Systems Engineer

Get to Know Us:
It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing!
At BlackLine, we're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications.
Since being founded in 2001, BlackLine has become a leading provider of cloud software that automates and controls the entire financial close process. Our vision is to modernize the finance and accounting function to enable greater operational effectiveness and agility, and we are committed to delivering innovative solutions and services to empower accounting and finance leaders around the world to achieve Modern Finance.
Being a best-in-class SaaS Company, we understand that bringing in new ideas and innovative technology is mission critical. At BlackLine we are always working with new, cutting edge technology that encourages our teams to learn something new and expand their creativity and technical skillset that will accelerate their careers.
Work, Play and Grow at BlackLine!
Make Your Mark:
We're looking for a Network Engineer who will design and provide operational support for highly complex data center networks which include multiple data centers and cloud providers. In this role, the engineer will design and implement network solutions according to business requirements, interact with vendors, and collaborate with teams throughout the organization. The engineer will also perform network installation, maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting for a variety of networking devices. This includes routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, etc.
You'll Get To:

• Provide superb support with a customer-first attitude.
• Implement local and global IP networks for LAN, WAN and Data Center environments.
• Ensure performance and availability of production network infrastructure and telecommunications services.
• Provide expertise, technical guidance and support to fellow production operations team members.
• Design, deploy and maintain network management, monitoring, caching and load balancing solutions.
• Collaborate with server engineering, application engineering, and information security to ensure seamless operation of network services and timely capacity and security upgrades.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation and sensible infrastructure performance metrics.
• Interact with vendors and service providers; evaluate and recommend upgrades and new technologies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in an IT or engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 3+ years of experience in related field
• Progressive experience in building and maintaining networks, including hands-on experience with high-availability, high-performance redundant infrastructures.
• Experience with cloud networking is preferred (AWS, GCP and/or Azure)
• Experience with firewall configuration and management (Palo Alto Network, Cisco ASA and Panorama)
• Advanced knowledge of Threat Protection, URL Filtering, SSL decryption, IPsec VPN Tunnels, NAT and PBF/PBR
• Proven experience in Data Center Routing and Switching (Cisco Nexus, VPC, VRF)
• LAN/WAN routing and Layer 2 & 3 switching (OSPF, BGP, STP, VLAN).
• Experience deploying load balancing technologies from scratch, virtual and physical (F5 preferred).
• Run and support of load balancing technologies. Including creating VIPs, iRules and troubleshooting failures.
• Ability to maintain accurate documentation and adhere to change management principles.
• Thorough knowledge of network hardware, software, OSI Layer1-7 protocols and services, TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, IPSec, QoS, and SSL
• History of success working with data center, circuit and telco providers
• Experience with network and application monitoring tools (SolarWinds, AppDynamics, New Relic)
• Good working knowledge of network security tools and technologies (firewalls, access control, encryption, multifactor authentication and IDS/IPS).
• Advanced problem solving and troubleshooting skills, packet capture, protocol analysis and performance diagnostics.
• Working knowledge of web technologies, Operating Systems, Active Directory, databases and scripting.
• Ability to effectively communicate with audiences of various levels and backgrounds, both verbally and in written form.
• Strong work ethic, attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to multi-task and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.

We're Even More Excited If You Have:

• Expertise in network services and protocols, authentication and encryption technologies.
• Expertise in SCCM or a similar enterprise asset/software/patch management tools.
• Mid/High-level Microsoft and VMWare certifications.
• ITIL v3 certifications

Thrive at BlackLine Because You Are Joining:

• A technology-based company with a sense of adventure and a vision for the future. Every door at BlackLine is open. Just bring your brains, your problem-solving skills, and be part of a winning team at the world's most trusted name in Finance Automation!
• A culture that is kind, open, and accepting. It's a place where people can embrace what makes them unique, and the mix of cultural backgrounds and varying interests cultivates diverse thought and perspectives.
• A culture where BlackLiner's continued growth and learning is empowered. BlackLine offers a wide variety of professional development seminars and inclusive affinity groups to celebrate and support our diversity.

BlackLine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, age, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, ancestry, color, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, medical condition, genetic information, or any other protected class or category recognized by applicable equal employment opportunity or other similar laws.
BlackLine recognizes that the ways we work and the workplace itself has shifted. We innovate in a workplace that optimizes a combination of virtual and in-person interactions to maximize collaboration and nurture our culture. Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 2 days a week.