Data Center Network Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Data Center Network Engineer who has hands-on experience designing and building a data center network from scratch.

This is not just an operations role — we're looking for someone who has been involved in the architecture, deployment, configuration, and implementation of a data center network and can confidently troubleshoot and operate complex, high-performance environments.

Key Skills

  • Cisco — switching & routing
  • Arista — data center switching
  • Palo Alto — firewalls & network security
  • Strong BGP and OSPF expertise
  • Data center networking: VXLAN, EVPN, VRF, VLANs
  • VPN, IPSec/GRE, ACLs and QoS
  • Network automation using Ansible and Python
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across Layers 1–7
  • Experience with enterprise, data center, or service provider networks

Requirements

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of network engineering experience
  • Proven experience building a data center network from the ground up
  • Strong hands-on experience with Cisco and Arista
  • Hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls
  • Deep understanding of BGP, routing, switching and data center architectures
  • Ability to work in a 24/7 infrastructure operations environment
  • Strong documentation, troubleshooting and incident-management skills

Certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE or equivalent are strongly preferred.

Experience with network automation, SDN, multi-site WAN/peering, HPC or AI/GPU networking will be considered a strong plus.

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