Senior Network Architect & Automation Engineer (Hybrid)

Pace Industries, LLC; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Rackspace Technology in the Seattle area seeks a Network Engineer IV to design, implement, and support enterprise networks across data centers. You will lead troubleshooting, architect complex solutions, and mentor junior engineers.

The role requires hands-on work on-site as needed, with hybrid flexibility to balance site and remote tasks. Responsibilities include designing Cisco ACI and SDA fabrics, BGP/OSPF routing, and firewall policy design.

Qualifications

• Holds a Bachelor’s degree in a related field; higher education may substitute with relevant experience.
• 8–11 years of engineering experience in enterprise networking environments.
• CCNA or higher required; CCNP/CCIE preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designs scalable, resilient network solutions across routing, switching, fabric and security.
• Leads complex troubleshooting for routing, fabric, and firewall policy conflicts.
• Architects Cisco ACI and SDA fabric environments and integrates DNA Center policy.
• Configures and troubleshoots BGP/OSPF across multi-site networks.
• Maintains high-availability switching across Nexus, ACI, and SD-Access fabrics.
• Configures Palo Alto firewalls, NAC policies; guides security posture reviews.
• Mentors less experienced engineers and performs on-call support per team design.
• Develops network automation pipelines (Python, Ansible) for configuration consistency.

Skills

Network design

Troubleshooting

Automation (Python, Ansible)

Documentation

Mentoring

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Palo Alto Networks

Brocade

Job description

Rackspace Technology in the Seattle area seeks a Network Engineer IV to design, implement, and support enterprise networks across data centers. You will lead troubleshooting, architect complex solutions, and mentor junior engineers.

The role requires hands-on work on-site as needed, with hybrid flexibility to balance site and remote tasks. Responsibilities include designing Cisco ACI and SDA fabrics, BGP/OSPF routing, and firewall policy design.