Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.
Overview and Summary: Paramount Tech is hiring a seasoned professional that will provide advanced expertise for planning, implementing, maintaining, and supporting the Paramount network infrastructure in a global enterprise environment. The candidate will provide domain expertise on backbone network technology, as well as project management, operation, expansion, and maintenance of all equipment within the Paramount global network infrastructure. Responsibilities include:
Provides subject leadership for the design, engineering, implementation, and management of enterprise networking solutions with high reliability and availability
Introduces new networking technologies or improves existing technologies to transform existing capabilities and services
Provides networking domain expertise to other teams as needed
May lead small teams of technical contributors, providing direction, mentorship and coaching for the resolution of complex problems or advancement of technical initiatives
Builds and maintains technical documents and plans for solutions and standard operating procedures such that services are delivered in an efficient and effective manner
Supports and provides leadership for the support of the Paramount global Network, IP and related security services issues in and out of hours, resolves complex system and network issues and outages
Provides knowledge transfer to Level 2 Network Engineers on new implementations
Customer concern point person for the Paramount network engineering team
Works closely with Voice, Video Conferencing and Wireless Services team to ensure accurate integration with networking infrastructure
Acts as technical project coordinator by preparing project plans, interacting with other groups, and guiding IT resources as required
Watches industry trends and developments, both direct or through a third party, to ensure the company is aware and educated on new technologies
Participate actively in engineering and architecture solution peer reviews and solution design sessions
Develops action plans for the improvement and development of networking infrastructure to meet the business goals of the company as a member of Infrastructure leadership
Vendor and 3rd Party support and critical issues
Works independently and exercises reasonable judgment with little supervision while providing clear documentation of activities and accomplishments
Interacts closely with management across all departments Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field or equivalent experience
Minimum 5 to 7 years of experience in a large corporate IP network communications environment; CCNP or equivalent experience
Strong customer service skills and the ability to work closely with customers, peers, and management Additional Qualifications:
CCIE Routing and Switching preferred
Knowledge of Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, IOS, NXOS, Load balancers, WAN accelerators, Content filters
Knowledge of IP security implementation, multi-vendor IPS, URL filtering
Knowledge of Dark Fiber and CWDM/DWDM
Knowledge of MPLS, BGP & Internet Exchange Peering
Knowledge of QoS
Knowledge of Multicast
Knowledge and experience in provisioning, management, and maintenance of structured cabling systems
Knowledge of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IGMP, Private MPLS-VPN, and IPSEC
Experience in deploying SNMP based monitoring solutions
Experience in medium/large corporate network rollout and support
Experience in large scale enterprise project management
Experience in media/entertainment/broadcast/hosting/ISP environment
Cisco switches (Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K, Cat3K, Cat4K, Cat6K, Cat9K)
Cisco routers (ISR and ASR family of routers)
Cisco ASA firewalls
Cisco Firepower firewalls – 2K, 4K, 9K models
Load balancers (Citrix Netscalers), WAN accelerators (Riverbed)
Knowledge of IP security implementations, multi-vendor IPS, URL filtering
Operates as a teammate
Superb communication skills (verbal & written)
Very good analytical skills and issue prioritization
Good time management with an ability to work on several projects and tasks concurrently
Setting own agendas and effectively prioritizing work
Strong enthusiasm for technology
Demonstrates thoroughness and attention to detail
Ability to generate and implement procedures
Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
Ability to work under stress
Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
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