Network Engineer

Linnk Group; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Linnk Group is seeking a Resident Engineer to provide hands-on technical support, troubleshooting and design guidance across a large-scale service provider network.

You will lead investigations, participate in design workshops and ensure network health, compatibility and performance through major upgrades and migrations. Strong customer-facing skills and expert-level certifications are essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of design, implementation and operational experience within large-scale IP or service provider networks.
• Hands-on experience with MX, PTX and ACX platforms.
• TCP/IP and MPLS
• OSPF, IS-IS and BGP
• MPLS-TE, RSVP and LDP
• IPv6 and routing policies
• L3VPN, VPLS and MVPN
• Ethernet switching, 802.1Q, QoS and Class of Service
• Experience with routing protocol migrations, scaling and BGP peering environments.
• Network automation experience using Ansible, YAML and PyEZ.
• Experience supporting major upgrades, maintenance activities and complex network changes.
• Strong customer-facing, communication and presentation skills, including working with both technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Expert-level networking certifications such as JNCIS, JNCIP, JNCIE, CCNP or CCIE.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot network and equipment issues across production and pre-production environments.
• Manage vendor support cases through diagnosis, escalation and resolution.
• Support network design workshops, technical reviews and implementation planning.
• Assess network health, performance, stability and configuration standards.
• Support major network upgrades, maintenance windows, migrations and network changes.
• Develop fault-diagnosis procedures, operating procedures, configuration standards and implementation plans.
• Provide technical guidance, knowledge transfer and training to engineering and operations teams.
• Support best-practice adoption across routing, switching and network operations.
• Act as a subject matter expert for the deployed networking platforms, software and features.
• Produce regular technical reports covering network issues, design activity and resolution status.

Skills

TCP/IP

MPLS

OSPF

IS-IS

BGP

MPLS-TE

LDP

IPv6

Ethernet Switching

Network Automation

Ansible

PyEZ

Education

Bachelor's degree in Networking or related field

Expert-level networking certifications (JNCIS/JNCIP/JNCIE, CCNP/CCIE)

Tools

MX Series

PTX Series

ACX Series

Job description

The Resident Engineer will provide hands-on technical support, troubleshooting, design guidance and operational expertise across a large-scale service provider network.

Key Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot network and equipment issues across production and pre-production environments.
• Manage vendor support cases through diagnosis, escalation and resolution.
• Support network design workshops, technical reviews and implementation planning.
• Assess network health, performance, stability and configuration standards.
• Support major network upgrades, maintenance windows, migrations and network changes.
• Develop fault-diagnosis procedures, operating procedures, configuration standards and implementation plans.
• Provide technical guidance, knowledge transfer and training to engineering and operations teams.
• Support best-practice adoption across routing, switching and network operations.
• Act as a subject matter expert for the deployed networking platforms, software and features.
• Produce regular technical reports covering network issues, design activity and resolution status.

Required Experience

• 6+ years of design, implementation and operational experience within large-scale IP or service provider networks.
• Hands-on experience with MX, PTX and ACX platforms.
• TCP/IP and MPLS
• OSPF, IS-IS and BGP
• MPLS-TE, RSVP and LDP
• IPv6 and routing policies
• L3VPN, VPLS and MVPN
• Ethernet switching, 802.1Q, QoS and Class of Service
• Experience with routing protocol migrations, scaling and BGP peering environments.
• Network automation experience using Ansible, YAML and PyEZ.
• Experience supporting major upgrades, maintenance activities and complex network changes.
• Strong customer-facing, communication and presentation skills, including working with both technical teams and senior stakeholders.
• Expert-level networking certifications such as JNCIS, JNCIP, JNCIE, CCNP or CCIE.