Contract Senior Network Engineer - Hybrid (Sunnyvale)

Comgent; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Comgent in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Resident Network Engineer to deliver advanced production-network support on a freelance basis. You will work directly with customer teams to diagnose complex faults, restore services and document fixes.

This role emphasizes break/fix and engineering escalation. The position requires strong Juniper expertise (MX/EX/QFX/PTX), BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, EVPN/VXLAN, and Python scripting, plus excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of network engineering experience.
• Proficiency with Juniper platforms and routing protocols.
• Strong Python scripting.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of customer incidents, isolate configuration, network, hardware or software faults and work systematically towards service restoration.
• Coordinate with technical support and engineering teams, keeping relevant stakeholders informed of sensitive issues and technical escalations.
• Reproduce customer environments and faults in the laboratory where needed, helping engineering teams assess fixes, patches and workarounds.
• Support high-profile escalations through written updates, technical calls and meetings, explaining evidence and next steps clearly.
• Maintain expertise in the deployed products and technologies, identify training needs as the network evolves, and share reliability and serviceability feedback with engineering teams.
• Contribute technical documentation, knowledge articles and practical lessons that improve support quality and customer understanding.

Skills

Junos CLI

BGP

OSPF

IS-IS

MPLS

VPLS

EVPN/VXLAN

QoS

Tools

MX

EX

QFX

PTX

Job description

Comgent in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Resident Network Engineer to deliver advanced production-network support on a freelance basis. You will work directly with customer teams to diagnose complex faults, restore services and document fixes.

This role emphasizes break/fix and engineering escalation. The position requires strong Juniper expertise (MX/EX/QFX/PTX), BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, EVPN/VXLAN, and Python scripting, plus excellent communication skills.