Edward Jones

Job Title

Network Engineer – Network Architecture

Recruiter

Demi Brandt

Opportunity Overview

What You'll Do:

The Network Engineer in the Network Architecture Department will contribute to tactical and strategic architectural guidance, technological vision, and solution deployment.

You will work closely with leads, peers and subject matter experts to research and develop architecture blueprints and roadmaps, perform testing, and verify solutions in lab/dev environments, contribute to RFP efforts, assist with cost models, contribute to business cases, assist with presentations to leadership and contributing to explain why it is in the firm's best interest to pursue selected technologies or products.

Here are a few of the key responsibilities you will be a part of…

• Work to understand the customer or stakeholder, their needs, and concerns to define and deliver solutions.
• Translate business requirements into solutions that support EJ business strategy while ensuring architectural adherence through blueprint and design reviews.
• Lead in scope/predictable timeline definition, requirements and costs gathering/analysis, technical design, development, configuration, testing, deployment, and operationalizing of secure network infrastructure solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend opportunities to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of infrastructure and operations with the intention of elevating the stability, observability, and resiliency of systems.
• Demonstrate forward thinking by proactively researching and developing technology use-cases that can support the firm's future strategy and efforts.
• Serve as an active contributor to network management/monitoring platforms and automation, including on premise and SaaS deployments.
• Create and contribute to Architecture Decision Records and present in Architecture Review meetings.
• Actively engage with lead architects and develop thought leadership across business and technical teams in solving complex business requirements.
• Demonstrate ability to effectively present recommendations and decisions with pertinent data and research to various technical and business leadership levels of the firm.
• Lead and contribute to the Network Services incident response team, driving problem management efforts to a complete conclusion.
• This role is posted internally as an Engineer III***

Req ID

104605BR

Position Type

Home Office

Position Schedule

Full-Time

EEO Statement

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Posting Location

Arizona, Tempe, Missouri, St. Louis

Company Description

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.

¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

External Flexible Work Option(s)

Hybrid, Remote

Awards and Accolades

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.

Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones

Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones

Country

United States

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Position Requirements

What Experience You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience working with enterprise network solutions, to include cloud, on-prem, colo and remote networks, software defined networks, automation and IaC, routing, switching, load-balancing, DNS/DDI, firewalls, Wi-Fi, packet analysis, etc., including:
  • Experience managing/operating network monitoring, observability, telemetry and management platforms, systems, techniques, and protocols (SNMPv2/v3, gRPC, etc...).
  • Understanding and experience with:
    • TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, DNS/DDI, NX-OS/IOS-XE, Meraki, EOS, modern firewall products, AVI/F5 load balancing functions.
    • Virtualization/containerization and cloud computing technologies.
    • GitHub, CI/CD pipelines and integration with IaC languages such as Terraform, Ansible, etc.

What Could Set You Apart:

• Experience with LogicMonitor, Netscout nGenius, ThousandEyes or other monitoring systems.
• Experience administering or operating a NetBrain platform including mapping, runbook creation, and automation.
• Azure Cloud experience including core network and foundational platforms and troubleshooting tools.
• Strong understanding of project management and Agile concepts.
• This role has occasional evening and/or weekend support depending on the needs of the business/team ****
• Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.***

Salary Information

Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.

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