Staff Network Engineer

About Us

We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?

Who You Are

We are looking for a Network Engineer, and in this role, you plan, deploy, and monitor SD-WAN and other network protocols, create accurate network diagrams, and ensure redundancy across multiple sites. You troubleshoot performance issues, schedule upgrades, and maintain secure configurations, while collaborating with other teams to uphold SLAs and availability. You also manage centralized configuration of networking devices, use monitoring tools to observe system health, and develop resiliency processes for critical platform components.

Responsibilities and Duties  

• Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols and SD-WAN

• Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems.

• Ability to deploy and manage multiple sites, environments and work to achieve network redundancy

• The ability to think through problems and visualize complex solutions

• Maximize network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with other Data Systems teams

• Design, manage, and maintain centralized configuration management of Networking Gear

• Build monitoring, supervision, and resiliency mechanisms to observe, react to, and maintain platform health, performance, and security

• Develop and support processes to maintain uptime, SLAs, security, and availability of critical platform components

Knowledge and Skill Requirements 

• 8+ years of experience with administering, monitoring, and securing firewalls, routers and switches.  

• Hands on experience with equipment and software from Cisco, Palo Alto, Arista, Juniper, Fortinet

• Configuration Management

• AWS VPC, Transit Gateway and Direct Connect is a plus

• Experience with High Bandwidth Storage Networks

• Experience working with MPLS, VPLS or SD-WAN

• Experience with virtual switches in cluster computing environments

• Experience supporting Information Security policies, controls, and initiatives

• Experience with Operational Technology in a Manufacturing environment a plus

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• Experience working in data centers and/or environmentally controlled server rooms

• Able to install and cable rack-mounted network systems

• Move items up to 50 lbs with the assistance of lift equipment and carts

• Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time

• Operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a laptop, copier/printer, etc in a fixed location

The starting base pay for this role is between $146,000 and $185,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, equity, and bonuses.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. #LI-Hybrid

Working at Sila

We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.