SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER — L3+ | DATACENTER
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Location
- Polk County, United States
- Posted
- 5d ago
📍 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.