Layer2 is hiring a Network Consulting Engineer – Routing & Switching to join a professional services engagement supporting an enterprise customer in Brazil.
This role requires professional working proficiency in both Portuguese and English, as you will work with local customer teams and international stakeholders.
In this role, you will drive the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise networking solutions, taking ownership of technical delivery from design through implementation and problem resolution.
We are looking for an experienced engineer with strong routing and switching depth, solid design and troubleshooting skills, and hands-on exposure to a second technology such as IoT or wireless.
What you’ll do
- Drive technology design, implementation, execution, and optimization for customer projects and accounts.
- Work with customers to plan, design, configure, and diagnose enterprise networking products, services, and solutions.
- Take ownership of task and project implementation for assigned customer engagements.
- Create and review project deliverables, including design recommendations, High Level Design, Low Level Design, and implementation/change management plans.
- Assist customers with the integration and implementation of tools, systems, and service assurance.
- Build and leverage test labs and customer simulations to resolve complex problems and validate compatibility issues.
- Act as the initial focal point for problem resolution, assuring proper and quick resolution of major customer problems.
- Leverage software skills and tools to configure, deploy, and troubleshoot network solutions, contributing to the development of digital intellectual capital such as scripts.
- Support presales activities and translate business requirements into solution design.
- Create and deliver customer collateral, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
- Collaborate with other Consulting Engineers across technology domains and provide technical input to the Sales team.
- Capture and share new implementation techniques, methodologies, and lessons learned with the broader team.
What we’re looking for:
Required qualifications
- BSc in Computer Science or equivalent, plus 3–6 years of relevant work experience.
- Solid hands-on knowledge of Routing & Switching, with strong design and troubleshooting expertise.
- Experience delivering enterprise networking projects in customer-facing environments.
- Experience creating and reviewing formal design deliverables (High Level Design, Low Level Design, implementation and change management plans).
- Experience acting as a focal point for problem resolution on complex customer issues.
- Active CCNP certification or higher, with certification names and dates clearly available.
- Professional working proficiency in Portuguese and English.
- Hands-on experience with a second technology, ideally IoT or wireless (WiFi).
- Experience within a professional services or consulting delivery model.
- Scripting and automation skills applied to configuration, deployment, or troubleshooting of network solutions.
- Experience building test environments to validate designs and reproduce complex problems.
- Experience supporting presales and translating business requirements into technical solutions.
- Active additional networking certifications, with certification names and dates clearly available.
Why this role
- Consulting engagement delivering enterprise networking solutions to a customer in Brazil.
- End-to-end ownership of technical delivery: design, implementation, optimization, and problem resolution.
- Direct exposure to customer stakeholders and account teams.
- Opportunity to combine Routing & Switching depth with a second technology such as IoT or wireless.
- Layer2 is a long-established professional services partner, with experienced engineers across multiple network technology domains.
- Technical environment suited to engineers who enjoy ownership, problem-solving, and end-to-end delivery.