Remote Data Center Network Engineer — AI/ML Fabric

Matrix-International Financial Services; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Matrix seeks a Data Center Network Engineer to lead design and implementation of advanced network solutions for AI factories and large-scale compute environments. You will architect high-performance data centers, validate fabric architectures, and drive automation across deployments.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in data center networking, VXLAN-EVPN expertise, and hands-on lab/PoC experience. Strong customer-facing skills and a CCNP-level certification are a plus.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on networking experience in data center environments.
• Experience designing fabric architectures and validating solutions via PoCs or labs.
• Proficiency with VXLAN-EVPN-based data center fabrics.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert Ethernet guidance across customer engagements from design to validation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support server infrastructure and AI workloads.
• Develop DevOps automation for deployment pipelines and switch provisioning.
• Implement and validate scalable, reliable data center networks.

Skills

L2/L3 networking

Ethernet switch config

TCP/IP concepts

Data center architectures

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science

CCNP or equivalent certification (plus)

Tools

Ansible

Salt

Puppet

Cumulus Linux OS

Job description

Matrix seeks a Data Center Network Engineer to lead design and implementation of advanced network solutions for AI factories and large-scale compute environments. You will architect high-performance data centers, validate fabric architectures, and drive automation across deployments.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in data center networking, VXLAN-EVPN expertise, and hands-on lab/PoC experience. Strong customer-facing skills and a CCNP-level certification are a plus.