Enterprise Network Engineer - Modernization & Automation

Smith Johnson Group; Midvale (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Smith Johnson Group in Utah seeks an experienced Network Engineer to design, modernize, and support secure, resilient enterprise network infrastructure across data centers, branches, and cloud environments.

You will work with Cisco Nexus, Spine Leaf architectures, VXLAN/EVPN, BGP, OSPF, SD-WAN, and Cisco Meraki while driving automation and IaC practices and enabling cloud connectivity. This role offers technical leadership during critical production events and collaboration across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of hands-on network engineering experience in large-scale environments.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting Spine Leaf data center networks with VXLAN/EVPN.
• Strong routing expertise with BGP and OSPF, TCP/IP fundamentals, and enterprise networking.
• Experience with SD-WAN, cloud networking, and wireless technologies.
• Hands-on Cisco Meraki experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available network solutions across data centers, branches, and cloud.
• Architect and support modern data center networks using Spine Leaf, Cisco Nexus, VXLAN, EVPN; ensure redundancy and performance.
• Configure and troubleshoot routing with BGP/OSPF and related protocols.
• Support cloud-managed networks, SD-WAN, switching, and wireless technologies.
• Develop network automation and IaC solutions using Python, Ansible, Terraform to streamline operations.
• Implement proactive monitoring and capacity planning with SolarWinds, Grafana, Prometheus, and Wireshark.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortem reviews during production events.
• Collaborate with cloud, security, infrastructure, application, and architecture teams; mentor engineers.

Skills

Spine Leaf topology

BGP

OSPF

SD-WAN

Network architecture design

Network troubleshooting

Cloud networking

Cross-functional collaboration

TCP/IP fundamentals

Automation mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline

Certifications such as CCNP or CCIE (preferred)

Tools

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Meraki

Python

Ansible

Terraform

SolarWinds

Grafana

Prometheus

Wireshark

Job description

Smith Johnson Group in Utah seeks an experienced Network Engineer to design, modernize, and support secure, resilient enterprise network infrastructure across data centers, branches, and cloud environments.

You will work with Cisco Nexus, Spine Leaf architectures, VXLAN/EVPN, BGP, OSPF, SD-WAN, and Cisco Meraki while driving automation and IaC practices and enabling cloud connectivity. This role offers technical leadership during critical production events and collaboration across multiple teams.