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Corporate Overview
Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.
Protection Starts with People.  Proofpoint.

The Role

The Sr. Network Engineer is responsible for technical management, design, support, and administration of the Global corporate network sites LAN/WAN.

Responsibilities include and are not limited to:

1. Network Design & Support: • Design and maintain the LAN/WAN infrastructure, which includes Juniper, Cisco, Cisco Meraki, and Extreme Networks Cloud Products. • Manage enterprise Silver Peak SD-WAN for better network optimization. • Oversee the administration and technical management of Palo Alto Firewalls and Global Protect VPN Gateways.

2. Equipment Installation & Configuration: • Install, configure, and maintain a range of networking equipment: o Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Extreme Networks Cloud, and Juniper routers and switches. o Palo Alto Firewalls. o Meraki, Juniper MIST, and Extreme Wi-Fi Network systems.

3. System Monitoring & Troubleshooting: • Ensure smooth operation and handle troubleshooting for any network-related issues. • Provide necessary support and address issues promptly, maintaining optimal network performance.

4. On-Call Rotation: • Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours and weekend support for network issues, ensuring network uptime and addressing emergencies outside of regular working hours.

5. Continuous Learning: • Stay updated with the latest network

Qualifications and requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft’s Cloud Azure cloud infrastructure management, network virtualization (VNET), Private link, Azure DNS, Route Server, NAT Gateway using Virtual Palo Alto Firewall and Silver Peak SD-WANS in Azure VNET is highly desirable.
• Must have at least one of the following Cisco and Juniper certifications: CCNP, JNCIP-NET, JNCIP-SEC, JNCIE-SEC, and Palo Alto Networks: PCNSE.
• hands-on experience with Cisco and Juniper L2/L3 routing and switching.
• Hands on experience with Palo Alto Firewalls, Silver Peak SD-WAN, Meraki MS and MR cloud products, Juniper SRX Firewalls, Juniper QFX product families
• hands-on in Routing and Switching technologies and protocols: BGP, OSPF, VTP, SPANNING-TREE, VX-LAN, Private VLAN, HSRP, VRRP, MPLS, QoS, GRE, STP, IP SEC, etc.)
• •Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco's router platforms IRS4450, and MX1400 series.
• • Extensive hands-on experience with Cisco's Switch Platforms Catalyst 2960, 3850, 4500, 9200, 9300s, 9400s, 9500s, NX3K, NX9K, Juniper QFX5500, and Extreme Networks series.
• Good communication skills are essential. Must be able to give and receive correct information, explain difficult information in non-technical language and maintain a customer service attitude to all levels of users.
• Able to work independently and creatively problem solve complex technical problems.
• Able to provide leadership, guidance and training to other team members as deem necessary.
• Able to provide accurate estimates of time frames and cost estimates necessary to complete potential projects and develop milestones and project implementation plans.
• Ability to work independently and handle urgent situations on-call. 

Why Proofpoint
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success.  We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint
 

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!