SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER — L3+ | DATACENTER

📍 Multiple Locations:

• Altoona / Polk County — Iowa
• Richmond / Henrico County — Virginia
• Kansas City — Missouri
• Mesa — Arizona* Papillion / Sarpy County — Nebraska
• Los Lunas — New Mexico
• Gallatin — Tennessee
• Forest City — North Carolina

Experience: 7+ Years

Certification: CCNP — Mandatory / Strongly Preferred

🔥 KEY SKILLS

• Senior Network Engineering — L3+
• Datacenter Deployment & Operations
• Cisco C9200 / C9300X | IOS-XE
• Palo Alto PA5500 | Panorama | PAN-OS
• Routing, Switching, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6
• STP / RSTP / MSTP
• VLANs, Trunking, EtherChannel / LAG
• StackWise / StackWise Virtual
• Fiber Optics & Optical Network Troubleshooting
• Python — MUST HAVE
• Ansible | Terraform | Linux
• Network Automation & API Integration
• Firewall & Network Security
• Zabbix / PRTG
• RCA, Incident Management & Troubleshooting

🛠️ ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deploy and operate large-scale datacenter & POP networks
• Perform L2/L3 troubleshooting and RCA
• Support migrations, upgrades & new deployments
• Maintain IP/VLAN plans, diagrams, port maps & documentation
• Manage Palo Alto firewall policies & Panorama
• Automate provisioning, configuration, monitoring & remediation
• Coordinate with carriers, colocation providers & vendors
• Support rack design, cabling, hardware installation & asset management
• Execute phased datacenter migrations with minimal disruption
• Manage RMA activities & vendor coordination

👤 IDEAL CANDIDATE

CCNP-certified Senior Network Engineer with strong hands-on experience in datacenter deployment, L3 networking, Cisco, Palo Alto, Python automation and network operations.