Sr. Network Design Engineer/Consultant -100% Remote

Job description

Sr. Network Design Engineer/Data Center Architect

We are seeking an Advanced Services Engineer to provide advanced support, guidance and assistance to address specific customer needs. In this position, you will be working as a technology expert in the Routing & Switching space to design, implement, and support (troubleshoot) the deployments within a customer infrastructure (previous Juniper Experience is preferred). The ideal candidate will also have a level of comfort communicating across all functions within the organization, as well as with clients and partners. Previous Service Provider experience is required.

Essential Functions of the Job:
• You will provide advanced post-sales support for a large Data Center networking deployment for a large customer.
• Review customer network designs for an EVPN, VxLAN, leaf-spine architecture and make recommendations for deployment
• Migrate or interconnect to/from Juniper and other vendors to Arista infrastructure
• Assist with configuration build outs including creating network provisioning automation using Python and tools such as Chef or Ansible
• Assist with implementation and change controls
• You will assist with proof of concepts (POC) and in-depth testing to validate design scenario
• Provide bug scrubs and code recommendations
• Provide interface to TAC and internal development teams and the customer
• You will provide customer advice regarding architectural questions, product prerequisites, product features, etc.
• Translate complex business requirements into Leaf-Spine Network solutions
• Designing Network solutions utilizing extensive experience with routing protocols including advanced BGP design as well as extensive EVPN/VXLAN experience.
• Establish and maintaining strong relationships with key partners
• Attend key partner events, training sessions, and provide ongoing training with the customer teams globally
• Continue training to maintain expertise
• Ability to understand the client’s business objectives and technical needs
• Ability to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for sales and clients
• Regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment
• Maintain professional relationships with teammates, partners, and clients
• Some travel may be required within assigned territory

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
• Network Industry Certification preferred (e.g. CCIE (R&S), JNCIE)
• 5+ years’ working experience with network technologies including network design and deployments of Campus and Data Center networks. Knowledge of leaf-spine architectures highly desired.
• 5+ years’ minimum experience with Juniper, Arista or Cisco-based technologies focusing on infrastructure
• Demonstrated experience in technical post-sales, as either a Network Consulting Engineer or as an Advanced Systems (AS) Engineer
• Experience with Juniper or Cisco enterprise routing/switching within large data center enterprise customers (Catalyst, Nexus, ASR)
• Expert knowledge in the following areas: Ethernet, VLANs, VxLAN, EVPN, IP Routing, TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, eBGP, Multicast, QoS
• Expertise in at least one area of Data Center related technologies - Openstack, SDN, NFV, Load Balancers, Virtualization, Linux tools
• Expert level knowledge of industry-standard CLI
• Ability to write white papers a plus
• Background in Perl, Python, Scripting for creating network automation is highly desired
• Excellent customer service and verbal communication skills
• Excellent written skills and the ability to do related documentation and ticket tracking of opportunities/meeting follow-up

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $110.00 - $125.00 per hour

Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Remote