MUST HAVE BLUE CAT. MUST BE A BLUE CAT EXPERT. Job description details below: - Location: Looking for someone in either NYC OR Miami but are also open to a remote consultant.
- Rate: targeting around $700DAY RATE. POSSIBLE FLEX. NEED AN EXPERT
- Length of contract: 6-month contract, POSSIBLE EXTENSION
This is a role in the Core Services infrastructure team, which manages of a global network of DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (DDI), and timekeeping platforms and services.
The team is focused on providing best-of-breed infrastructure platforms and services while minimizing operational overhead through automation and self-service capabilities.
Responsibilities:
• Design, implementation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and support of DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI) platforms and services
• Working with internal teams and users on engineering, automation, and remediation projects
• Implementation of configuration-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated monitoring/health checks
• Writing management and maintenance processes/procedures, HOWTOs, project requirements, design and architectural documents
Participation in the team's out-of-hours support coverage rotation Requirements: • At least 3 years of experience supporting Bluecat Networks DDI platforms and services in multiregional environments
• Deep knowledge of DNS (BIND), DHCP (ISC), and IP Address Management
• Experience implementing and supporting Anycast based DNS services
• Networking skills (OSI model, switching, routing, VLANs, packet capturing and analysis)
• Linux skills (SSH, Shell scripting, scheduled jobs, managing services, troubleshooting, NFS, Docker/Podman containers)
• Scripting, automation, and API integration (Ansible, Shell, Python, JavaScript, REST, JSON, YAML)
• Source control and pipelines (Git, GitHub, GitFlow, Jenkins and scripted pipelines)
• Monitoring tools (SNMP, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Strong interpersonal skills - desire to help, collaborate, and communicate clearly
• Strong desire to continuously learn and improve skills
Desirable skills: • Experience writing, maintaining, and publishing Python modules via automated pipelines
• Timekeeping services and platforms (NTP, PTP, GNSS, GPS, FSM/Spectracom/Adva grand master devices)
• Cloud environments and tools (GCP DNS/Logging/Compute, AWS Route53/Compute, Terraform)
• Domain registration and portfolio management (Network Solutions, Route53, GoDaddy, etc)
• Asset, request and project management tools (ServiceNow, JIRA)
• ServiceNow self-service forms and automation workflows
• Deploying and managing services in Kubernetes