Sr. Network Engineer at Pacific Life in Newport Beach, California

Job Description:

Job Description:

Pacific Life is investing in bright, agile and diverse talent to contribute to our mission of innovating our business and creating a superior customer experience. We're actively seeking a talented Sr. Network Engineer to join our Enterprise Security Systems team in Newport Beach, CA.

As a Sr. Network Engineer, you'll play a key role in Pacific Life's growth and long-term success by designing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting our growing network infrastructure. This person will also collaborate with our corporate security team to design and build security controls to protect our environment. You will fill a new role that sits on a team of 15 people in the Corporate division.

How you will make an impact:

• Implement products, platforms, software, hardware, or appliance-based solutions related to network and network security.


• Interface with management and vendors to develop and implement new solutions to meet business requirements.


• Design and manage the rollout of various network infrastructures with necessary capacity planning, performance tuning, and configuration optimization


• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades including service packs, patches, hot fixes and security configurations


• Maintain network security across the global enterprise; analyze networks for security threats. Monitor organization's networks for security breaches and investigates violations when they occur.


• Use network tools for administration, maintenance, automation, and visualization reporting


• Develops technical documentation describing the deployment, configuration, and management of network infrastructure.


• Participates in IT security audits. Responds to existing audits and ensures required controls are implemented as required.


• Builds strong relationships outside of IT to understand business needs. Communicates complex details in a way that people can understand. Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the products, empathizing with and understanding user needs.

The experience you will bring:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in IT, configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)


• Candidate must have advanced technical skills and experience with the following L2 and L3 protocols and technologies such as IPSec, DMVPN, BGP, OSPF, VPC, QoS, 802.1x. Be familiar with Cisco IOS, IOS-XE and NXOS.


• Candidate must be familiar with various platforms - NetScaler, Riverbed, Cisco (Catalyst, ISR, ASR, Nexus). Cisco ACI is a plus, Knowledge of Juniper and HPE routing/switching equipment is a plus.


• Must have an understanding of open-source and other tools to assist in monitoring, troubleshooting and performance analysis.


• Must have excellent communication and problem-solving skills, attention to detail


• One or more of the following certifications: Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNP


• Flexible schedule, including the ability to work nights and weekends


• B.S./MS in Engineering and/or Computer Science or equivalent experience

More reasons to join:

At Pacific Life, the work we do matters. We work passionately each day to drive our company forward while enjoying job security, flexible scheduling, and great opportunities for career growth.

If you're seeking a thriving career doing the type of meaningful work that's all too rare at a Fortune 500 Company, Pacific Life is the place for you. If you are a self-starter who appreciates creativity and individuality in your colleagues - even better. We look forward to receiving your application.

Want to learn more about life at Pacific Life? Take an inside look at our company culture: Instagram.com/lifeatpacificlife.

Our response to COVID-19

Despite the pandemic, Pacific Life has remained safe, stable and productive, thanks to our digital processes and people-first culture. An agile approach has aided us in successfully shifting our recruiting and onboarding activities toward a safe work-from-home environment. Please let us know if you have any questions about the interview process or about our response to COVID-19. #LI-AJ1

How We Help You Succeed:

We're fostering a culture of shared values across our company by providing generous compensation and comprehensive benefits that allow our employees to find fulfillment and security in personal life and career alike. These include:

• Competitive Salary and Benefits




• Work-Life Balance & Flexible Scheduling




• Medical, dental, and vision as part our commitment to investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees




• Two retirement savings plans: 401k savings plan with company match and Company Retirement Contribution (company-paid)




• Generous PTO and holiday pay




• Warm Colleagues & Inspiring Culture

EEO Statement:

Pacific Life Insurance Company is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Human Resources Representative at Pacific Life Insurance Company.