Senior Data Center Network Engineer — Architecture & Automation

Capgemini Engineering; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Referral bonuses

Great office locations

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a Senior Data Center Network Engineer to lead the design, evolution, and transformation of large-scale data center infrastructures. You will shape architectures, drive automation, and ensure secure, resilient networks across complex environments.

You will mentor engineers, contribute to CI/CD for network changes, and support incident resolution while delivering observability and capacity planning for national and international projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in large-scale data center environments.
• Minimum of 3 years in production network automation projects.
• Experience with Data Center transformation programs will be valued.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve data center architectures based on Spine-Leaf, VXLAN/EVPN, BGP, OSPF, and DCI.
• Develop and strengthen perimeter security solutions using next-generation firewalls, segmentation, micro‑segmentation, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and load balancing.
• Create automation solutions for the provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of network equipment.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for network changes, featuring automated validation, pre‑deployment testing, and rollback mechanisms.
• Develop observability and telemetry capabilities for monitoring and capacity planning.
• Participate in resolving complex incidents and conducting root cause analysis.
• Mentor junior engineers and support the adoption of new technologies.

Skills

Spine-Leaf architecture

VXLAN/EVPN

BGP and OSPF

vPC/MLAG

Layer 2 protection & STP

QoS & Multicast

Data Center Interconnect (DCI)

NAT, IPsec/SSL VPNs

Segmentation & Micro-segmentation

DMZ & Zero Trust

IDS/IPS

WAF & DDoS mitigation

Load Balancers (F5 or equivalent)

Job description

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a Senior Data Center Network Engineer to lead the design, evolution, and transformation of large-scale data center infrastructures. You will shape architectures, drive automation, and ensure secure, resilient networks across complex environments.

You will mentor engineers, contribute to CI/CD for network changes, and support incident resolution while delivering observability and capacity planning for national and international projects.