Senior Lead Network Engineer: Data Center & Cloud

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. in Chicago seeks a Sr Lead Network Engineer who will hands-on implement, migrate and troubleshoot data center routing, switching, and enterprise WAN across on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will lead complex migrations, design for resiliency, collaborate with Architecture, Cloud, Security and Operations, and mentor teams while delivering production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• Expert hands-on data center routing and switching in Cisco Nexus/Catalyst environments.
• Over 10 years of enterprise data center networking across on-prem and colocation.
• Azure ExpressRoute and AWS Direct Connect with BGP routing and redundancy.

Responsibilities

• Implement, migrate, troubleshoot Cisco Nexus/Catalyst environments.
• Deploy and operate data center network fabrics and management platforms.
• Design, deploy, migrate, and support SD-WAN and WAN services; Prisma SD-WAN preferred.

Skills

Data Center Networking

10+ years experience

SD-WAN

Cisco Nexus/Catalyst

Azure ExpressRoute / AWS DirectConnect

Implementation leadership

Complex migrations

Firewall & DNS/DHCP/IPAM

Automation (Terraform, Ansible, Python

Observability & troubleshooting

Global collaboration

Self-motivation

Education

CCNP certification preferred

Cisco certifications a plus

Tools

NDFC or related tooling

Catalyst Center

Job description

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. in Chicago seeks a Sr Lead Network Engineer who will hands-on implement, migrate and troubleshoot data center routing, switching, and enterprise WAN across on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will lead complex migrations, design for resiliency, collaborate with Architecture, Cloud, Security and Operations, and mentor teams while delivering production-ready solutions.