Senior Network Engineer — Cisco Routing & Switching

InOpTra Digital; United States; Remote; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

InOpTra Digital in the United States seeks two senior Cisco Routing & Switching engineers to lead maintenance-window cuts in a large-scale Cisco environment. These hands-on, senior roles require leadership under tight time pressure.

One resource covers day shift and the other overnight CST window. US citizens based in the US are required and the contract runs for 6 months with immediate start.

Qualifications

• 14+ years in enterprise or service-provider network engineering.
• CCNP or CCIE Routing & Switching or Enterprise preferred.
• Experience with large-scale network migrations / hardware refresh cutovers.
• Ability to lead a team during live maintenance windows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and provide technical direction to a team of ~10 engineers during maintenance-window cuts on Cisco devices.
• Design and build MOPs for maintenance windows with rollback and verification steps.
• Configure devices from scratch, translating configurations from older OS to current OS.
• Own real-time triage during cuts: handle config failures, hardware failures, config recovery, troubleshooting.
• Execute and oversee routing/switching cutovers with minimal disruption.

Skills

Cisco IOS-XE

NX-OS

BGP

OSPF

HSRP

VLAN trunking

Spanning Tree

ACLs

MPLS

Lead a team

Technical direction

Education

CCNP / CCIE Routing & Switching or Enterprise

Job description

Day Shift & Night Shift

Positions:

2 (1 Day Shift, 1 Night Shift)

Location:

US-based (remote)

Engagement:

6 months contract

Start Date:

Immediate

Role Overview

We are seeking two senior-level Cisco Routing & Switching engineers to lead network maintenance-window cutover activities in a large-scale Cisco environment. These are hands‑on senior lead roles: strong enough to personally handle the most complex design, configuration, and triage work, and senior enough to provide leadership to a team of engineers executing cuts under time pressure.

One resource will cover the day shift; the other will cover the overnight maintenance window.

Hard Requirements

• US Citizen and based in the US (non-negotiable)
• Senior-level Cisco Routing & Switching experience
• Willingness and availability to work the assigned shift

Shift Coverage

• Day Shift: Standard business hours (CST)
• Night Shift: Start between 10:00–11:00 PM CST, ending around 6:00 AM CST

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and provide technical direction to a team of ~10 cut engineers performing maintenance-window cuts on Cisco devices
• Design and build Methods of Procedure (MOPs) for maintenance windows, including rollback and verification steps
• Configure devices from scratch, including configuration translation from older OS versions in production to new devices on current OS
• Own real-time triage during cuts: applied config failures, hardware failures, config recovery, and troubleshooting common failure scenarios
• Execute and oversee routing/switching cutovers with minimal disruption

Required Technical Skills

Platforms

• Cisco IOS-XE
• Cisco Nexus OS (NX-OS)

Routing & Switching (expert level)

• Routing protocols: BGP, OSPF
• First-hop redundancy: HSRP
• VLAN trunking, Spanning Tree, Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• MPLS and service-provider-specific technologies

Layer 1 / Physical

• Single-mode and multi-mode fiber
• Cat5 / Cat6 copper cabling
• SFP / QSFP transceiver types

Triage & Operations

• Configuration recovery and rollback discipline
• Hardware fault diagnosis
• TACACS — including the client's “Key 6” scenarios (definition to be confirmed with client)

Ideal Profile

• 14+ years in enterprise or service-provider network engineering
• CCNP / CCIE (Routing & Switching or Enterprise) preferred
• Proven experience with large-scale network migrations / hardware refresh cutovers (not steady‑state‑only)
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team live during high‑stakes maintenance windows