Data Center Engineer

CDW; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a high-performing infrastructure team responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network environments across data center, branch, and cloud platforms. This role will play a key part in a major SD-WAN initiative and network modernization effort, while also supporting day-to-day operations and participating in an on-call rotation.

Onsite in Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) (Midvale, West Jordan area south of Salt

Qualifications

• 8+ years of network engineering experience.
• Deep expertise with Cisco Nexus, Spine-Leaf architectures, VXLAN, and EVPN.
• Strong experience with BGP, OSPF, data center networking, and enterprise routing/switching.
• Experience with SD-WAN, cloud-managed networking, and wireless solutions.
• Hands-on network automation experience using scripting or infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and support scalable, secure, high-availability network infrastructure.
• Lead and contribute to network modernization, SD-WAN, and data center initiatives.
• Deploy and support Spine-Leaf architectures utilizing Cisco Nexus, VXLAN, and EVPN.
• Configure and troubleshoot advanced routing protocols including BGP and OSPF.
• Support cloud-managed networking solutions, including Cisco Meraki, switching, and wireless technologies.
• Develop network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Mentor team members and provide technical leadership on complex networking challenges.
• Participate in operational support and on-call responsibilities.

Skills

Cisco Nexus

Spine-Leaf architectures

VXLAN

EVPN

BGP

OSPF

SD-WAN

cloud-managed networking

network automation

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Cisco Meraki

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Cisco Meraki

SolarWinds

Grafana

Prometheus

Wireshark

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Onsite in Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) (Midvale, West Jordan area south of Salt Lake City)

6 month contract, potential for Contract to Hire

CDW is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a high-performing infrastructure team responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network environments across data center, branch, and cloud platforms. This role will play a key part in a major SD-WAN initiative and network modernization effort, while also supporting day-to-day operations and participating in an on-call rotation.

What You'll Do

• Design and support scalable, secure, high-availability network infrastructure.
• Lead and contribute to network modernization, SD-WAN, and data center initiatives.
• Deploy and support Spine-Leaf architectures utilizing Cisco Nexus, VXLAN, and EVPN.
• Configure and troubleshoot advanced routing protocols including BGP and OSPF.
• Support cloud-managed networking solutions, including Cisco Meraki, switching, and wireless technologies.
• Develop network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Mentor team members and provide technical leadership on complex networking challenges.
• Participate in operational support and on-call responsibilities.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of network engineering experience.
• Deep expertise with Cisco Nexus, Spine-Leaf architectures, VXLAN, and EVPN.
• Strong experience with BGP, OSPF, data center networking, and enterprise routing/switching.
• Experience with SD-WAN, cloud-managed networking, and wireless solutions.
• Hands-on network automation experience using scripting or infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Preferred

• CCNP, CCIE, or other advanced networking certifications.
• Experience supporting AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
• Knowledge of security, load balancing, virtualization, containerization, and DDoS protection technologies.
• Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as SolarWinds, Grafana, Prometheus, and Wireshark.