On-Prem Network Architect

AMAX Engineering Corporation; Fremont (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Flexible spending account

Commuter benefits

Disability insurance

Job summary

AMAX Engineering Corporation is seeking an experienced network engineer to fortify our on‑prem infrastructure in a cloud‑like environment in Fremont, CA. You will own VLAN design, routing, firewall policy, and load balancer configuration across our datacenter, while collaborating with infra/DevSecOps teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on datacenter work, configuration‑as‑code with Ansible, and active participation in an SDLC/Scrum workflow with Jira/Confluence.

Qualifications

• Solid networking fundamentals: VLANs, routing, firewalls, load balancers.
• Hands-on with configuration-as-code using Ansible.
• Experience with on-prem/datacenter network operations.
• Proficiency with Git and standard version control workflows.
• Willingness to do hands-on datacenter hardware work and troubleshooting.
• Prior colocation/datacenter smart-hands experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate the on-prem network infrastructure underpinning our cloud‑like environment.
• Own VLAN design, routing, firewall policy, and load balancer configuration across the datacenter.
• Manage network segmentation and access control for security/compliance.
• Build and maintain configuration-as-code for network devices using Ansible (and Terraform/Terragrunt where applicable).
• Collaborate with infrastructure/DevSecOps teams on tooling, monitoring, and automation.
• Support and monitor network health using Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager.
• Troubleshoot network issues across routing, switching, firewalls, and load balancing.
• Provide datacenter support for HostMax co-located customers (cabling, hardware swaps, rack/stack).
• Participate in business-hours on-call rotation for customer and network support.
• Participate in Scrum-based workflow using Jira/Confluence for planning and docs.
• Help define network standards, runbooks, and best practices as team grows.
• Take ownership of network architecture as team matures.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

VLAN design

Routing & firewalls

Load balancers

Ansible

Git & version control

On-call support

Scrum/SDLC

Jira/Confluence

Collaboration with infra/DevSecOps

Education

CCNA or equivalent certification

Tools

Ansible

Terraform/Terragrunt

Prometheus/Grafana/Alertmanager

Docker

Kubernetes

HashiCorp Vault/Boundary

Keycloak/IAM

Jira/Confluence admin

Job description

AMAX Engineering Corporation is seeking an experienced network engineer to fortify our on‑prem infrastructure in a cloud‑like environment in Fremont, CA. You will own VLAN design, routing, firewall policy, and load balancer configuration across our datacenter, while collaborating with infra/DevSecOps teams.

The role emphasizes hands‑on datacenter work, configuration‑as‑code with Ansible, and active participation in an SDLC/Scrum workflow with Jira/Confluence.