HPC Network Engineer for High-Performance Data Centers

COLSA Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

COLSA Corporation is seeking a Network Engineer to support MSIC in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on high-performance data center networking, bridging enterprise and HPC environments, with responsibilities spanning fabric design, latency optimization, and DoD security compliance.

Responsibilities include configuring BGP/OSPF/EVPN, managing leaf-spine topologies, and integrating with virtualization platforms like VMware NSX. A Top Secret/SCI eligible clearance is required or obtainable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 1–12 years of related experience; varies by level.
• Experience with enterprise/data center networking environments.
• Proficiency with high-density switching platforms (Cisco Nexus/Arista/NVIDIA).
• Active/Current CompTIA Security+ CE, ISC2 SSCP, or equivalent baseline certification.
• Ability to obtain SAP eligibility and required DoD access.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Cisco ACI environments across Multi-Pod/ Multi-Site.
• Engineer InfiniBand and RoCEv2 fabrics for ultra-low latency workloads.
• Configure and troubleshoot BGP/OSPF/EVPN across multi-vendor gear.
• Tune QoS/PFC/ECN for lossless traffic in HPC environments.
• Integrate fabrics with VMware NSX, KVM, Nutanix and NVMe-oF storage.
• Forecast bandwidth and leverage Ansible/Python for config consistency.

Skills

BGP

OSPF

EVPN

InfiniBand

RoCEv2

NVMe-oF

VMware NSX

KVM

Nutanix

Ansible

Python

DoD security

SCI eligibility

Cisco Nexus

NVIDIA networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Cisco Nexus switches

Arista switches

NVIDIA networking

Job description

COLSA Corporation is seeking a Network Engineer to support MSIC in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on high-performance data center networking, bridging enterprise and HPC environments, with responsibilities spanning fabric design, latency optimization, and DoD security compliance.

Responsibilities include configuring BGP/OSPF/EVPN, managing leaf-spine topologies, and integrating with virtualization platforms like VMware NSX. A Top Secret/SCI eligible clearance is required or obtainable.