The posting
EDF Trading North America, LLC is a major participant in wholesale energy markets and delivers customized energy solutions for our customers.
We operate in every market and provide coast to coast coverage of financial and physical products in power, natural gas and NGLs, environmental products and financial crude oil products. We provide our customers with products and services that deliver access to markets, optimize their energy portfolio, hedge risk and manage assets. Our Wholesale Business operates throughout the value chain in the North American wholesale power markets and we are one of the leading wholesale natural gas marketers. Additionally, we provide environmental, congestion management and value added derivative products. With extensive pipeline agreements, we can manage natural gas offtakes, deliveries, capacities and supply anywhere across the continent.
EDF Trading North America, LLC is part of the EDF Group, a global leader in low-carbon energies.
Job Description:
Position Summary
The Principal Network Engineer is a senior individual contributor and the technical authority for the EDF Trading North America enterprise network. This role owns network architecture, engineering standards, and lifecycle planning, and leads complex network initiatives in partnership with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, application, business, and operations teams. The Principal Network Engineer is accountable for architectural direction, major technical decisions, and the reliability, resiliency, security, scalability, and performance of the network, and serves as a key advisor to IT leadership on network risk, options, and business impact.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Own and lead complex network initiatives, including modernization, resiliency, scalability, segmentation, and security programs, from scope definition and resource estimation through design, implementation, and operational handoff
- Own network capacity planning, performance monitoring, and optimization to ensure the network meets current and future business requirements
- Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery strategies for network services, and participate in disaster recovery testing and business continuity activities
- Identify, assess, and reduce network risks, including vulnerabilities, single points of failure, and aging or end-of-life infrastructure
- Serve as the top-level escalation point for complex network issues and lead the technical response during critical incidents to restore service quickly
- Lead root-cause analysis for major and recurring network issues and drive corrective actions that prevent recurrence
- Lead network changes through the change management process, including risk assessment, implementation planning, and back-out planning
- Define and maintain documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures for all network and telecom systems, and ensure operational readiness and knowledge transfer before new solutions go live
- Establish operational dashboards and reporting that provide visibility into network health and performance
- Support audit and compliance activities by providing network documentation and evidence, and lead remediation of network-related findings
- Provide technical oversight of vendors, service providers, and strategic technology partners, including service performance, escalations, and circuit delivery (orders and turn-ups)
- Contribute to budgeting and forecasting for network services, circuits, and lifecycle refresh, and manage project budgets when serving as project lead
- Drive continuous improvement of network operations, processes, and tools
- Perform other duties as assigned
Technical Leadership and Architecture
- Own the enterprise network architecture, engineering, and lifecycle across LAN, WAN, data center, wireless, voice, remote access, and cloud connectivity environments
- Set architectural direction and technical strategy for the enterprise network in alignment with business and technology needs
- Define, govern, and maintain network standards, reference architectures, and engineering practices, and ensure new and existing solutions align with them
- Lead high-level design reviews and make or recommend major technical decisions, including platform selection and the technical footprint for network services
- Evaluate technology trends, platforms, and business needs, and recommend cost-effective solutions supported by cost-benefit, risk, and impact analysis
- Partner with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, application, business, and operations teams to understand requirements and ensure network solutions meet business and system goals
- Communicate technical risks, options, recommendations, and business impact clearly to IT leadership and business stakeholders
- Mentor and guide network engineers through design reviews, coaching, and knowledge sharing, and direct the work of other engineers on assigned initiatives as needed
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related field
- Typically eight or more years of progressive enterprise network engineering experience, including ownership of network architecture and design in a multi-site enterprise environment
- Demonstrated experience leading complex network initiatives from design through implementation, including setting technical direction for other engineers and partners
- Proven experience leading critical incident response and root-cause analysis in enterprise network environments
- Experience developing network standards, designs, and technical documentation
- Experience supporting budgeting and forecasting for network infrastructure, services, or projects
- NERC-CIP certifiable
- Expert-level knowledge of the design, architecture, and support of the following enterprise technologies:
- Routing and switching (LAN, WAN, data center): BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, VDC, VPC, OTV, FabricPath, Spanning Tree
- Firewalls: ACLs/ACEs, NAT, application and web filtering
- VPNs: IPsec, SSL, DMVPN
- VoIP and video conferencing: CUCM, Unity, TelePresence
- Wireless: wireless controllers and access points
- AAA: TACACS, RADIUS, 802.1X
- QoS: policy and class maps, ToS, CoS, DSCP
- WAN optimization
- Private WAN and public internet access methods: MPLS (PIP, AVPN), Metro Ethernet, VPLS, dark fiber, cellular, satellite
- Network management: SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow, NBAR, SolarWinds
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Palo Alto Networks technologies
- Experience with Arista Networks technologies
- Experience with private cloud connectivity to AWS and Azure
- Experience with virtualization and SAN technologies, including FC, FCoE, and iSCSI
- Experience with trader turret technologies, including IPC and BT
- Experience in the energy commodity marketing and trading industry
- Experience leading or directing the work of technical teams
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Recognized technical expertise and the ability to serve as a key advisor on network architecture and design
- Ability to solve complex problems creatively and independently
- Ability to coordinate solutions across diverse business and technology groups
- Ability to influence change and promote best practices without relying on direct authority
- Ability to anticipate business needs and understand how technology changes affect business processes
- Ability to prioritize and execute work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Ability to convey complex technical concepts, risks, and recommendations to non-technical audiences, including leadership
- Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and persuasion skills
- Strong coaching skills and a commitment to developing others
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for outcomes
- High attention to detail
- Commitment to continuous learning and professional growth
- Professional written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with Visio, Word, and Excel for network diagramming and documentation
Working Conditions
- Participate in an on-call rotation and perform systems maintenance before and after normal business hours when required
- Travel to North American sites as needed to lead and support the installation and maintenance of network infrastructure
- Ability to install and support a wide variety of enterprise-level network components, with or without reasonable accommodation
Note: EDF is an EEO employer
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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