Hybrid Cloud Network Engineer (Enterprise Cisco/Arista)

Excellus Health Plan Inc.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 98,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Excellus Health Plan Inc. seeks a hands-on network engineering professional with deep enterprise networking experience.

The role emphasizes Cisco/Arista environments, routing, switching, BGP/OSPF, VLANs, and data center networking, with emphasis on on-prem and hybrid cloud integration. The position involves collaborating with IT teams to design, deploy, and optimize scalable infrastructure, infrastructure automation, and cost-conscious cloud strategies.

Qualifications

• 7+ cumulative years related work experience required.

Responsibilities

• Act as a high level escalation tier for operational support.
• Lead design documents for production deployments.
• Research and implement hybrid cloud technology.
• Mentor lower-level engineers and drive automation workflows.
• Lead internal strategic efforts and collaborate with peers within IT infra.

Skills

Cloud networking

Enterprise networking

Networking concepts

Scripting & automation

Communication skills

Security & compliance

Education

Associates degree in Computer Science/IT (or related)

Bachelor's degree preferred

7+ years related experience (in lieu of degree)

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Cisco

Arista

SDWAN

GNS3/Network Emulation

Palo Alto

F5 Load Balancers

Terraform

Ansible

VMware ESXi

CloudVision

Job description

Excellus Health Plan Inc. seeks a hands-on network engineering professional with deep enterprise networking experience.

The role emphasizes Cisco/Arista environments, routing, switching, BGP/OSPF, VLANs, and data center networking, with emphasis on on-prem and hybrid cloud integration. The position involves collaborating with IT teams to design, deploy, and optimize scalable infrastructure, infrastructure automation, and cost-conscious cloud strategies.