Remote Network Staging Engineer for Global Deployments

Calance; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Vision plan

401K plan

Flexible Spending Plan

Bi-weekly pay

Job summary

Calance is seeking a Network Engineer (Staging/Deployments) to prepare, stage, validate, and document network infrastructure for production deployment. The role supports global expansion, refresh, and migration projects, ensuring devices meet company standards before shipment and installation.

The position requires 3+ years of hands-on network experience, CCNP-level knowledge, and data center experience. It offers mostly remote work with travel around 10% and CST hours.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Network Engineering experience.
• CCNP-level networking knowledge or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience with Layer 1 connectivity and physical infrastructure in data centers.
• Hands-on network engineering experience supporting routing, switching, and deployments.
• Experience working in data center environments.
• Experience with staging, deployment, or network operations environments.
• Education: Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Engineer will remotely access network devices to establish connectivity, build out infrastructure, perform config activities, and support deployment readiness.
• Participate in project and engineering meetings.
• Occasional hands-on work with network hardware, rack-and-stack, data center support.
• Travel up to ~10% as needed.
• Receive, inventory, and track equipment entering staging lab.
• Rack, stack, cable, and power network devices (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers).
• Install and validate hardware components, optics, power supplies, and cabling.
• Load OS, firmware, and software releases; verify against baselines.
• Execute pre-deployment checklists and acceptance testing.
• Verify routing, switching, security, and management functionality.
• Document device serial numbers, software versions, and configuration status.
• Coordinate packaging and shipment to deployment sites.

Skills

Network Engineering

CCNP-level knowledge

Layer 1 connectivity

Routing & Switching

Data Center

Staging & Deployment

Network Security

Vendors (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo)

NetBox familiarity

Education

Associate’s/Bachelor’s in Computer Science/IT/Network Engineering

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Arista

Palo Alto

Fortinet

NetBox

Job description

Calance is seeking a Network Engineer (Staging/Deployments) to prepare, stage, validate, and document network infrastructure for production deployment. The role supports global expansion, refresh, and migration projects, ensuring devices meet company standards before shipment and installation.

The position requires 3+ years of hands-on network experience, CCNP-level knowledge, and data center experience. It offers mostly remote work with travel around 10% and CST hours.