Software Engineer - Network Automation

Our client is a Global Financial Services Firm. They are seeking at Senior Full Stack Software Engineer in Salt Lake City.

The Network Engineering Software team is responsible for developing and integrating software products for automating all aspects of networking and network security infrastructure. The team is developing a firewall policy and ACL (Access Control List) provisioning and management automation solutions by using network topology and security policy information. The team also integrates vendor solutions such as Cisco NSO (Network Services Orchestrator) to manage provisioning, configuration, and life cycle of network devices. As well as Forward Networks to discoverer the topology of the firm's network, and integrate the topology into network automating, testing, and troubleshooting tool.

We expect the successful candidate to be intimately familiar with Java and its framework/methodologies and to have a proven track record leading the delivery of Java platforms.

We are looking for a talented and passionate engineer who thrives in an extremely entrepreneurial, fast paced environment. This is a high visibility role, backed by some of the senior-most leaders of the firm, and as such, will require creativity and drive to deliver on an ambitious roadmap.

RESPONSIBILITIES

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

Seasoned, hands-on, senior software engineer to join our team of software and network platform engineers

Provide technical oversight, mentorship, and management to developers, and execute on network software automation and network device lifecycle management projects. You'll work with RESTful web services, distributed database technologies, and network devices like firewalls and routers to build cutting automation software

Ensure that all platforms are built in accordance with the Firm's SDLC (software development life cycle) practices and tooling, and in accordance with industry-standard design practices such as RESTful web services. Account for the resiliency, scalability, and high throughput of platforms by using Open Source technologies such as ElasticSearch, Apache Kafka, and MongoDB.

Ensure that all platforms take into account the Firm's Cloud Computing strategy, and are able to interact with external Cloud providers such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) and GCP (Google Cloud Platform).

Integrate vendor solutions such as Cisco NSO (Network Services Orchestrator) to manage the provisioning, configuration, and life cycle of network devices.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

5+ years of experience leading development in large and complex software platforms

Previous experience with RESTful web services and should be comfortable with Agile processes, with an emphasis on writing high-quality, easily testable code

Proven work experience in Java development, and experience with test frameworks like JUnit and Mockito

Excellent object oriented or functional analysis and design skills

Must be a hands-on software engineer, comfortable multi-tasking, and able to work independently

Experience with running and troubleshooting software on the UNIX platform

Preferred Qualifications

Basic understanding of networking fundamentals

Basic understanding of cyber security practices, including firewalls, WAFs and proxies

Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes

Hands-on experience with NodeJS

Hands-on experience with Python

Experience with database technologies such as MongoDB

Experience with search engines such as ElasticSearch

Experience with messaging technologies such as Apache Kafka