Datacenter Network Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Accountable for the design, operation, and ongoing enhancement of the Arista-based leaf-spine network fabric, ensuring high availability, performance, and security within our data center environments.

• Design, implement, and operate Arista leaf-spine architectures that support large-scale, high-availability environments.

• Oversee daily operations of the data center network, guaranteeing optimal performance, resiliency, and uptime.

• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Arista switches utilizing EOS and CloudVision (CVP).

• Support and optimize EVPN/VXLAN-based overlay networks as well as BGP underlay routing.

• Consistently enhance network performance, latency, and traffic flow across the fabric.

• Develop and implement strategies for hardware and software upgrades across Arista, Cisco, and Palo Alto platforms.

• Conduct impact analysis, risk assessments, and validation testing for network modifications.

• Create comprehensive implementation and rollback plans to ensure safe execution.

• Implement and manage data center security measures using Cisco Firepower (FTD/FMC) and Palo Alto Networks firewalls.

• Design and enforce policies for segmentation, access control, and threat prevention.

• Collaborate with security teams to align with enterprise security architecture and compliance standards.

• Work in partnership with Systems Engineering, Database, Platform Engineering, and Security teams to support application and infrastructure requirements.

• Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews for new projects.

• Assist in troubleshooting across various infrastructure layers including network, compute, storage, and applications.

• Enhance network monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities.

• Identify and implement automation opportunities utilizing tools such as Python, Ansible, or Terraform.

• Maintain precise documentation of network architecture, standards, and operational procedures.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–7+ years of experience in data center network engineering.

• 3+ years of practical experience managing Arista-based network fabrics.

• Proven experience in designing and operating leaf-spine architectures in production settings.

• Hands-on experience with Cisco Firepower (FTD/FMC) and/or Palo Alto firewalls.

• Experience supporting mission-critical applications within enterprise environments.

• Demonstrated capability to conduct impact analysis and safely execute network changes.

• Experience deploying and operating EVPN/VXLAN at scale (preferred).

• Familiarity with CloudVision (CVP) for automation and network management (preferred).

• Experience with network automation and infrastructure as code (Python, Ansible, Terraform) (preferred).

• Exposure to cloud-integrated networking (AWS, Azure, or GCP connectivity) (preferred).

• Knowledge of zero trust or micro-segmentation architectures (preferred).

• Industry certifications such as Arista ACE (Arista Certified Engineer), CCNP, or CCIE (Cisco), and Palo Alto PCNSE (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual allotment of complimentary hotel stays at Hyatt hotels worldwide.

• Flexible work schedule.

• Work-life benefits including wellbeing initiatives such as a complimentary Headspace subscription and a discount at the on-site fitness center.

• A global family assistance policy with paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child, along with financial support for adoption.

• Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401K with company matching.