Network Engineer

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Blizzard Entertainment’s global infrastructure team is looking for an experienced and dedicated Network Engineer to help Blizzard. So why Blizzard? Because it’s a haven for our kind! Our unique blend of opportunity, environment, and people all help make Blizzard the studio worthy of your career. You’ll be joining a network engineering team that digs into challenges and crafts solutions with the same enthusiasm and creativity as our players do in our games. And just like the company as a whole, our team is built on a culture of passion for who we are, what we create, and who we support. If you like what you read below, send us your data!

Responsibilities:

Blizzard Backbone is key infrastructure to provide connectivity-as-a-service among our datacenters, public cloud, corporate infrastructure, and our players. As a Backbone Network Engineer, you will be responsible for handling Blizzard global backbone paired with MPLS VPN technology and our DDoS mitigation systems as well as all edge systems services including our global CDN. You should be able to craft/configure/troubleshoot Network services, including, but not limited to, deploy/troubleshoot configuration for various network devices, write scripts to automate work and handle troubleshooting escalation from internal/external customers.

Requirements:

• Able to configure/manage various tools and services of network engineering to quickly and effectively troubleshoot complex network incidents.
• Contribute to the overall capacity planning, footprint expansion and architecture of the Backbone network
• Participate in various Network projects from design to implementation, provide clear documentation, SOPs and usage guidance for junior engineers and administrators.
• Strong knowledge in routing and switching protocol BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, LDP, RSVP, multicast
• Experienced in deploying, upgrading and troubleshooting multivendor network equipment/solutions. For ex Cisco, Juniper, DWDM (Infinera, SmartOptics)
• Contribute to training staff to level up by providing / explaining different network design and implementation.
• Experience with IX management & peering relationships.
• Familiarity with common programming languages like Python, Go, and Ruby.
• Familiarity with configuring and managing configuration using tools like Puppet / Ansible / Salt or other configuration management / automation frameworks.
• Participate in on-call rotations.
• Duties subject to change

Minimum Requirements:

• Expert level industry certification like CCIE / JNCIE-DC / ENT / SP or higher.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• Ability to automate or tackle network tasks by creating the vital tools (Scripts, APIs, ChatOps).
• Linux networking stack knowledge.
• Experience with Edge computing (Linux routing, Anycast, RoH, CDN).

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA

At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from dedicated people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is 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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

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We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .