Senior Network Design Engineer - Remote Data Center Expert

Gdh Consulting, Inc.; Plano (TX); Remote; USD 80,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Wellness programs

Job summary

GDH is seeking a Network Design Engineer to design and deliver large-scale enterprise data center networks with VXLAN and EVPN fabrics. You will create high-level and low-level designs, lead data center build-outs and migrations, and ensure robust LAN/WAN architectures across multi-vendor environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration with implementation teams, documentation, and adherence to enterprise standards, including automation exposure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience.
• Experience designing large data centers, migrations, and LAN/WAN networks.
• Strong knowledge of VXLAN/EVPN fabric design and spine-leaf architectures.
• Ability to communicate design decisions to stakeholders.
• Experience in complex multi-vendor environments; high availability focus.
• CCIE Data Center or Routing & Switching or equivalent preferred.
• Advanced Arista certifications preferred.
• Exposure to network automation tools (Ansible/Python).

Responsibilities

• Design and validate large-scale Data Center network architectures (VXLAN-based spine-leaf with EVPN).
• Develop HLDs and LLDs aligned with enterprise standards and business needs.
• Lead or contribute to data center build-outs, migrations, and technology refreshes.
• Design and support enterprise LAN/WAN architectures for large environments.
• Prepare BOMs and implementation guidelines for deployment.
• Review designs with teams to ensure feasibility and performance.
• Collaborate with implementation engineers and vendors for optimal integration.
• Maintain comprehensive design documentation and artifacts.

Skills

VXLAN EVPN design

Data center design

Spine-leaf architectures

Arista/Cisco multi-vendor

Ansible Python templates

Tools

Arista EOS

Job description

GDH is seeking a Network Design Engineer to design and deliver large-scale enterprise data center networks with VXLAN and EVPN fabrics. You will create high-level and low-level designs, lead data center build-outs and migrations, and ensure robust LAN/WAN architectures across multi-vendor environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration with implementation teams, documentation, and adherence to enterprise standards, including automation exposure.