About Hydra
Hydra Host is an innovative technology company offering a unique bare metal marketplace that connects suppliers of compute resources with demand-side users through a cloud-like portal and API. As we expand our network of data center integrations, each with varying networking tooling and architectures, we face the challenge of standardizing and automating deployments to sustain our supply network growth to keep pace with increasing demand. We're seeking creative and heterodox thinkers excited about tackling challenges unique to Hydra's bare metal marketplace model.
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Job Description
As a Network Automation Engineer at Hydra, you will play a crucial role in aiding our team to streamline and automate network deployments. Your expertise will contribute to maintaining our rapid growth in the DC supply network and ensuring seamless integration of diverse data center architectures. You’re willing and able to quickly iterate on potential solutions, and effectively communicate learnings with the team. This is a 100% remote position with the possibility to convert to full employment.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement automation strategies for network deployment across various data centers, incorporating secure design best practices.
- Work with different networking tooling and architectures to standardize processes.
- Collaborate with the team to ensure continuous supply network growth and adapt to increasing demand.
- Address unique challenges related to Hydra's bare metal marketplace model. Ultimately, we want to build a control plane for compute anywhere and everywhere.
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Preferred Requirements
- **Experience**: Minimum of 7 years in network engineering and 10 years in IT overall.
- **Certification**: Must hold an advanced networking certification (CCNP or similar)
- **Technical Skills**: Proficiency in TCP/IP, DHCP, PXE, DNS, VLAN, BGP, VRF. Experience with multiple vendors such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Arista, Mikrotik, Mellanox, etc. Demonstrated experience in building SDN in enterprise environments. Understanding of data center networks and network architectures, including L2 and L3. Linux experience. Python experience.
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Nice to Have
- Experience with CMDB software
- Experience with Infiniband/Mellanox
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Culture Fit
- We prize individual autonomy, a high trust environment, and good-natured competitive spirit.