Senior Data Center Network Engineer — Spine/Leaf Fabric

NetApp; San Jose (CA); Híbrido; USD 148.000 - 220.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

NetApp seeks an experienced Senior Data Centre Network Engineer to lead modernization from a traditional vPC-based setup to a Clos/spine-leaf fabric, enabling AI/ML fabrics across the global data centre estate. You will design, migrate and operate a high‑performance network with VXLAN/BGP EVPN, and drive automation to codify operations.

You will mentor engineers, own the control plane and underlay/overlay design, and collaborate with vendors to deliver complex migrations while ensuring

Formación

• Significant hands-on experience in enterprise data centre networking (8+ years) in a senior/lead role.
• Proven track record migrating to spine-leaf fabrics with VXLAN/BGP EVPN.
• Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code for network operations.
• Strong routing knowledge including BGP, EVPN, ECMP and data center edge design.

Responsabilidades

• Operate and modernise the data centre estate while guiding its evolution to a modern fabric.
• Design and lead migration to Clos / spine-leaf fabric; own VXLAN / BGP EVPN target design and phased migration.
• Build out AI/ML and storage back-end fabrics for high-performance networks.
• Own routing and the control plane; engineer BGP underlay and EVPN overlay.
• Operate switching estate on Cisco Nexus/NX-OS, ACI, Arista EOS or Juniper platforms; manage vPC/MLAG and redundancy.
• Deliver builds, interconnect and cabling matrices and cutover plans; coordinate with vendors for high-radix optics.
• Resolve escalated operational issues (Tier 3/4) with root-cause analysis and permanent resolution.
• Drive change control with testing, validation and rollback during migration.
• Maintain fabric health using observability tools and telemetry.
• Codify operations with automation; move to network as code.
• Set engineering standards; mentor junior engineers and document runbooks.

Conocimientos

VXLAN / BGP EVPN

Spine-leaf fabric design

Automation / IaC

Enterprise network engineering

Migration planning

Herramientas

NX-OS/Nexus

ACI

Arista EOS

Juniper

Descripción del empleo

NetApp seeks an experienced Senior Data Centre Network Engineer to lead modernization from a traditional vPC-based setup to a Clos/spine-leaf fabric, enabling AI/ML fabrics across the global data centre estate. You will design, migrate and operate a high‑performance network with VXLAN/BGP EVPN, and drive automation to codify operations.

You will mentor engineers, own the control plane and underlay/overlay design, and collaborate with vendors to deliver complex migrations while ensuring