Network Engineer

Req Info

Account name

Aps Foundation, Inc.

Description

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.
1. Network Engineering

Subject
APS is seeking an additional contract services resource in support of Network Engineering activities.
Work Scope
Supplier will assist APS with network engineering activities by providing a resource to work at the general direction of Company management. Resource will assist with the following activities:
• Verify requirements are consistent with scope and standards. Confirm with Architects and Senior Network Engineers to complete implementation according to standard.
• Follow change control processes. Be in attendance for required approval meetings such as Engineering Review Board, Pre-CAB, CAB and ECC/ DOC meetings.
• Produce engineering packages in accordance with proper documentation and approvals prior to moving forward with testing or implementation.
• Complete proper testing and validation procedures are met prior to implementation to mitigate failures and Human Performance issues. Test configurations in lab environment prior to production.
• Complete project turnover documentation to set the stage for maintenance success.
• Attend applicable planning and coordination meetings as required.
• Complete Bill of Materials as required for each project and work with Company staff for quoting materials.
• Complete other supporting efforts as project requirements dictated on-time.
• Travel within Arizona may be required for site surveys, implementation and quality assurance.
• Vendor resource shall be onsite for all work performed or at IT approved remote work location. Standard office hours are 8 AM to 5 PM. Alternate work schedule must be approved by IT. There may be instances where after hours work is required.
• Contractor shall be proficient in the following technologies: Azure Cloud Services, Palo Alto, F5, Aruba, Cisco, Juniper, Arista.
• Contract Services will adhere to the direction of the PMO Staff for all project-related deadline

APS way to do things- capable of following direction and being eager to learn and culturally fitting in.
strong palo alto, f5 AMAZING need to know how to speak azure cloud as well.
Is this person going to be performing routing and switching?- yes
what (if any) will be required in regards to cisco command line knowledge?- at least a ccna level of knoweldge of the CLI
how big is the cloud component? very important, this is cloud based.
running scripts? (if so, what language?) - no but it is helpful if they have it. There is a gap in the group right now.
cisco vs juniper?- in this environment, more cisco is the cloud space for Score, juniper is in the network but not as predominant. you can learn juniper.
do you sit on the ops team or NOC etc?- They are a dev ops type environment. team is in transition, used to have engineering and IP maintenance and now they are enterprise network services. and they are hinging a supervisor for Ops and then Brad is over both teams. More dev ops- maintenance and engineering.

Working together, team comradery, team spirit.

Enterprise Req Skills

Network engineering,Azure,Juniper,Cloud,Firewall,Paloalto

Job Title

network engineer

Top Skills Details

1- Azure
-polo alto firewalls
-F5 experience

azure cloud services
palo alto
cisco
juniper

enterprise network team which includes,- cloud infra, corporate network, vpn to company, infoblocks and dns

EVP

Supply chain optimization project, score. in this skillset for the network role, we need a few things. supply chain touches a bunch of parts of the business and it has not been updated in years, they are trying to update this application.
SCORE - main thing firewall and vpn set up, firewall rules. design some things too, tier above just junior level, design solutions as well. building vpn tunnels between customers
load balancing with F5

the business is energy- SCORE reaches all the way into the nuclear power plants, so many business units involved. They need to provide the technical solutions for the program. How does it talk? How can we go in and set and follow security parameters.
security team does the vetting before this team works on it.

Work Environment

remote
2 other CCIE on the team.
Reports to Sam
main focus will be score project, but working with this team.
100% remote.
- they have not had a problem with this, whole company is remote for over a year, all cloud based.

Additional Skills Tags

Azure,Juniper,Cloud,Firewall,Paloalto

Additional Skills & Qualifications

APS commitment to 100 percent carbon-free electricity
APS received the score for its transparency and efforts to protect air and water including a commitment to deliver 100 percent clean, carbon-free electricity by 2050.

The utility has been adding battery energy storage to its utility-scale solar plants in Arizona and expanding its renewable energy portfolio, including recently signing a power purchase agreement for 200 megawatts of additional wind energy. It has reduced its consumption of groundwater 22 percent from 2014 to 2019. The utility also operates the Palo Verde Generating Station, the largest nuclear plant and the single-largest generator of carbon-free electricity in the U.S.

CDP’s annual environmental disclosure and scoring process
CDP, which recently celebrated its 20th year, created the global disclosure and scoring program to promote corporate environmental transparency and provide information for environmentally minded investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts.

In 2020, more than 515 investors with more than $106 trillion in assets and 150-plus major purchasers with $4 trillion in procurement spending requested companies to disclose data on environmental impacts, risks and opportunities through CDP’s platform. More than 9,600 responded – the highest ever.

“The scale of the risk to businesses from climate change, deforestation and water insecurity is enormous, and we know the opportunities of action far outweigh the risks of inaction,” Simpson of CDP said. “Leadership from the private sector will create an ‘ambition loop’ for greater government action and ensure that global ambitions for a net zero sustainable economy become a reality.”

Interview Information

interview, one with Sam and two engineers.
cloud experience is needed and Frank will ask questions about this. Orchestration of the Cloud.

Business Challenge

Arizona electric utilities facing forces of nature head on
The recent CDP score is one of many examples of how Arizona’s three largest utilities — APS, Salt River Project (SRP) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) — have become some of the most forward thinking companies when it comes to the environment.

It’s a matter of survival. Arizona’s extreme heat and dry conditions present a unique challenge for electric companies. For example, over the past 25 years, about a dozen Arizona locations topped the nation for having the hottest year, including Buckeye, Laveen, the Yuma airport and Bullhead City. Phoenix is now the hottest city, according to national climate data.

To address the forces of nature head on, the utilities have invested heavily in renewable and clean energy infrastructure and are advancing new technologies like battery storage and solar energy.

They also have been focused on protecting and conserving diminishing water supplies.

SRP, for example, is involved in replenishing the state’s water supply through a massive public-private reforestation project, the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). The Phoenix region’s largest water provider is also on target to meet its 2035 Sustainability Goals, which call for a reduction of CO2 emitted from generation by 65 percent by 2035 and 90 percent by 2050.