Cloud Network Engineer - Staff

About OpenTable With millions of diners, 70,000+ restaurant partners and 25+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a passion for helping restaurants thrive. Our world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most – their team, their guests, and their bottom line – while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion. Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. You’ll also be part of a global team and its portfolio of metasearch brands. Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture. About the Job You will be part of a hardworking Network Operations team that provides the backbone to ensure that diners and restaurants stay connected all over the world. In this role, you'll be developing and maintaining the network automation tools used to configure and manage multiple datacenters, cloud, and office networks that are available and running 24x7. Responsibilities include developing automated configurations, maintaining ansible playbooks, leveraging network restful api for automation, fixing connectivity issues, and implementing security across our current and next generation platforms. If you are excited by a culture of automation, monitoring, and improvement for all engineering systems and can deliver exceptional quality in a dynamic, agile environment, we'd like to meet you. This posting is for an existing vacancy. Minimum Qualifications • Ability to solve complex problems with simple and elegant solutions • Ability to handle several projects at a time • Ability to learn and gain new technical skills • Good interpersonal skills and experience working with other engineering teams • Advanced knowledge of AWS and Cloud Networking in hybrid network environments • Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP and network protocols such as EVPN-VXLAN, Ether-Channel (LACP, MC-LAG), and Virtual chassis • Intermediate knowledge of at least one scripting language such as Python • Intermediate knowledge of configuration automation such as Ansible or Puppet • Familiarity with Claude, Cursor, or similar AI platforms • Familiarity with dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF • Familiarity with Layer 3, 4, and 7 load balancing methodologies and protocols as well as experience with highly available network and system architectures • Experience with JunOS, PanOS, ArubaOS, or IOS/NX-OS/ASA-OS • Experience solving network issues in virtualized environments • Experience in the use of various network monitoring and packet capture tools • Able to participate in a 24/7 oncall rotation and be an escalation point for critical issues • Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Network Engineer Preferred Qualifications: • Experience supporting F5 LTM platforms. This includes designing, installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting • Experience with containers such as Docker and container orchestration such as Kubernetes • Experience with CI/CD applications such as Jenkins and CircleCI • Linux administration and other SRE skills • Experience with using bug tracking and version control tools such as Jira and Git • Bachelor's degree in related field Benefits and Perks • Generous paid vacation (20 days) + time off for your birthday • Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year • Focus on mental health and well-being: • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth • Company-paid subscription to Headspace • Annual company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!) • Paid parental leave • Paid volunteer time • Focus on your career growth: • Development Dollars • Leadership development • Acc