Lead Hybrid Network Engineer
***This role is based at one of our corporate offices in Memphis, TN, McLean, VA or Dallas, TX***
This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that's creating consumer-facing, modern technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead Hybrid Network Engineer, you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Network Engineering team reporting to the Senior Manager Global Network Engineering, you will support a variety of, globally distributed systems that support both Hotel and Corporate Office operations.
HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU
Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:
- Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
- Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
- Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
- Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Learn more about the rest of our benefits
At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.
**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.
What your day-to-day will be like:
- Gather, analyze, and document requirements from various teams and work with vendors to build those solutions.
- Mentor junior engineers in troubleshooting, planning, communication, and more.
- Lead multi-phased, multi-year projects as a leader on the Network Engineering team.
- Review, develop, and monitor baseline and growth metrics/indicators to ensure standardized platform growth and resiliency.
- Contribute to and maintain high-quality documentation about various systems in Hilton's Global Network.
How you will collaborate with others:
- Cross-functionally: You will be joining a team of cross-functional experts in various network technologies. Your expertise will help guide decisions and implementation across many parts of Hilton's network. You support and guide junior engineers to deliver solid, tangible outcomes that directly improve our customers' day-to-day experience. Strong documentation and communication are critical for success in this position.
- Internally: As a member of the Global Network Engineering team, you will work closely with DevOps and Cloud teams within Hilton to implement highly available, secure, and scalable network infrastructure to support Hilton's core systems.
- Externally: You will work closely with Hilton partners and vendors to ensure platform stability. Strong vendor management skills are crucial to succeed in this role.
What deliverables you will take ownership of:
- Oversee all infrastructure deployments from the initial design phase to operations for DNS and Load Balancing, particularly BIND9, AVI NSX Load Balancers, and AWS Route53.
- As a subject matter expert in AVI NSX Load Balancers in conjunction with Hilton vendors, provide guidance and hands-on support for Hilton's global implementation, including AVI Control Plane, Data Plane, and GSLB.
- Documenting complex technical requirements and architectures
WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT
You have these minimum qualifications:
- Five (5) years of professional experience in Technology or a related field
- Five (5) years of proven Network Engineering expertise that includes hands-on experience
- Two (2) years of experience with AVI NSX Load Balancing technology and expertise in managing the platform in a hybrid implementation
- Experience with Amazon AWS, with core Cloud Networking products such as ALB, NLB, or CloudWAN
- Experience managing both traditional and cloud-native DNS solutions such as BIND9 and AWS Route53
- Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, OpenTofu, or Pulumi.
- Demonstrated experience working in an international technology environment managing large, globally distributed hybrid networks
- This is a hybrid role and would require to be near one of our three US office locations (McLean, Dallas, Memphis)
- Travel up to 10%
It would be useful if you have:
- Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's Degree plus 6+ years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 12+ years of Technology related experience
- Seven (7) + years of professional experience in Technology or a related field
- Experience in TLS/SSL certificate management
- Experience with programming languages such as Python or Go
- Experience with various network monitoring solutions such as SolarWinds or Datadog
- Experience with containerization products such as Podman, Docker, or Kubernetes
- Experience with F5 LTM Load Balancers
- Expert-level knowledge in load-balancing strategies and technologies
WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON
Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!
We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.