Senior Network Engineer

Lorven Technologies Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorven Technologies Inc. is seeking a Cisco ACI Senior Network Engineer in Phoenix, onsite from Day 1, to lead data center networking and cloud connectivity initiatives.

The candidate will manage ACI fabric deployment, connectivity to AWS/Azure/GCP, and integrations with F5 and multi-vendor data centers. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Cisco ACI, scripting for automation, and strong collaboration across teams to design secure, scalable networks.

Qualifications

• The role requires deep hands-on data center networking experience and cloud connectivity.
• Automation experience and cross-team collaboration are essential.
• Strong background in Cisco ACI, routing protocols, and security practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment, configuration, and optimization of Cisco ACI fabric components.
• Work with Juniper and Arista data center switching and routing.
• Implement and optimize F5 Load Balancer and hybrid cloud networking.
• Design and validate hybrid connectivity with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Oversee cloud-native integration, security, and performance tuning.
• Create runbooks, design docs, and support incident RCA and remediation.

Skills

Cisco ACI

Data center networking

Cloud networking (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Automation skills

Troubleshooting skills

Documentation & communication

Education

CCNP Data Center

CCNP Enterprise

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Wireshark

SolarWinds Orion

Grafana

NetFlow

NetBrain

Job description

Job Title: Cisco ACI Senior Network Engineer

Location: Phoenix, AZ (Onsite from Day 1)

• The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for leading the implementation and optimization of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Juniper and Arista data center switching and routing, F5 Load Balancer, and hybrid cloud (AWS, GCP, and Azure) networking environments.
• This role provides technical leadership, advanced troubleshooting support, and contributes to high-level network design activities.
• The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience in data center networking, cloud connectivity, automation, and cross-team collaboration.
• Validate that Data Center and cloud network solutions are implemented and operated in accordance with the Client's standards, guidelines, runbooks, and compliance requirements, be they operated internally or by external partners.
• Responsible for the architecture requirements gathering, business cases, design, documentation, knowledge transfer, compliance, and updates of technical infrastructure and standards for components and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment, configuration, and optimization of Cisco ACI fabric components.
• Experience in Juniper and Arista data center switching and routing
• Experience In Load Balancing / Application Delivery (F5 LTM/GTM/Enterprise Manager/vCMP, Viprion)
• Strong Skills and hands-on cloud networking concepts in Azure (VNET, NSG, ASG, UDR, Express Route, VNET Gateway, Etc.) and other Cloud providers such as GCP, AWS
• Design and configure ACI constructs including VRFs, Bridge Domains, EPGs, contracts, and associated policies.
• Implement segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies in ACI environments.
• Oversee ACI fabric maintenance, upgrades, and operational health checks.
• Partner with architects on high-level design decisions and solution validation.
• Design and implement hybrid connectivity solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Configure Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, VPN gateways, and cloud routing architectures.
• Integrate ACI with cloud-native networking services to support hybrid workload traffic flows.
• Ensure best practices for cloud network security, routing, and performance optimization.
• Perform deep-in-depth diagnostics, packet captures, and traffic-flow analysis.
• Lead incident root cause analysis and preventive remediation activities.
• Contribute to High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation.
• Create operational runbooks, implementation guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure adherence to compliance requirements, network governance standards, and change management processes.

Skills Must-Have

• Strong expertise in Cisco ACI (policy model, spine-leaf architecture, multi-pod/multi-site concepts).
• Solid understanding of L2/L3 networking (BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN).
• Strong Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP networking constructs and hybrid-cloud connectivity.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for complex network issues.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Nice to have

• CCNP Data Center or CCNP Enterprise.
• Network monitoring and alerting and Dashboarding (SolarWinds Orion, NetFlow, Grafana, Net Brain, Etc)
• Strong scripting and Automation skills, i.e., PowerShell, Python, Ansible and Terraform
• Experienced in troubleshooting TCP/IP packet capture and analysis using Wire shark and Network Monitor