The Network Engineer will design, implement, and optimize network infrastructures while supporting deployments and automating processes using various tools. Responsibilities include monitoring networks, assisting with cloud infrastructure, and improving network performance.
Role DescriptionResponsibilities
We are looking for a motivated Network Engineer to join Dropbox’s Corporate IT team. In this role, you’ll collaborate with senior and mid-level engineers to design, implement, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure across data centers, office environments, wireless networks, and cloud platforms. This position offers hands-on experience with network automation, performance tuning, cloud networking, and security. You’ll contribute to key initiatives while helping to advance the team’s capabilities in automation, observability, and cloud infrastructure consolidation.
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- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize networks using tools like Datadog, Kentik, and synthetic testing
- Support network deployments, upgrades, and retrofits across data centers and offices
- Assist with daily network operations, stand-ups, and vendor coordination
- Contribute to Aruba Cloud wireless migrations and ongoing wireless infrastructure management
- Support networking efforts across AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI, including VPC design and routing/security optimization
- Assist with Zscaler implementations, including disaster recovery and business continuity projects
- Develop and maintain network automation scripts using Ansible and Python
- Automate network provisioning with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and ArgoCD
- Maintain and improve tooling like NetBox, Oxidized, ACL management, and IPAM systems
- Document network architecture, procedures, and runbooks
- Support network segmentation, traffic inspection, and secrets management
- Contribute to performance tuning to improve network reliability and end-user experience
On-call work may be necessary occasionally to help address bugs, outages, or other operational issues, with the goal of maintaining a stable and high-quality experience for our customers.
Requirements- 2+ years of hands-on experience with Cisco and Juniper platforms
- Familiarity with network automation using Ansible, Python, and Terraform
- Understanding of cloud networking in AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI
- Experience with DNS, DHCP, VPNs, and enterprise Wi-Fi
- Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Datadog, Kentik, NetBox, and IPAM
- Basic understanding of CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or ArgoCD
- Interest in zero trust security (Zscaler) and network performance optimization
- Experience with Aruba wireless (on-prem and cloud)
- Familiarity with Zscaler tools (ZIA, ZPA, ZDX, ZCC)
- Knowledge of Vault or similar secrets management platforms
- Understanding of container and Kubernetes networking
- Strong written communication skills for technical documentation and runbooks
Top Skills
Ansible
Argocd
AWS
Azure
Cisco
Datadog
GCP
Github Actions
Ipam
Jenkins
Juniper
Kentik
Netbox
Oci
Python
Terraform
Zscaler
Dropbox Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
Boston, MA, United States
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