Network Engineer (Swing/Night Shift)

The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.

Responsibilities

• Manage and expand network interconnections, network co-location sites and tunnel mining sites
• Maintain the uptime and performance of the tunnel boring machines and tunnels
• Improve network performance based upon system performance metrics
• Assist in updating system configuration and firmware
• Assist in negotiating technical aspects of supplier and service provider contracts

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of professional hands on experience operating a service provider network
• Operational experience in a Linux production environment
• Experience with Python and/or bash scripting
• Must be able to work evening/swing shifts and in harsh industrial environments

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline
• Connectivity (Ethernet, WDM, IPv4 and IPv6)
• Switching (MPLS, QinQ)
• Routing (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)
• Subscriber Management (BNG, RADIUS/AAA, QoS, BSS/OSS integration)
• Network security and Anti-DDoS measures
• Internet services (DNS, DHCP, NTP, etc.)
• Experience with hands-on work in bringing up network infrastructure
• Experience creating documentation and procedures
• Ability to run projects independently
• Experience working on wireless networks
• Cisco, Juniper or other industry certifications

Culture

We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.

Benefits

We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.

The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.