Network Engineer
Sila Nanotechnologies
About Us
We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?
Who You Are
You are a blend of network engineering, storage solutions, and Windows administration expertise. You will possess a strong understanding of network infrastructure, protocols, and security, coupled with hands-on experience in managing Windows Server environments and storage solutions. The ability to troubleshoot network issues, implement security measures, and work collaboratively with other teams is also crucial.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Strong organizational skills, especially around cable management and structured cabling.
- Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols and SD-WAN
- Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems.
- Ability to deploy and manage multiple sites, environments and work to achieve 100% network redundancy.
- The ability to think through problems and visualize complex solutions
- Maximize network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with other Data Systems teams.
- Design, manage, and maintain Active Directory infrastructure with a focus on scalability and security
- Design, manage, and maintain centralized configuration management of Windows-based fleet
- Support software engineering CI/CD efforts for Windows-based applications
- Build monitoring, supervision, and resiliency mechanisms to observe, react to, and maintain platform health, performance, and security.
- Develop and support processes to maintain uptime, SLAs, security, and availability of critical platform components.
Knowledge and Skill Requirements
- 8+ years of experience with administering, monitoring, and securing firewalls, routers and switches.
- 8+ years of experience with administering, monitoring, and securing Windows Server environments
- Hands on experience with equipment from Cisco, Palo Alto, Arista, Juniper
- Knowledge of network operating systems including JUNOS, IOS, PanOS or EOS
- Network Automation with Ansible, or other is a plus
- AWS VPC, Transit Gateway and Direct Connect
- Experience with Enterprise Storage Solutions (Netapp / Pure Storage)
- Experience working with MPLS, VPLS or SD-WAN
- Experience with building and supporting multi-site Active Directory infrastructure (Sites, Users, DNS, Group Policy Objects)
- Experience with configuration management of Windows Server environments
- Experience with on-premise virtualization platforms and physical hardware
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-a-Service environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience supporting in-house built Windows applications and frameworks
- Experience supporting Information Security policies, controls, and initiatives
- Experience with Operational Technology in a Manufacturing environment a plus
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
- Experience working in data centers and/or environmentally controlled server rooms
- Able to install and cable rack-mounted network systems
The starting base pay for this role is between $138,000 and $187,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, equity, and bonuses. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Working at Sila
We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.