast deployments
• Expert knowledge in Network Troubleshooting with a focus on the OSI model
• 10+ years' experience with large WAN environments
• 10+ years' experience with complex LAN and Datacenter environments
• Experience managing large Wi-Fi deployments including Meraki and Aruba is required
• Experience in cloud networking (AWS Direct Connect and Transit Gateway) is required
• Knowledge of Viptella SDWAN is required
• Experience with Python and Ansible for network automation
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a project team for large initiatives
• Must be able to establish personal relationships with stakeholders understanding their needs and how best to accomplish their goals in a diverse non-standard environment
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment where 24x7 communications are required for critical applications
• Ability to coach and lead the existing technical team in modern operations and DevOps practices to bring higher levels of automation, documenting, and service to our internal customers

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy9v2p-18-118-82-212-42 in your application.