Senior Data Center Network Architect / Engineer
- Source: LinkedIn
- NexQloud
- Remote
- United States
- Senior
Job Description
🚨 WE ARE HIRING – Senior Data Center Network Architect / Engineer
📍 Location: 100% Remote – US Only
💼 Experience: 8–10+ Years Enterprise Data Center Networking
🎯 Level: Senior Engineer / Architect
🕐 Hours: EST to PST
ROLE OVERVIEW
Looking for a niche profile combining Data Center Network Architecture, Infrastructure as Code, and AI Infrastructure .
Team: DC Core . Senior Engineer candidates are considered, with preference for Architect-level candidates. Hands-on experience is more important than title.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide Level 3 design, implementation, and support for Data Center Network Engineering
• Participate in after-hours implementation windows
• Design, implement, and troubleshoot CLOS L3 Spine/Leaf, VxLAN BGP EVPN, MEC, MLAG, and vPC
• Advanced Palo Alto, Cisco Nexus, and Arista design, implementation, and troubleshooting
• Review business requirements with Network Architects and Engineering teams
• Create High-Level/Low-Level Designs, network diagrams, traffic flow diagrams, and cabling matrices
• Verify equipment and WAN circuits are available or ordered
• Coordinate additional equipment/WAN circuit requirements
• Create implementation, verification, and backout plans
• Create ServiceNow change tickets and coordinate outage windows
• Execute build/deploy activities and perform post-implementation validation and testing
REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Hands-on enterprise experience with Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto
• VxLAN BGP EVPN , BGP , and CLOS L3 Spine/Leaf
• Cisco NDFC/Nexus Dashboard, Arista CloudVision Portal, Palo Alto Panorama
• Gigamon, LiveAction, Arista DMF, Viavi
• Equinix Fabric, Bare Metal, Megaport VXCs, MVE, MCR, AT&T TAOS
• Strong IaC experience with Python, Terraform, Ansible, GitOps, CI/CD, and GitHub
• Experience with source control, testing, validation, and continuous delivery
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
• AI Infrastructure: NVIDIA DGX and Spectrum X
• Claude Code familiarity is a plus
SOFT SKILLS
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Team-oriented and self-starter
• Comfortable working with client architects
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS
• Cisco CCNP Enterprise
• Arista DC ACE L5 or L7
• Palo Alto Network Security Professional
CANDIDATE PROFILE
This is a blended profile: a Data Center Network Architect who also codes . Networking depth is the priority, especially recent hands-on Spine/Leaf VxLAN EVPN experience.
Enterprise Network Architects with IaC exposure, or Senior Network Automation Engineers with strong Cisco/Arista/Palo Alto experience, are encouraged to apply.
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Skills
- google-vpc
- Servicenow
- palo-alto-panorama
- paloaltonetworks-panorama
- gigamon
- liveaction
- viavi-
- equinix
- megaport
- atandt
- Python
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Github
- nvidia
- nvidia-dgx
- claude-code
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