Costco Employee Jobs in Renton, WA (NOW HIRING)

Costco Travel IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco's success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST.  Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others. 

Come join the Costco Travel IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

The Network Engineer is responsible for maintaining, building, and operating Costco Travel's global wired and wireless networks. They provide local and remote network access, routing, switching, DNS, firewall, global WAN, cloud transit, and load balancing services to Costco Travel's locations, including the data centers, call centers, and campus/regional offices.

Our successful employees are service-oriented people with integrity and commitment toward a common goal of excellence. This position performs analysis and other tasks necessary to configure, implement, and maintain Costco Travel network infrastructure. This will involve working closely with Infrastructure Architects to ensure we adhere to technical, compliance, and security best practices.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies "to work for", simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

       Collaborates with the Infrastructure Architects to develop strategies and direction for network systems solutions using current and emerging technologies.

      Collaborates with the Infrastructure Architects to translate technical requirements into low-level network designs.

      Collaborates with the Infrastructure Architects to plan and recommend network hardware, systems management software, and architecture.

      Configures and maintains physical and virtual network infrastructure such as routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers.

      Implements and maintains wireless infrastructure for corporate locations.

      Analyzes network capacity and availability to meet networking requirements while maintaining a secure environment.

      Configures and maintains tools for network monitoring, reporting, performance, and troubleshooting.

      Handles Tier 3 support and escalations for troubleshooting of network infrastructure.

      Collaborates with the Infrastructure Architects to implement networks that comply with security and compliance requirements such as PCI and HIPPA.

      Assists in identifying root cause of network operational issues, resolves problems, and recommends and implements mitigation of issues.

      Implements and configures network security products including stateful and next-generation firewalls.

      Creates, implements, and maintains automation scripts for network configuration and management using automation tools such as Python, Ansible, and Git.

      Creates network diagrams and documentation.

      Leads and/or participates in RFPs/RFIs, PoCs, lab testing, and validation.

      Implements and configures network infrastructure services such as 802.1X, NAC, IPSEC VPN, RADIUS, NTP, SDWAN, IPAM, monitoring, and logging.

      Participates in 24x7 on-call rotation.

      Works closely with Infrastructure Architects to analyze network capacity and create plans for growth and improvement in a proactive manner.

REQUIRED

      Minimum 5 years' Networking experience supporting complex medium to large enterprises.

      Minimum 5 years' experience with networking technologies (Fortinet, Arista, Aruba, Checkpoint).

      Strong troubleshooting skills to isolate network faults.

      Thorough understanding of the OSI model, as well as Ipv4 protocol suite.

      Knowledgeable on Security Best Practices, procedures, and compliance.

      Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business.

      Occasional travel may be required to our Data Centers and other locations.

      CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) or Arista Certification

Recommended

      Network+ Certification.

      Fortigate Certification.

      Checkpoint Certification.

      Proficient in Microsoft Workspace applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Required Documents

      Cover Letter

      Resume

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Pay Ranges: 

Level 1  - $85,000 - $110,000

Level 2  - $105,000 - $135,000

Level 3  - $130,000 - $160,000

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. In some cases, applicants and employees for selected positions will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.