Sr. Network Data Center Engineer, New York

Overview:

Corporate Tools is hiring a Sr. Network Data Center Engineer for $150,000/year. You will be a traditional company employee. This is a remote position, but if you're near one of our local offices, you're welcome to come hangout with us in-office as well. Our main offices are in Post Falls, ID, and Spokane, WA; we also have satellite offices in Johnston, IA, Austin, TX, and Salt Lake City, UT. You'll be working 40 hours a week and, of course, enjoy great company benefits.

If you live and breathe networking, virtualization, and high-availability systems, this Senior Network Data Center Engineer role is your playground. You'll architect and maintain a rock-solid network infrastructure that powers Proxmox virtualization, Ceph/SAN storage, and containerized environments-all while keeping security airtight and performance at its peak. From designing VLANs and firewalls to optimizing routing protocols and load balancers, you'll be the mastermind behind a resilient, scalable, and high-speed data center. Whether it's mitigating DDoS attacks, troubleshooting latency bottlenecks, or fine-tuning VPNs and HA networks, you're the go-to expert ensuring everything runs seamlessly. If you're ready to push the limits of network engineering and keep mission-critical systems online 24/7, we'd love to have you on board!

Wage:

Up to $150,000/year

Benefits: 100% employer-paid medical, dental and vision for employees Annual review with raise option 22 days Paid Time Off accrued annually, and 4 holidays

After 3 years, PTO increases to 29 days. Employees transition to flexible time off after 5 years with the company-not accrued, not capped, take time off when you want The 4 holidays are: New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day

Paid Parental Leave Up to 6% company matching 401(k) with no vesting period Quarterly allowance

Use to make your remote work set up more comfortable, for continuing education classes, a plant for your desk, coffee for your coworker, a massage for yourself... really, whatever

Open concept office with friendly coworkers Creative environment where you can make a difference No dumb benefits like free dog walking on the weekends that snobby hipster places have to make you feel cool, but mathematically won't cost the company much money because you won't use it Trail Mix Bar oh yeahResponsibilities:

Develop and design robust and scalable software solutions Take ownership of projects from conception to deployment, ensuring timely delivery and meeting the specified requirements Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, product management, and other software teams, to ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectivesStay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to bring innovative solutions to the table Design, implement, and maintain a robust network architecture that supports Proxmox virtualization, Ceph/SAN storage, and container networking. Manage firewalls (iptables, pfSense, UFW, etc.) to secure access to virtualized environments and hosting servicesConfigure and optimize VLANs, subnets, and routing to ensure isolated and secure network segments for virtual machines, storage, and frontend applications Configure and maintain VPNs, BGP, OSPF, or other routing protocols to ensure proper network redundancy and failover. Set up and maintain bridged, NAT, and VXLAN networking in Proxmox for efficient VM communication.Implement high-availability (HA) networking for Hypervisor networks and Ceph/SAN clusters Deploy and maintain Ceph storage clusters or SAN infrastructure for high-performance, redundant storage Troubleshoot latency issues, IOPS bottlenecks, and disk failure recovery. Optimize load balancers (HAProxy, Nginx, or Traefik) for handling hosting traffic efficiently.Secure WordPress hosting with DDoS mitigation techniques, rate limiting, and WAF (e.g., Cloudflare, ModSecurity). Implement network monitoring tools (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK) for real-time tracking of traffic, storage, and VM performance. Requirements:

Experience with Proxmox or other hypervisors (VMware, KVM, Xen, Hyper-V) 5+ years of network engineering, data center operations, or cloud infrastructure Experience with Ceph or SAN-based storage solutions (iSCSI, NFS, ZFS) Experience with containers and networking Excellent problem-solving skills and a keen eye for detailAbility to work on projects solo or with a team Love for learning and improving code Strong communication and collaboration skills Understanding of Ceph storage architecture (OSDs, MONs, MDS, RADOS, etc.). Experience in iSCSI/NFS/ZFS SAN setups and performance tuning Ability to troubleshoot HTTP performance, CDN integration, and caching issues for high-traffic hosting sites.Experience in configuring bridged, NAT, and VXLAN networking within Proxmox or other hypervisors. Proficiency in Ansible, Terraform, or SaltStack for network and infrastructure automation. Experience in DevOps, software or other technical departments Extensive experience with BGP and data centers