Summary

The Team

If you thrive in a challenging, fun and fast-paced environment, the Senior Network Engineer role within Core Infrastructure Engineering at Kraken is for you! Not only is this role a strategic position that is critical to the continuing success of Kraken, but you will be joining a highly dedicated team that is responsible for managing the entire network infrastructure for one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. We are looking for a dynamic and innovative self-starter with the ability to think “outside of the box” to solve complex problems in a sustainable way.

This role is fully remote. We prefer candidates in European Timezones, to cover current needs.

The opportunity

1. Implement and evolve enterprise network access controls
2. Manage and deploy "infrastructure as code" at scale
3. Contribute to the design, implementation, management, and defense of a “zero trust”, defense-in-depth network
4. Write good quality policies, procedures, and technical documentation
5. Coordinate with internal development teams and other stakeholders to ensure network security principles are "built-in" from the beginning
6. Work with Engineering and IT Security teams to ensure that product features are securely deployed and monitored
7. Monitor and maintain all physical infrastructure (network, security, and compute), cloud data center environments, remote office locations, and respond to critical network problems to maximize service uptime
8. Assist in various projects with network related requirements
9. Mentor and evangelize security practices through cross-functional work with internal stakeholders and teams
10. Assume on-call responsibilities and duties per the schedule

Skills you should HODL

1. 4+ years of network engineering background including offensive/defensive security
2. Deep experience in public (AWS or Azure or Google), private and/or hybrid cloud infrastructure
3. Experience of network automation tools (e.g. Nornir, Napalm, Terraform, Ansible)
4. Experience in managing and deploying Infrastructure as Code
5. Experience with network security management tools and techniques
6. Familiarity with security testing tools (performance and threat-based)
7. Proficient in network and security design, implementation, and administration leveraging industry standard platforms from vendors such as: Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Juniper, and Aruba
8. Experience with Switching (Capacity Planning & VLAN’s), Routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, ECMP, PBF), WAN Technologies (MPLS, VPLS, VPN), public cloud networking, and Security (IPS, RBAC, etc.)
9. Previous experience monitoring and management of intrusion detection systems and firewall devices
10. Demonstrated experience implementing defensive security systems that are used against internal and external attack vectors
11. Excellent communication skills: demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences
12. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
13. Ability to perform well under pressure, high attention to detail
14. Strong desire / interest in learning new technology
15. Highly motivated and passionate about infrastructure engineering and security
16. Travel as required and holder of a valid passport

Skills

• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• AWS
• Communications Skills
• Networking
• Problem Solving
• Software Engineering
• Team Collaboration