Staff Network Engineer
Ripple provides payments, custody and stablecoin solutions that help financial institutions integrate blockchain and digital assets.
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About Ripple
Ripple helps financial institutions transform global payments by providing blockchain-powered infrastructure for cross-border payments, digital asset custody, and stablecoin solutions. With it, users can enable instant settlements, reduce costs, and access new markets. The company was originally founded as OpenCoin in 2012 and rebranded to Ripple in 2015.
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About the Role
Serve as a technical architect and senior project lead for Ripple's global office networks, supporting high-availability connectivity, new office design and commissioning, automation, security, observability, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
Requirements
- Expert-level understanding of Arista EOS, CloudVision, and Aruba Central.
- Deep experience with Palo Alto Networks Panorama, GlobalProtect, and Prisma or equivalent.
- Experience with cloud-based RADIUS/TACACS+ authentication and certificate management platforms.
- Expertise with Arista EOS/CloudVision and Juniper JunOS switching and routing stacks.
- Experience with MLAG and LACP switch stacking for high availability.
- Senior-level Aruba wireless experience in extensive, high-density global deployments.
- Proficiency with Python and Ansible for NetDevOps.
- Advanced Infoblox administration across DNS, DHCP, and IPAM in high-availability multi-site environments.
- Experience with SNMP-based alerting and logging platforms.
- Expert knowledge of BGP, BFD, STP, and 802.11ax/be standards.
- Experience with SD-WAN, ZTNA, and new office network design and installation.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain Ripple office networking standards.
- Resolve critical issues in the global network infrastructure.
- Develop automation, version control, and CI/CD practices for network operations.
- Replace manual configurations with cloud-managed deployment and validation tooling.
- Implement Zero Trust Network Access with Information Security and cross-functional teams.
- Manage global hardware through design, deployment, maintenance, and upgrades.
- Own the 99.9% network availability SLA and develop advanced observability.
- Manage ISP, hardware vendor, and professional services relationships.
- Lead cross-functional projects supporting international deliverables.
Benefits
- Professional development budget
- In-office collaboration flexibility of 10+ days a month
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting
- Team offsites, team bonding activities, and happy hours
- Competitive bonuses and equity
- Healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support benefits
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend
- R&R days
- Wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite and virtual programming
- Generous vacation policy
- Parental leave and family planning benefits
- Catered lunches and stocked kitchens