Campus Network Engineer

Location: New York City & Surrounding Regions

Work Arrangement: Hybrid: Must be flexible and available to work onsite at customer data centers throughout the NYC metropolitan area as needed.

Toucreek Technology Services is a fast-growing professional services firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a strategic partner to a leading global cloud networking company, we are expanding our professional services team.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Campus Network Engineer with significant automation

experience to design, deploy, migrate, and operate enterprise campus networks, with a strong focus on wired switching, Wi-Fi, and NAC. The ideal candidate combines deep multi-vendor campus expertise (Cisco, Arista, Juniper Mist, Aruba, Meraki) with a software-driven approach: building source-of-truth-driven configuration, automated deployments, and pre/post-change validation using Python, Ansible, and vendor APIs. This hybrid onsite, customer-facing role involves leading campus refresh and migration projects, automating repeatable workflows, and resolving complex issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, refresh, and troubleshoot campus access, distribution, and core networks (Cisco

Catalyst, Arista, Juniper EX, Aruba CX), including stacking/MLAG, StackWise Virtual, and campus

EVPN-VXLAN fabrics.

• Lead large-scale campus migrations and hardware refreshes across multiple sites, including Cisco-to-Arista, with automated config translation, staging, and cutover.

• Build and maintain network automation for day-0 through day-2 operations: templated config

generation, zero-touch provisioning, bulk changes, compliance checks, and pre/post-change

validation (Python, Ansible, Jinja2, Arista AVD/ANTA, Nornir).

• Establish and integrate a network source of truth (NetBox, Nautobot, or equivalent) and drive

configurations from it.

• Develop Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub/GitLab) for network changes, including peer review, testing, and rollback.

• Automate against controller and platform APIs (Arista CloudVision, Cisco Catalyst Center, Meraki Dashboard, Juniper Mist, Aruba Central) using REST, NETCONF/RESTCONF, and gNMI.

• Deploy, refresh, and troubleshoot Wi-Fi solutions (AP configuration, RF planning, interference

mitigation, roaming, WPA2/WPA3) using Cisco, Juniper Mist, Meraki, and Aruba, and automate AP onboarding and site rollouts.

• Configure and troubleshoot NAC and 802.1X/MAB with Cisco ISE and Aruba ClearPass, including dynamic segmentation and policy automation.

• Implement monitoring, telemetry, and observability (streaming telemetry, SNMP, syslog) and

automate health checks and reporting.

• Conduct POCs, produce design documents, runbooks, and automation documentation, mentor

junior engineers and customer teams, and participate in on-call and maintenance-window

cutovers.

• Act as a Automation and Campus Networking Subject Matter expert and collaborate with the

customer for a successful migration. Be a trusted advisor to the customer for networking.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years as a Network Engineer, 5+ in senior roles focused on campus routing, switching, and Wi-Fi.

• 3+ years of hands-on network automation experience in production, with examples of automation built and operated (not just scripts run).

• Strong Python skills (Netmiko, NAPALM, Nornir, Requests, pyATS or similar) and Ansible

playbook/role development with Jinja2 templating.

• Proficiency with Git and version-controlled change workflows; experience with CI/CD for network changes.

• Hands-on experience with large-scale campus refreshes or migrations (multiple sites, hundreds to thousands of switches and APs).

• Expertise in campus switching platforms: Cisco Catalyst, Arista, Juniper EX, and/or Aruba CX

(ideally 1–2 primary vendors).

• Expertise in wireless platforms: Cisco, Juniper Mist, Meraki, and/or Aruba.

• Strong knowledge of 802.1X/NAC with Cisco ISE and/or Aruba ClearPass.

• Experience and background in network security fundamentals especially as it relates to 802.1x.

• Solid routing fundamentals: OSPF, BGP, VRFs, and first-hop redundancy in campus designs.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience.

• Excellent customer service and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent written skills, including design and automation documentation, ticket tracking, and

Meeting follow-up.

**Preferred Qualifications…