Lead Network Automation Engineer - Woodbridge, NJ, United States - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Description

FINRA is dedicated to protecting investors and ensuring the integrity of America's financial system.

At FINRA we are focused on employee career development, offering learning opportunities, resources, and tools to help you achieve your professional aspirations.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Network Automation Engineer:
Under the supervision of the Sr.

Director of Network Engineering, the Network Automation Engineer will be:

• Required to perform duties of a subject matter expert in network automation, systems administration, and tools management.
• Responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the company's network management systems consisting of commercial, open-source, and in-house developed tools.
• Responsible to contribute to the engineering, testing, and deployment of multiple projects and initiatives.
• Responsible for participating in the planning, implementation, maintenance, and operations of the company's cloud and on-premises network infrastructure and services.
• Required to provide operational network support, incident response, and troubleshooting.

Develop/design network management systems and integrations that collect and analyze network performance data, manage network configurations, collect NetFlow and firewall syslog data, and process network fault alerts.

Ability to troubleshoot complex network issues in LAN/WAN and public cloud network infrastructures.

Ability to work with multiple application owners to identify bottlenecks or other network performance issues; this includes an ability to understand, identify, and escalate chronic issues causing inefficient operations and impact.

Lead collaboration with other team members and other teams to ensure technology solution and staff are in line with customer expectations and overall technology vision and goals.

Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls.

Participate in periodic Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Sarbanes OxleyEvaluate industry trends, standards, and new technologies to proactively recommend and implement changes.

Development and presentation of technology analytics, documentation, and presentation materials.
Manage vendor support and account relationships.
Provide backup coverage for more senior management, occasionally as needed.
Mentor junior staff in skill development.

Strong experience with programming/scripting languages are highly valued to support initiatives and responsibilities related to task automation, systems integrations, data analysis, and visualizations.

Expert in the use of Python to develop tools, APIs, and Web development (e.g., Experience with PHP, Perl, and SQL query writing.
Familiar with MySQL, Ruby, MariaDB, Apache Web server.
Experience with Unix/Linux system administration (e.g.

, Ubuntu and AWS Linux):
bash scripting, OS configuration and administration.
Experience and knowledge of SNMP protocol and SevOne or other open-source SNMP, Syslog, and Ping monitoring tools (e.g., Experience with AWS and Azure Cloud platforms to include, server containerization technologies (e.g., Experience and knowledge with DNS protocols including the use of BIND and the Infoblox DDI platform.
Experience in managing and administering enterprise change management process and procedures.

Familiar with IP address management and DHCP operations (e.g., Infoblox DDI platform).Excellent analytical skills, organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or equivalent with five (5) years of related experience in engineering or related technical discipline.

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent with seven (7) years of related experience in engineering or related technical discipline.

Past senior level systems administrator experience in a production data center environment.

In-depth understanding of common network security issues and industry security best practicesHands-on experience with enterprise grade network design and management.

Solid hands-on experience with various networks, monitoring software, remote assistant tools, firewalls (OS level command line and GUI interface), and operating system switchesFamiliar with various network management/troubleshooting tools.

Proficiency with multiple operating systemsStrong knowledge and experience in various scripting languages.
Excellent planning skills.
Extended hours and weekend work may be required as this is a 24x7 operations environment.
Occasional travel may be required.


California:
Minimum Salary $124,300, Maximum Salary $235,500Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $124,300, Maximum Salary $225,700Colorado/Hawaii: Minimum Salary $108,200, Maximum Salary $196,200New York, NY: Minimum Salary $129,800, Maximum Salary $235,500

Washington State:
Minimum Salary $108,200, Maximum Salary $225,700#LI-HybridTo be considered for this position, please submit an application. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.

If you need a disability-related accommodation for completing the application process, please contact FINRA's Employee Relations team at 240.Please note that this process is exclusively for inquiries regarding application accommodations.

FINRA provides comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance.

Additional insurance includes basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal.

FINRA offers immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution, tuition reimbursement and many other benefits.

Additionally, we are proud to support our communities by providing two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule).

Other paid leave includes military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections, care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); Full-time employees receive nine paid holidays.*Based on full-time scheduleImportant InformationFINRA's Code of Conduct imposes restrictions on employees' investments and requires financial disclosures that are uniquely related to our role as a securities regulator.

FINRA employees are required to disclose to FINRA all brokerage accounts that they maintain, and those in which they control trading or have a financial interest (including any trust account of which they are a trustee or beneficiary and all accounts of a spouse, domestic partner or minor child who lives with the employee) and to authorize their broker-dealers to provide FINRA with duplicate statements for all of those accounts.

All of those accounts are subject to the Code's investment and securities account restrictions, and new employees must comply with those investment restrictions—including disposing of any security issued by a company on FINRA's Prohibited Company List or obtaining a written waiver from their Executive Vice President—by the date they begin employment with FINRA.

Employees may only maintain securities accounts that must be disclosed to FINRA at one or more securities firms that provide an electronic feed (e-feed) of data to FINRA, and must move securities accounts from other securities firms to a firm that provides an e-feed within three months of beginning employment.

As standard practice, employees must also execute FINRA's Employee Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement without qualification or modification and comply with the company's policy on nepotism.

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FINRA is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action EmployerAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state or local laws as appropriate, or upon the protected status of the person's relatives, friends or associates.

This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability, and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.

This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.

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New York, NY (Job Posting)

Type:
Full time