AI Data Center Network Engineer - High-Speed Fabric & Security

Amethyst Partners; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amethyst Partners is seeking an experienced AI Data Center Network Engineer to support deployment, operation, and maintenance of AI infrastructure and data center networks in Irvine, CA. You will ensure reliability, performance, and security of production networks while coordinating with colocation providers, carriers, hardware vendors, and global teams.

The ideal candidate has strong expertise in data center networking, InfiniBand/RoCE, and operational excellence in mission-critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in network engineering or network operations, preferably in data center or AI/GPU infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise and data center networking technologies including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, ACLs, VPNs, firewalls, and Spine-Leaf architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco, Arista, Juniper, or NVIDIA/Mellanox devices.
• Experience with InfiniBand, RoCE, and RDMA technologies is highly preferred.
• Familiarity with IAM, MFA, SIEM, EDR and security compliance concepts.
• Proficiency in Linux administration and automation tools (Shell scripting, Python, Ansible).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate on-site network implementation and operations at U.S. data centers.
• Deploy, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot production service networks and high-speed fabric networks.
• Configure and optimize network infrastructure (switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, BGP, VLANs, ACLs).
• Implement and maintain network security controls including MFA and incident response.
• Maintain network documentation, topology diagrams, backups, asset inventories, SOPs.
• Monitor SLAs, lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, drive corrective actions.
• Participate in on-call rotation and on-site troubleshooting as required.

Skills

Network troubleshooting

On-call support

Security concepts

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cisco equipment

Arista equipment

Juniper equipment

NVIDIA/Mellanox hardware

InfiniBand

RoCE

RDMA

Linux administration

Python

Ansible

Job description

Amethyst Partners is seeking an experienced AI Data Center Network Engineer to support deployment, operation, and maintenance of AI infrastructure and data center networks in Irvine, CA. You will ensure reliability, performance, and security of production networks while coordinating with colocation providers, carriers, hardware vendors, and global teams.

The ideal candidate has strong expertise in data center networking, InfiniBand/RoCE, and operational excellence in mission-critical