Staff Network Engineer at Ripple – London | Jobyssey

You will serve as a technical architect and senior project lead for Ripple's global office networks. You'll enable world class, 99.9% uptime network and internet access, and support Ripple's accelerated growth through new office network design and commissioning. You'll be a high-impact individual contributor who defines Ripple's standard for global connectivity, approaching networking with a continuous improvement and end-user-experience-first mentality. This role blends high-level planning with practical senior engineering to support a workforce spread around the world.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain Ripple Office networking standards that promote continuous improvement, agile scalability, and a world class end user experience
Act as the final technical point of contact for resolving critical issues in the global network infrastructure
Develop best practice utilization of automation, version control, and CI/CD
Replace manual copy-paste configurations with cloud-managed deployment, reconciliation, and validation tooling
Collaborate with Information Security and cross-functional teams to implement Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
Develop a security and compliance posture that balances user experience
Manage multi-million dollar global hardware through design, deployment, maintenance, and upgrades
Own the 99.9% Network availability SLA
Develop changes to architecture needed to meet the SLA and develop advanced observability
Manage relationships with ISPs, hardware vendors, and professional services providers
Lead cross-functional projects to meet international deliverables

Requirements

Expert-level understanding of Arista EOS (CloudVision) and Aruba Central
Deep experience with Palo Alto Networks (Panorama, GlobalProtect, and Prisma or equivalent experience)
Understanding of cloud based Radius/TACACS+ authentication and certificate management platforms such as Arista AGNI, Foxpass, and ClearPass
Expertise in Arista (EOS/CloudVision) and Juniper (JunOS) switching/routing stacks
Experience with MLAG and LACP switch stacking for high availability
Senior-level experience with Aruba wireless solutions, particularly Aruba Central in extensive global deployments with high user density
Proficiency in NetDevOps tooling such as Python, Ansible
Advanced administration of tools like Infoblox (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) in a high-availability, multi-site environment
Proficiency with SNMP-based alerting and logging platforms (Auvix, Logicmonitor, etc)
Expert knowledge of core protocols and standards such as BGP, BFD, STP, and 802.11ax/be wireless standards
Experience with network modernization practices like SD-WAN and ZTNA
Experience with new office network design and installation

Benefits

Professional development budget
In-office collaboration flexibility of 10+ days a month
Bi-weekly all-company meeting
Team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours
Competitive bonuses and equity
Competitive benefits covering physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
Employee giving match
Mobile phone stipend
R&R days
Wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
Generous vacation policy
Parental leave policies and family planning benefits
Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages

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