Data Center Network Architect

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions is seeking an experienced Data Center Network Administrator to operate, optimize, and maintain the data center network infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure availability, security, and performance of the network.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in data center networking, deep knowledge of TCP/IP, VLAN, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, DNS, and hands-on experience with switches, routers, load balancers, and firewalls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience as a Data Center Network Administrator or similar.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLAN, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, DNS.

Responsibilities

• Operate, optimize, and maintain data center network infrastructure.
• Ensure availability, reliability, and scalability of the data center network.
• Monitor performance, identify bottlenecks, and apply optimizations.
• Collaborate with system administrators and security teams to ensure network security and compliance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network-related issues and capacity planning for future growth.
• Document network configurations, diagrams, and procedures.
• Provide on-call support and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Security+ Certification

IAT-II

Network security

US citizen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Wireshark

SNMP

Packet analysis

Job description

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions is seeking an experienced Data Center Network Administrator to operate, optimize, and maintain the data center network infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure availability, security, and performance of the network.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in data center networking, deep knowledge of TCP/IP, VLAN, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, DNS, and hands-on experience with switches, routers, load balancers, and firewalls.