Sr. Product Engineer vCloud Networking

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*Candidates can sit in St. Louis, MO or Herndon, VA*
The Senior Product Engineer will develop standards and practices for the configuration of vCloud networking features, as well as the secure interconnection between the Savvis vCloud environment and the global CenturyLink network.
Position Objectives and Essential Duties:
Develop network engineering standards and practices for the secure interconnection between the Savvis vCloud environment and the rest of the CenturyLink network.
Work with the Product Director and the Enterprise Cloud management team to ensure interlock with the Savvis Enterprise Cloud strategic vision, integration strategy and its long-term growth plan.
Evaluate vendor alternatives and set technical strategy for the underpinning elements of the cloud network service, focusing on network availability, security and performance.
Develop service level targets
Load-test candidate technologies and establish performance metrics
Take responsibility for the customer value proposition and the technical differentiation plan that will enable a growing, viable business line for years to come. Take ownership for all assigned technical elements of the Cloud Network service(s) to possibly include traffic management, domain name strategy, network security, TCP optimization, QoS design and private networking.
Coordinate with software development leaders in the Cloud Storage Group to develop a highly-extensible service platform that can be adopted and integrated in a wide range of scenarios through portal interfaces and web services.
Innovate around performance optimization technologies which drive efficient data transfer into cloud
Innovate around private network alternatives which enables optimized, private access to the cloud by enterprise customers.
Translate functional and commercial requirements into technical and API specifications
Create a development environment for efficient testing and integration.
Support the ongoing business development process, as directed, through design assurance (DA) and sales support.
Required Skills:
Expertise with VMware vCloud Network and Security technologies
Strong experience in the design and implementation of high-performance network services in multiple geographies.
Strong experience in developing test plans for highly-virtualized, dispersed, web services.
Familiarity with cloud hosting challenges, including web applications, cloud-to-cloud integration, volume data transfer, virtualization, scripting, and deployment modeling.
5 years complex enterprise WAN experience
Detailed knowledge of WAN optimization and data replication techniques
Strong knowledge of UDP/TCP protocols such as SSH, FTP, HTTP, SSL, DNS, SMTP and others and dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and others.
Experience with infrastructure monitoring and performance measurement, including SNMP and related protocols
Strong analytical, diagnostic, problem solving and communication skills.
Must be a team player, flexible, self-motivated and analytical with excellent oral and written communications skills.
Desired Skills:
Experience leading the creation of multi-tenant, infrastructure-as-a-service offerings
Expertise with Cisco network and security technologies
Load-testing expertise
Demonstrable familiarity with enterprise-grade server operating systems such as Windows 2003 Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris
Familiarity with cloud service models and trends in the modern IT services market
Education or Equivalent Experience:
BS in Computer Science or Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience
**Please apply via the Savvis Careers page and reference job code 197673-936 under Information Technology
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1 Savvis Parkway
Chesterfield, MO 63017
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