Senior Data Center Network Engineer - On-Site

Dataone; Vineland (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

401(k) Match

PTO

Annual Bonus

Equity Opportunity

Job summary

DataOne in Vineland, New Jersey, is hiring a Senior Network Operations Technician to support our 24/7 data center infrastructure. You will monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain production network assets including switches, routers, firewalls, and fiber components.

As a senior member, you’ll mentor junior technicians, improve procedures, and coordinate with carriers, vendors, and internal teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in network operations, network infrastructure, data center operations, or a related technical environment.
• Strong understanding of Ethernet networking and the TCP/IP protocol suite.
• Working knowledge of VLANs, 802.1Q trunking, STP/RSTP, link aggregation, routing, DNS, DHCP, and network segmentation.
• Experience troubleshooting enterprise switches, routers, network appliances, and physical network connectivity.
• Strong knowledge of fiber‑optic and copper cabling, including structured cabling, patch panels, cross‑connects, and carrier circuits.
• Experience using network monitoring and troubleshooting tools to diagnose connectivity, performance, and infrastructure issues.
• Ability to interpret network diagrams, rack elevations, circuit documentation, and technical procedures.
• Strong understanding of incident, problem, and change‑management processes.
• Ability to troubleshoot network and infrastructure issues in a mission‑critical environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, operational discipline, and ability to work effectively across technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain production data center network infrastructure.
• Perform Layer 1, Layer 2, and basic Layer 3 troubleshooting across connectivity, VLANs, trunking, link aggregation, routing, packet loss, latency, and interface issues.
• Install, configure, replace, and validate network equipment and perform rack‑and‑stack, patching, labeling, and cable‑management activities.
• Support copper, single‑mode, and multimode fiber infrastructure, including cross‑connects, fiber troubleshooting, cleaning, inspection, and basic testing.
• Respond to network incidents, outages, and degraded services, escalating as needed.
• Coordinate carrier circuit installations, turn‑ups, testing, troubleshooting, and network handoffs.
• Support network deployments, migrations, upgrades, capacity expansions, maintenance windows, and lifecycle replacement projects.
• Perform remote‑hands and smart‑hands activities, including equipment installation, removal, relocation, and hardware replacement.
• Maintain network diagrams, port assignments, rack elevations, circuit records, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and other documentation.
• Mentor junior Network Operations Technicians and provide technical guidance during troubleshooting and maintenance activities.

Skills

Network Operations

TCP/IP

VLANs

Fiber Cabling

Network Troubleshooting

Documentation

Incident Management

Communication Skills

Tools

Juniper Networks

DCIM Tools

Job description

DataOne in Vineland, New Jersey, is hiring a Senior Network Operations Technician to support our 24/7 data center infrastructure. You will monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain production network assets including switches, routers, firewalls, and fiber components.

As a senior member, you’ll mentor junior technicians, improve procedures, and coordinate with carriers, vendors, and internal teams to ensure reliability and performance.