Network Engineer
Are you a passionate Network Administrator, Architect or Engineer looking for a new challenge? Do you have laser focus to provide the best products and services that will ensure an awesome customer experience? Are you naturally curious and a team player? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
A2 Hosting is currently looking for an experienced Network Engineer to join the rest of the Networking, Infrastructure, and Systems Teams to continually improve upon our existing infrastructure and to keep us at peak performance and reliability. This position will also diagnose and fix complex hardware, software, and network issues as well as take point on both implementation and R&D projects. As we are customer focused, this position will regularly be called on to investigate operational issues identified by our Support teams and provide short-term solutions balanced against long-term needs.
This role is open for applicants that can work within any of the four US time zones. This position is 100% remote and you can work anywhere in the world.
What you’ll do:
- Collaborate with a great team of helpful and like-minded people designing and implementing network architecture to improve existing infrastructure or build out new locations from the ground up.
- Learn new things and help determine the business value for new technologies and products.
- Maintain and improve service quality and reliability across our complex set of services.
- Share your knowledge and experience with team members across the organization to increase the strength and collaboration of our teams.
- Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate with the Infrastructure, Systems, and Support teams.
- Investigate operational issues identified by our Monitoring or Support teams.
- Help the team establish and refine policies and processes to provide top-notch services and help the Support Organization provide a great customer experience.
- Standardize, optimize, and automate our infrastructure for maximum performance and stability.
- Document configuration standards, troubleshooting steps, and platform designs.
- Participate in an on-call rotation
Skills & Qualifications:
- 3+ years of Linux system-level network administration and troubleshooting
- Considerable professional experience in the design and implementation of datacenter networks, local and wide area, including everything from network hardware selection, to setting up multiple locations, designing Layer 1, 2 and 3 architectures, BGP and VPNs.
- Extensive experience with Cisco IOS/NXOS administration and implementation strongly preferred
- Experience in a webhosting or similar organization strongly preferred
- Comfort with the planning, design, and implementation of large-scale internal applications, such as automated provisioning systems, datacenter/inventory management, or some kind of web frontend to abstract network configuration
- Knowledge of the value in clear procedural and reference documentation and the ability to produce it
- Familiarity with configuration management systems, such as Ansible or Salt, a plus
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
Research shows that women and people from under-represented groups often apply to jobs ONLY IF they meet all of the qualifications. However, no one ever meets 100% of the qualifications, nor should they. A2 Hosting focuses on hiring people, not just skill sets, and encourages you to apply, even without meeting every qualification. We look forward to your application.
A note on the location:
A2 Hosting is a fully remote organization with a globally distributed workforce. With that, there is a lot of flexibility on where our team members can work, although there may be position specific limitations or requirements for the role.
Additionally, since each state in the US operates as an independent entity, companies must have business licensing to hire in each state. Because of that, A2 Hosting is not able to hire in all states. At this time, we are licensed to hire in the following states: AR, AZ, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, OK, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, and WI.
Why Work for A2 Hosting:
A2 Hosting provides a collaborative and team-focused work environment with a focus on training and development for all of our team members. We strive to promote from within, provide growth opportunities, and encourage our team members to embrace the curious and passionate core values that drive us forward. Additional benefits, based on location, are below:
Benefits for ALL Team Members, regardless of location:
- Generous amount of Paid Time Off (PTO) hours, available DAY 1!
- The ability to work from home; this position is 100% remote
- Paid parental leave
- Free hosting services (we want our team to see why we're the best!)
US Specific Benefits (for US based team members only):
- Subsidized health insurance - A2 Hosting pays a substantial portion of insurance costs for our team members
- Low-cost, high coverage dental and vision insurance options
- Company-matching 401(k) plans (Traditional and Roth available)
- Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
About A2 Hosting:
In 2001, our CEO, Bryan Muthig, started A2 Hosting from a two-room office in Ann Arbor, Michigan. With a mission to help the world succeed online, he wanted to make it easier for people to thrive on the internet. Fast forward to over two decades later, Muthig has used his passion and strong technical background to build a globally recognized web hosting company, with data centers all over the world. Even with this rapid growth, A2 Hosting hasn’t strayed far from our roots. Today, with almost 200 passionate team members around the globe, we use our knowledge, skills, and resources to help our clients bring their digital visions to life every day.
Continuously driven by our core values, we focus on creating world-class customer service interactions for new and current clients, regardless of their technical expertise. That passion, paired with continuous curiosity and desire to provide fast, user-friendly service, is the reason we have been successful for the last 20 years. Ready to bring your passion to the team? Apply now, we look forward to speaking with you.