Senior Data Center Network & Automation Engineer

GTN Technical Staffing; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GTN Technical Staffing seeks a Senior Network Engineer to join a Network and Security Platform Management team responsible for a global network footprint across office, data center, and co-location environments.

The role focuses on performance, scalability, and resilience, implementing modern networking solutions, driving automation, and supporting highly available infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting large-scale enterprise or data center networks.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Cisco and Arista platforms, including IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS, and EOS.
• Deep understanding of routing and switching protocols including BGP, OSPF, EVPN, VXLAN, and MPLS.
• Experience supporting WAN technologies including SD-WAN, segment routing, and multitenant environments.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, including packet analysis, performance optimization, and root cause analysis.
• Experience working in Agile, DevOps-oriented, or infrastructure automation environments.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, resilient data center network infrastructure
• Support enterprise, data center, and co-location environments across routing, switching, firewall, and WAN domains
• Lead troubleshooting and break/fix efforts for complex network issues across global infrastructure
• Support highly available network environments where uptime, performance, and operational discipline are critical
• Implement and manage data center network architectures leveraging EVPN, VXLAN, MPLS, and modern routing protocols
• Support WAN environments including SD-WAN, segment routing, and multitenant network designs
• Work hands-on with Cisco and Arista platforms across IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS, and EOS
• Contribute to network design reviews, standards, documentation, and architecture improvements

Skills

Troubleshooting

Fast-paced environments

Mentoring

Education

CCNP or equivalent certification

CCIE or advanced certifications (strong plus)

Tools

Python

Ansible

Jinja2

Git

Job description

GTN Technical Staffing seeks a Senior Network Engineer to join a Network and Security Platform Management team responsible for a global network footprint across office, data center, and co-location environments.

The role focuses on performance, scalability, and resilience, implementing modern networking solutions, driving automation, and supporting highly available infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.