.JOB DESCRIPTIONCreate a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people!If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what's right for pets, people and our planet.We love all pets like our ownWe're the future of the pet industryWe're here to improve livesWe drive outstanding results togetherWe're welcome as we arePetco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners.We are 29,000 strong and operate 1,500+ pet care centers in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, including 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers.We're focused on purpose-driven work, and strongly believe what's good for pets, people and our planet is good for Petco.Position PurposeThe Core Network Engineer provides technical support, maintains, and monitors the network hardware, third party software, and wireless networks. This position is responsible for the network's availability and uptime and must respond and act quickly to resolve any problems that arise which jeopardize the business or an employee's ability to interact with our systems.They also configure network monitoring tools for the environment and maintain a healthy working relationship with other members of the Engineering team, vendors and other company leadership through communications, reporting, forecasting and alerting.Essential Job FunctionsMonitor network environments to identify performance issues proactively while working within strict time frames and the ability to elevate incidents within defined time frames.Monitor every aspect of WAN and LAN networks in order to identify opportunities for better system performance and elimination of recurring system problems.Respond to degraded systems performance and troubleshoot system and network problems in a systematic manner.Testing all changes to networks, hardware, and software and identifying any issues that may result, and offer solutions.Coordinate with vendors and management on infrastructure projects as needed to ensure a productive environment.Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, Python, or other scripting languages.Support and Maintain Core route and switch networks, including traditional and software-defined networking topologies.Create and Manage Network ACL through use of Next Generation Firewalls and Software Defined WAN technologies.Resolve issues and prepare status reviews and reports.Professionally represent the networking team as a technical consultant on projects.Maintain necessary project plans and documentation of all network hardware and network mapping, resource allocation and modifications