Senior Data Center Network Engineer: Automation & Scale

GTN Technical Staffing; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GTN Technical Staffing is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a Network and Security Platform Management team supporting a global network footprint across offices, data centers, and co-location sites.

The role emphasizes performance, scalability, and resilience with deep Cisco/Arista expertise and a strong focus on automation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced, mission-critical 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, EOS.
• Experience with routing/switching protocols (BGP, OSPF, EVPN, VXLAN, MPLS) and WAN technologies.

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 for complex network issues across global infrastructure.
• Automate network operations using Python, Ansible, Git, and Jinja2.
• Monitor network health with telemetry and observability platforms.

Skills

Data center networking

Network automation

Cisco & Arista expertise

Troubleshooting

Agile/DevOps mindset

Tools

Python

Ansible

Git

Jinja2

Job description

GTN Technical Staffing is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a Network and Security Platform Management team supporting a global network footprint across offices, data centers, and co-location sites.

The role emphasizes performance, scalability, and resilience with deep Cisco/Arista expertise and a strong focus on automation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.