Infrastructure Engineer - Network

Who we are

The Workshop is a tech company that develops incredible software for the online gaming industry. Living by the motto “Fearlessly Forward,” innovation is at the center of everything we do, whether it’s our games, new products, and technologies. We understand that great ideas come from great people, and great people thrive when they’re trusted to challenge, change, improve, and perfect our products and processes. Our strength lies in the diversity of our skills, and that comes from the diversity of our people. 

The Workshop is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other, trust each other, and value collaboration. We welcome candidates of all genders, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, nationality, belief (or lack thereof,) and programming language preference. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer a pleasant, supportive place to work – whoever you are. It’s a place where you can try new ideas, take risks, and move Fearlessly Forward.

What you'll do

We are looking for best-in-class Network Engineers to help deploy and automate our complex network. As a member of the team, you have a direct impact on design and feature enhancements to keep our systems running smoothly. You also ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance, coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardware components and responding to network connectivity issues.

Our customers demand the highest quality and reliability for their services. We are expanding at a tremendous rate it is our responsibility to maintain quality and reliability while developing innovative ways to scale our network.

You will:

• Administrate the organization's network infrastructure in a multi-location environment.
• Create simple yet powerful deployment processes that increase both velocity and quality.
• Participate in the design of salable, secure networking solutions, policies, and processes for our enterprise. Specifically, this includes network security, disaster recovery, and high availability.
• Create and update network standards and ensure that the network is deployed according to these standards.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of our network architecture, detailed network inventory, fault-resolution, and modification processes.
• Proactively monitor the infrastructure for issues and perform capacity planning.
• Work with vendors and our purchasers to procure appropriate products and services.
• Technically support development-based projects, offering assistance and recommendations where required through proper evaluation of network designs and best practices.
• Stay on top of network technology advancements to provide recommendations for the ongoing improvements to our networks.

What you'll bring

• Demonstrated >5 years network engineering related experience
• Operating knowledge of common LAN and WAN technologies, IP, and associated layer-4 protocols
• Good experience with Cisco ASA, ISR/ASR, Catalyst and Nexus hardware.
• Operating knowledge of Palo Alto devices.
• Experience with load balancing technology, specifically F5 BigIP LTM is an asset.
• Demonstrable experience in many of the following protocols & technologies: IPv4 & IPv6, TCP (internals & flow control), BGP, OSPF, HSRP, TACACS, IPSEC & VPNs, DNS, HTTP
• Operational familiarity with common network management tools (Cacti, OpenNMS, Cisco Prime, Nagios, Netflow)
• Experience with automation and scripting in linux environment is highly desired.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a team environment

What's in it for you

• Challenging and fulfilling work at an innovative, global company that uses cutting-edge tech
• Global work experience in an agile methodology
• International, friendly and inclusive multi-cultural environment (over 35 nationalities that speak altogether almost 30 languages!)
• Competitive salary and relocation packages for you and your family
• Private health insurance and life insurance from day 1
• Flexibility of working from home/office to stay both safe and collaborative
• Flexible working hours, well-being programs, learning and growth opportunities
• Team building events, learning labs, Hackathons/Designatons 
• Opportunity to shape the tech community inside and outside of The Workshop, mentoring and sharing knowledge with others