DDI/Infoblox Engineer

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: DDI/Infoblox Engineer

Location(s): Alpharetta, GA

(HYBRID - 3 days in office)

Position Description:

• The Application Delivery engineering team at the organization is responsible for the engineering and renovation of our global internal & external DNS, DHCP and IPAM infrastructure, as well as our F5 hardware, virtual and software LTM & GTM capability.
• We are embarking on a multi-year programme of consolidation and replacement of our DDI infrastructure leveraging Infoblox.
• The team is also responsible for integrating this plant into our centralized self-service configuration management & monitoring systems and delivering plant management automation.
• We are seeking a skilled engineer with DNS and networking knowledge to join our team and contribute to this replatforming initiative.
• An experienced engineer with solid technical fundamentals, proven expertise deploying Infoblox products at scale and a passion for automation would be the ideal fit for this role.

• Working with solution architects, operations, application developers and fellow engineers to provide a well documented, monitored, stable and supportable DNS, DHCP & IPAM plant.
• Implementing automation for plant management and testing using Python and Ansible.
• Recommending changes to improve performance and stability at the architecture, configuration or code level.
• Working as a top-level escalation point to perform complex troubleshoots, working with other infrastructure & application owners to resolve issues in the environment.
• Communicating with internal clients and stakeholders to identify new business requirements and design well architected infrastructure solutions that meet their needs.

• Experience with engineering large-scale enterprise DDI deployments (preferably Infoblox NIOS, but others like bind, tinydns, ISC dhcpd also relevant).
• A firm understanding of DNS & DHCP protocols and common architectural patterns.
• Working knowledge of networking concepts & protocols at all layers: TCP/IP, BGP, HTTP, SSL etc...
• Experience automating repetitive tasks related to installation, configuration or management of infrastructure using Ansible, Python, shell or other scripting/programming language.
• Comfort working with a Linux-based command line & familiarity with general system administration concepts.

• Recognized industry certifications from Infoblox and other DDI platforms.
• Familiarity with DNS global service load-balancing (e.g. F5 GTM, Infoblox DTC).
• Hands-on experience deploying & configuring network load-balancing infrastructure (F5, A10, Cisco, Arista, etc...).
• Knowledge of virtualized and containerized infrastructure.
• Experience with RESTful web APIs.
• Understanding of software version control, deployment & build tools and SDLC practices.