Senior Data Center Network Engineer

ePlus Inc; San Ramon (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ePlus is seeking a Network Engineer with 6–10 years of hands-on experience to support enterprise and data center networking environments in the Bay Area. The role emphasizes Cisco and Juniper routing and switching, BGP/OSPF/MPLS/VXLAN, and large-scale spine-leaf data center designs.

You will collaborate with server, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure teams, provide hands-on deployments, and help develop network documentation and standards.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10 years of hands-on network engineering experience.
• Willingness to travel to customer/data center locations as required.
• Strong experience with Cisco Enterprise Routing & Switching.
• Experience with Juniper networking platforms.
• Deep expertise in BGP, OSPF, MPLS and VXLAN.
• Layer 2/Layer 3 routing and switching.
• Experience with NVIDIA/Mellanox InfiniBand networking.
• Strong understanding of data center and large-scale network architectures.
• Working knowledge of VMware networking and virtualization environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with cross-functional infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, deploy, and troubleshoot enterprise and data center networks.
• Support Cisco and Juniper routing and switching environments.
• Configure and troubleshoot BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VXLAN, and Layer 2/Layer 3 networking.
• Work with large-scale data center network architectures, including spine-leaf and VXLAN environments.
• Perform network configuration, migration, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshoot network performance, connectivity, routing, and switching issues.
• Collaborate with server, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure teams.
• Provide hands‑on support during data center deployments and network implementation activities.
• Assist with physical networking activities, including cabling, port connectivity, labeling, and hardware installation/validation.
• Support VMware networking and integration with enterprise/data center infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain network documentation, diagrams, and configuration standards.

Skills

Network engineering experience

Cisco Enterprise Routing & Switching

Juniper networking

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

VXLAN

Data center networking

VMware networking

Troubleshooting

Independent work & cross-functional协作

Job description

ePlus is seeking a Network Engineer with 6–10 years of hands-on experience to support enterprise and data center networking environments in the Bay Area. The role emphasizes Cisco and Juniper routing and switching, BGP/OSPF/MPLS/VXLAN, and large-scale spine-leaf data center designs.

You will collaborate with server, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure teams, provide hands-on deployments, and help develop network documentation and standards.