Game-Day Network Operations Engineer

Blue Mantis; Portsmouth (NH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Mantis is seeking a highly skilled IT Network Operations Engineer to support enterprise-class data centers and ensure high availability for game-day operations. Based on-site in Portsmouth, NH, you will manage Cisco Nexus/Arista/Meraki gear, firewalls, and cloud integrations with a focus on reliability in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with SolarWinds and DataDog, incident management, and secure networking across on-prem and cloud.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• CCNA and/or CCNP certification; ITIL knowledge is a plus.
• Experience in multisite enterprise networks and data centers.
• Ability to support game-day requirements and on-call rotations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor network reliability and performance with SolarWinds and DataDog.
• Lead network-related incident resolution and escalation.
• Implement secure networking for on‑premise and cloud environments.
• Create and maintain detailed network topology and runbooks.

Skills

Cisco Nexus

Arista

Meraki

Wireless Controllers

Windows

Linux

Unix

ServiceNow

Firewalls

Routing protocols

Network monitoring

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

CCNA

CCNP

ITIL

Tools

SolarWinds

DataDog

Job description

Blue Mantis is seeking a highly skilled IT Network Operations Engineer to support enterprise-class data centers and ensure high availability for game-day operations. Based on-site in Portsmouth, NH, you will manage Cisco Nexus/Arista/Meraki gear, firewalls, and cloud integrations with a focus on reliability in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with SolarWinds and DataDog, incident management, and secure networking across on-prem and cloud.