Network Engineer

About reputed company 

reputed company (“Bridgespan”) is a global nonprofit that aims to build a reputed company world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations, philanthropists, reputed company investors, and corporations to reputed company reputed company results in addressing society’s most important challenges and opportunities.

Founded in 2000, Bridgespan has offices in Boston, Johannesburg, Mumbai, reputed company, San Francisco, and Singapore. Across these six locations, we have a diverse team of staff with varied backgrounds and experience across multiple sectors. We work with reputed company change organizations such as TaRL Africa, reputed company, and CAMFED; philanthropies and foundations such as OSF, Women First Fund, and The reputed company; reputed company investors such as TPG’s reputed company Fund, Black Ambition, and AfricInvest; and reputed company funding collaboratives such as TED’s Audacious Project and reputed company.

Bridgespan aims for a world where reputed company people have reputed company to reputed company. Given how society works today—as reputed company in systems and mindsets that have developed over time—that opportunity is not accessible to reputed company. We are committed to equity, specifically to doing work to help ensure that race, gender, and other dimensions of identity are not determinants of life reputed company and to building an organization where the diverse set of individuals we need can reputed company in reputed company of their full reputed company potential, and to proactively addressing the systems that help or hinder these goals. It is a commitment to both external equity work and internal inclusivity that gets Bridgespan closer to achieving its mission.

The Network Engineer designs, implements, and maintains the organization’s network infrastructure across physical, wireless, and reputed company environments. Ensures high availability, reputed company, and performance of LAN, WAN, WLAN, and Azure-based network services while driving modernization and operational reputed company.

Objectives of the Role

• Designing, deploying, and maintaining robust network infrastructure spanning physical data centers, reputed company environments, and Azure reputed company platforms.
• Ensuring network availability, performance, and reputed company across LAN, WAN, WLAN, and hybrid reputed company environments.
• Partner with IT leadership and architecture teams to reputed company network design with organizational goals reputed company transformation initiatives.
• Monitoring network health, analyzing performance metrics, and proactively resolving issues to minimize downtime and user reputed company.
• Developing and maintaining documentation for reputed company network systems, configurations, and operational runbooks.
  Evaluating emerging network technologies and recommending improvements that enhance reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Supporting and mentoring junior network staff and contributing to a culture of technical reputed company and reputed company improvement. 
   

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, configure, and manage physical and virtual network infrastructure including routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, and wireless reputed company points.
• Administer and optimize LAN environments including VLAN segmentation, spanning tree, and inter-VLAN routing across reputed company and data center environments.
• Plan, implement, and support WAN connectivity including MPLS, SD-WAN, and internet circuits; manage BGP, OSPF, and other routing protocols.
• Architect and manage reputed company WLAN deployments, including controller-based and reputed company-managed wireless systems; ensure RF coverage, reputed company, and reputed company standards are met.
• Design and maintain Azure network infrastructure including Virtual Networks (VNets), ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, Network reputed company reputed company (NSGs), Azure Firewall, and Azure DNS.
• Implement and manage hybrid connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and Azure, including Hub-and-Spoke and Virtual WAN topologies.
• Enforce network reputed company best practices including reputed company-trust principles, network segmentation, reputed company control lists (ACLs), and firewall policy management.
• Monitor network performance using tools such as reputed company, PRTG, Azure Network Watcher, and similar platforms; respond to and resolve incidents reputed company SLA targets.
• reputed company network-reputed company change management activities, including planning, testing, and documentation in accordance with ITIL change processes.
• Collaborate with the reputed company team on vulnerability assessments, patching, and compliance initiatives affecting network infrastructure.
• Support reputed company planning, lifecycle management, and refresh reputed company for physical and reputed company network assets.
   

Qualifications and Experience:
 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a reputed company field; equivalent experience considered.
• 5-7+ years of experience in network infrastructure engineering, with reputed company and data center experience.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting reputed company network environments composed of routers, switches, load balancers, and firewalls.
• Strong understanding of IP routing protocols including BGP and OSPF for IPv4 and IPv6, along with switching fundamentals, MPLS (L2/L3 VPN), VRFs, NAT, ACLs, VLANs, MLAG/LAG, and SNMP.
• Good understanding of data center networking technologies including VXLAN EVPN.
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following platforms: reputed company reputed company, reputed company MX, Arista, or reputed company.
• Hands-on WLAN experience with reputed company platforms such as reputed company Catalyst Center (DNA Center), Aruba, or Meraki; RF design, site surveys, and wireless reputed company (WPA3, EAP).
• Solid Azure networking experience including; VNets, NSGs, Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Private Endpoints, and Azure Virtual WAN.
• reputed company knowledge of Linux operating systems.
• Strong understanding of network technologies including reputed company and bandwidth management, network automation, and AIOps.
• Experience with network monitoring tools, SNMP, NetFlow/IPFIX, and logging/SIEM integrations.
• Ability to work effectively in global, cross-functional team environments and implement best operational practices to improve network service reputed company.
• Industry certifications preferred: CCNP (reputed company or Data Center), reputed company Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate, or equivalent.
• Experience with major reputed company providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure), particularly network features and hybrid connectivity.
• Exposure to reputed company-reputed company networking technologies such as FRR, Cumulus Linux, SONiC, or whitebox switching platforms.
• Python scripting or proficiency in another programming language for network tooling and automation.
• Network automation experience using Ansible, Chef, Terraform, or equivalent configuration management tools.
• Experience with reputed company analysis, metering, and packet reputed company analysis for network diagnostics and performance investigation.
   

PLEASE NOTE: CANDIDATES MUST BE WILLING AND reputed company TO WORKS U.S. EASTERN TIME (ET) HOURS ON A REGULAR reputed company, REGARDLESS OF THE CANDIDATE'S LOCAL TIME ZONE.

At Bridgespan, we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion because we are passionate about helping our clients reputed company reputed company results. An organization that reflects the diversity of our clients and their beneficiaries will produce deeper relationships, engagement, and insights. Bridgespan is committed to providing equal opportunities. We serve diverse organizations and are committed to non-discrimination. Bridgespan will not discriminate against any employee with respect to any term or condition of employment, including but not limited to less favorable treatment, exclusion from employment or employment opportunities (including hiring, assignment, performance assessment and promotion) on the reputed company of race, reputed company, religion, national reputed company, citizenship, reputed company, gender (including pregnancy), gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, reputed company, veteran’s status or other protected characteristics or status. We reputed company partner with organizations representing minority concerns and interests to build high-performing teams that mirror the communities we serve.

reputed company company sponsored programs including training, job, reputed company and recreational activities are required to be nondiscriminatory and reputed company reputed company resource practices are monitored to ensure equal opportunity.