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PayPal Sr System & Cloud Engineer United States, Arizona, Scottsdale 411658043
17.07.2025
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To deliver a robust, high-performance global edge platform that seamlessly connects users to content and services with unparalleled reliability, security, and speed. We architect, operate, and continuously evolve our Content Delivery Network, External DNS services, and Load Balancing infrastructure to ensure optimal digital experiences across all geographies and devices.What you need to know about the role
Essential Responsibilities:
- Oversee load balancers, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) equipment, Content
- Delivery Network (CDN) platforms, and troubleshoot client/server issues.
- Deploy equipment, manage SSL certificate hosting and renewal, and build infrastructure for data centers and cloud environments.
- Support & manage system availability, and ensure compliance with Information Security standards.
- Offer on-call support, monitor infrastructure and hosted services, and troubleshoot complex issues.
- Handle proactive and reactive outages, work with vendors, and take ownership of network incidents, escalations, and root cause analysis.
- Communicate incident impacts, risks, and mitigation plans to executives, document incident information, and create network engineering documentation and best practices.
- Implement rapid response protocols for critical infrastructure failures affecting global operations.
- Lead Edge Engineering design and architecture for on-premises and public cloud migration, and build hybrid connectivity solutions.
- Architect scalable, secure, and resilient edge infrastructure solutions that support global business requirements.
- Design and implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for critical edge services.
- Implement and continually improve operational procedures, systems, and network engineering best practices.
- Identify opportunities to automate network tasks and improve operational efficiency using various scripting languages.
Preferred Qualification:
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Proven track record in managing large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure environments.
- Strong foundation of networking protocols, SSL, HTTP Framework, and Application Performance Optimization.
- Strong understanding of networking protocols and technologies, including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, DNS, VPN, firewalls and load balancers.
- Experience with network security best practices and technologies (e.g. firewalls, load balancers, intrusion detection/prevention systems).
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with ability to work under pressure.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to present to executive leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide technical team members.
- Ability to make critical decisions during high-pressure incident situations.
- Strong analytical skills with capability to assess complex technical challenges and develop innovative solutions.
- System Design and Architectural knowledge principles.
- Basic expertise and knowledge on Artificial Intelligence technology like MCP (Model Context Protocol).
- Proficient in one Cloud Technology like GCP, AWS or Azure.
- Proficient with a CDN vendor like Fastly, Cloudflare etc.
- Proficient with a Load Balancing Technology like F5.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible and Puppet.
- Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, Ansible) for network automation.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for infrastructure deployment.
- Experience with network monitoring tools (e.g. LogicMonitor, Datadog, Splunk, Catchpoint, Nagios, etc.)
- Understanding of observability principles and implementation of comprehensive monitoring strategies.
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architectures.
- Knowledge of edge computing platforms and serverless technologies.
- Familiarity with financial services industry requirements and compliance standards.Experience with global, multi-region infrastructure deployments.
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