Staff Network Engineer at Ripple

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value. At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value. Overview: In the role of Staff Network Engineer, you will serve as a technical architect and senior project lead for Ripple’s global corporate network infrastructure. You will promote network consistency across all offices, manage major site upgrades or new office openings, and guarantee 99.9% network uptime. We want a high-impact individual contributor who defines Ripple’s architectural standard for global connectivity. This position blends high-level planning with practical senior engineering to support a workforce spread around the world. Key Responsibilities • Architectural Leadership: Define and maintain the "Global Office Standard" (Arista/Aruba/Palo Alto). Act as the final technical point of contact for resolving any critical issues in the global network infrastructure. • NetDevOps and Automation: Drive the transition to automated deployments. Replace manual "copy-paste" configurations with Ansible, Terraform, and Python-based workflows, applying Arista CloudVision APIs for Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP). • Security and Zero Trust: Collaborate with the Information Security team to implement Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). Manage the lifecycle of certificate-based EAP-TLS 802.1x authentication along with SASE/SD-WAN transitions. • Infrastructure Life Cycle: Manage multi-million dollar global hardware upgrades. Coordinate the retirement of outdated Juniper stacks and the rollout of next-generation Arista switching and Aruba Wireless solutions. • Reliability Engineering: Ownership of the 99.9% Network availability SLA. Develop streaming telemetry and sophisticated observability dashboards (LogicMonitor/Grafana) to move from reactive troubleshooting to proactive network monitoring. • Vendor and Project Management: Manage relationships with ISPs, hardware vendors, and professional services providers. Lead cross-functional projects to meet international deliverables. Required Technical Expertise • Expert-level understanding of Arista EOS (CloudVision, MLAG, VXLAN) and Aruba Central. • Deep experience with Palo Alto Networks (Panorama, GlobalProtect, and Prisma or equivalent experience) • Great understanding of cloud based Radius/TACACS+ authentication and certificate management platforms such as Arista AGNI, Foxpass, and ClearPass. • Expertise in Arista (EOS/CloudVision) and Juniper (JunOS) switching/routing stacks. Experience with MLAG and LACP switch stacking for high availability. • Senior-level experience with Aruba wireless solutions, particularly Aruba Central in extensive global deployments with high user density. • Familiarity with enabling QOS over SD-WAN for reliable, high-quality video conferencing (Zoom) in an active/active network stack. • Proficiency in NetDevOps tooling such as Python and Ansible. Experience using Git (GitHub/GitLab) for version-controlled network configurations. • Advanced administration of tools like Infoblox (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) in a high-availability, multi-site environment. • Expert knowledge of core protocols such as BGP, BFD, STP, SD-WAN, ZTNA, and 802.11ax/be wireless standards. Soft Skills and Leadership • Asynchronous Collaboration: Ability to clearly detail complex architectures for a distributed team (confluence, diagrams, technical specs). • Critical Thinking: Ability to balance immediate "firefighting" with long-term technical debt reduction. • Mentorship: A track record of leveling up junior engineers through experience with guidelines, code reviews, and technical workshops. What Sets You Apart (Bonus) • Experience operating within multi-vendor network stacks. • Exposure to fast-paced, globally distributed companies. • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for managing global network maintenance initiatives and new deployments. • Familiarity with SRE principles applied to networking (Error Budgets, RCAs, and Post-mortems). For positions that will be based in NY, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions. NY Annual Base Salary Range$172,000—$215,000 USD WHO WE ARE: Do Your Best Work • The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders • A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning. • Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team. • In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in. • Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team • We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more! Take Control of Your Finances • Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity • Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support • Employee giving match • Mobile phone stipend Take Care of Yourself • R&R days so you can rest and recharge • Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming • Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it • Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits. • Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events Benefits listed above are for full-time employees. Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. 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