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Network Engineer, Network Section - Infrastructure Services Department (INSD)
Japan
· Full-time
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Not Applicable
Job Description
Department Overview
Rakuten Group has 70+ services. Linking these diverse services through a common membership and loyalty program, Rakuten has created one of the world’s most unique and robust ecosystems.
Infrastructure Services Department (INSD)'s mission is to build the private cloud to host internal applications, hosted globally. Ongoing initiative and growing and maturing as new request coming.
We build and operate robust infrastructure platform that empowers Rakuten's businesses around the world. We are based in Japan, India, US and EU, and we have over 400 members from various regions to accelerate the Rakuten ecosystem.
To sustain the rapid growth and usage, a robust network infrastructure needs to be in place to support the increasing demands of mission critical applications. We are seeking a highly motivated and team oriented engineer who is passionate to immerse into various network technologies to automate and improve the network integration of our global infrastructure platform.
Position
Why We Hire
We are seeking a highly motivated and team oriented engineer who is passionate to immerse into various network technologies to automate and improve the network integration of our global infrastructure platform.
Position Details
Team Structure
1 senior manager
2 managers and 1 Vice manager.
15 members in Japan office and 9 members in India office.
Most of the members joined as mid-career entry.
Based in Japan, India, US and EU, members from various countries and regions work and communicate mainly in English.
Our team is operating L2/L3 network devices mainly and we can get the opportunity to work for load balancer and server as well.
Devices
Extreme VDX
Whitebox Switch with NOS
Juniper EX
PaloAlto Firewall
Bare Metal Server with NOS
BIG-IP
NetScaler
Mandatory Qualifications
English (Overall - 3 – Business Level)
Hiring Criteria
Languages
English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 2 - Intermediate)
Department Overview
Rakuten Group has 70+ services. Linking these diverse services through a common membership and loyalty program, Rakuten has created one of the world’s most unique and robust ecosystems.
Infrastructure Services Department (INSD)'s mission is to build the private cloud to host internal applications, hosted globally. Ongoing initiative and growing and maturing as new request coming.
We build and operate robust infrastructure platform that empowers Rakuten's businesses around the world. We are based in Japan, India, US and EU, and we have over 400 members from various regions to accelerate the Rakuten ecosystem.
To sustain the rapid growth and usage, a robust network infrastructure needs to be in place to support the increasing demands of mission critical applications. We are seeking a highly motivated and team oriented engineer who is passionate to immerse into various network technologies to automate and improve the network integration of our global infrastructure platform.
Position
Why We Hire
We are seeking a highly motivated and team oriented engineer who is passionate to immerse into various network technologies to automate and improve the network integration of our global infrastructure platform.
Position Details
- Be in main charge of design, verification, implementation and operations for existing and future backbone network infrastructure
- Provide internal users with day-to-day operations of Rakuten backbone network and data center networking by utilizing automation tool to leverage open-source software and programming
- Drive automation development within the platform to increase network operation efficiency and minimize operational resource
- Contribute in reviewing network configurations and architectures (design) on existing and new data center build outs
- Run POC of new products/technologies for our next generation network
- Work in building and maintaining physical infrastructure and network related documentation
- Be responsible in capacity management for internet transit/IX and DCI
- Contribute in the on-call support of network operations for existing backbone network and upper Tier level escalations
Team Structure
1 senior manager
2 managers and 1 Vice manager.
15 members in Japan office and 9 members in India office.
Most of the members joined as mid-career entry.
Based in Japan, India, US and EU, members from various countries and regions work and communicate mainly in English.
Our team is operating L2/L3 network devices mainly and we can get the opportunity to work for load balancer and server as well.
Devices
- L2/L3 Switch and Router
Extreme VDX
Whitebox Switch with NOS
Juniper EX
- Firewall
PaloAlto Firewall
Bare Metal Server with NOS
- Load Balancer
BIG-IP
NetScaler
Mandatory Qualifications
- Full technical knowledge, configure and implementation of Dynamic Routing Protocol OSPF/BGP/MPLS/VXLAN/SRv6 in backbone networking and data center networking
- Full technical knowledge, configure and implementation of Layer 2 technology such as TRILL and Multi-Chassis Link-Aggregation
- Understand basic knowledge of Firewall, Load Balancer and DNS architecture and technologies
- Work experience in DevOps environment with Ansible/Jenkins/Git
- Not only network admin related role, but also appx. 5 years operation experience and good at troubleshooting in Linux/Unix Operation System
- Proactive mindset with a self-starter attitude in finding and identifying possible network issues and coming up with proposals for resolution
- Quick learner in new technologies and upcoming trends
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineer or similar
- Experience of Network Management by utilizing open source software programming
- Experience of development and implement Automation scripts in one or more of the following: Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash and other programming language
- Experience of Linux/Unix server development and administration
- Basic knowledge and have deployment experience of public cloud(AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Ability to work in an international oriented environment interacting with global team members in all over the world
- A DevOps and Agile mindset when deploying and creating tools
English (Overall - 3 – Business Level)
Hiring Criteria
- Flexibility: Not looking for architects or administrator. We want someone who can play several roles.
- Experience: What kind of technologies you have used and what kind of roles you have played before.
- Passion: Constantly looking for a better solution. 100% is not your goal. Always aiming for 120%!
- Curiosity: Need to be curious and sensitive on what is happening in IT field.
- Sociability: We work as a team and communication skill is a must!
Languages
English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 2 - Intermediate)
Key Skills
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netscaler
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unity
nexus
perl
bash
ospf
mpls
git
aws
gcp
esp
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bgp
dns
ios
cis
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- Posted
- Dec 10, 2024
- Type
- Full-time
- Level
- Not Applicable
- Location
- Tokyo
- Company
- Rakuten
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