Epsilon Looking for Senior Network Engineer at Evanston, Illinois Full Time

We’re looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented professional that is eager to make an impact by being directly responsible for projects and network operations. If you are a network professional that is passionate about learning and developing skills, we’d love to speak with you about joining our team of like-minded network engineers!

The Epsilon Digital Media solutions environment spans multiple global data centers with significant investment in core, MPLS/backbone, and edge Internet/peering infrastructure to support our unique traffic patterns while implementing industry best practices, standards and automation at scale. The Senior Network Engineer reports to the Director, Network Engineering, Technology Operations. The candidate must possess a strong internetworking background, ideally within a large service-based enterprise network with 24x7x365 operating requirements.

The ideal candidate must have an in depth understanding of routing and switching utilizing enterprise datacenter switching and routing platforms in addition to server load balancing concepts. The network engineer will be responsible for operational support of Epsilon global production network infrastructure and inter-dependencies for our production and corporate networks and will be responsible for provisioning and troubleshooting LAN and WAN transport circuits, OS upgrades, patch management, configuration control, and security administration across Epsilon network. The candidate will be well versed in evaluating new routing and optical platforms, be able to identify capacity needs and exhibit ownership in project implementation.

• Thorough knowledge of WAN and VPN routing topologies, data center switching architecture, Firewalling concepts, and traffic management (load balancing, ECMP).
• Possess a strong working and design knowledge of the following protocols and attributes: Ethernet (10/40/100/400Gbit/s, Wireless), OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, Spanning Tree (RSTP, MSTP, PVST+, etc), IPSec, DHCP, DNS, SNMP, LACP, IPv6, and TCP.
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst Routers and switches, Cisco Nexus platforms, Dell Force10 switches, Arista network platforms, and Citrix NetScaler load balancers.
• Experience with DMVPN, MPLS, and controller-based wireless environments.
• Experience with traditional firewalls, next-generation firewalls, and intrusion prevention systems such as Palo Alto Networks.
• Experience with Network monitoring tools such as Solarwinds NPM, NCM, and NetFlow
• Interface with vendors and support staff to manage projects from inception through completion.
• Must be a self-starter, able to use own judgment/initiative to undertake activities with minimal supervision.
• Good oral and written communication skills required.
• Coordinate and perform network maintenance and upgrades with communication and approvals from the business on a predefined schedule.
• Provide documentation and troubleshooting procedures to other team members.
• 5+ years in a production system environment, including proven experience running a 24×7 service.
• Demonstrated troubleshooting skills through resolution, understanding problems from the network, OS, and application levels.
• Occasional travel and after-hours support will be required.
• Cisco CCNP Certification desirable

Additional Information

When you’re one of us, you get to run with the best. For decades, we’ve been helping marketers from the world’s top brands personalize experiences for millions of people with our cutting-edge technology, solutions and services. Epsilon’s best-in-class identity gives brands a clear, privacy-safe view of their customers, which they can use across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including Real Time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Positioned at the core of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon is a global company with more than 8,000 employees around the world. Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:

• Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon
• DE&I: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/diversity-equity-inclusion
• CSR: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/corporate-social-responsibility
• Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog

Great People Deserve Great Benefits

We know that we have some of the brightest and most talented associates in the world, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, expect competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, and endless opportunities to advance your career.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process.

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