Senior Network Engineer Cisco, SD-WAN, Cloud

Rose International; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rose International is seeking a senior hands-on engineer with deep expertise in data center routing, switching, enterprise WAN, SD-WAN, and hybrid cloud connectivity. The role involves implementing and optimizing Cisco Nexus/Catalyst environments, deploying data center fabrics, and leading global deployment projects.

You will design and migrate SD-WAN/WAN services, establish private cloud connections (ExpressRoute / Direct Connect), and guide complex migrations with minimal disruption.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience deploying, migrating, managing, and supporting complex enterprise and data center networks
• Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, L2/L3 design, resiliency, segmentation, and production change execution
• Experience with SD-WAN design, deployment, migrations, routing integration, and troubleshooting; Prisma SD-WAN preferred
• Azure ExpressRoute and AWS Direct Connect experience including routing and redundancy

Responsibilities

• Implement, migrate, optimize, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus and Catalyst environments
• Deploy and operate data center network fabrics and management platforms
• Design, deploy, migrate, and support SD-WAN and WAN services
• Implement and troubleshoot private connectivity between on‑premises and public cloud (Azure ExpressRoute/AWS Direct Connect)
• Lead hands‑on deployments and migrations across global data centers and enterprise sites
• Serve as senior escalation point for production issues across data center, WAN, SD-WAN, and cloud connections
• Collaborate with firewall, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, and load-balancing platforms
• Contribute to architecture discussions; ensure operational readiness and risk control
• Create automation code and IaC artifacts where possible
• Develop and maintain design docs, procedures, and runbooks
• Own complex tasks from start to finish and transition to operations
• Deliver and support network infrastructure across global locations

Skills

Data Center Networking

Routing & Switching

SD-WAN & WAN

Cloud Connectivity

NDFC & Nexus

Azure ExpressRoute

AWS Direct Connect

Automation & IaC

Telemetry & Observability

Communication Skills

Implementation Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Catalyst

Cisco NDFC

Prisma SD-WAN

Catalyst Center

Job description

Senior hands‑on engineer with deep expertise in data center routing and switching, enterprise WAN and SD-WAN, and hybrid cloud connectivity

Key Responsibilities

• Data Center Routing & Switching: Implement, migrate, optimize, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus and Catalyst environments, including complex L2/L3 designs, BGP, OSPF, redundancy, segmentation, and high-availability patterns
• Data Center Network Management: Deploy and operate data center network fabrics and management platforms (Cisco NDFC or comparable strongly preferred)
• SD-WAN & Enterprise WAN: Design, deploy, migrate, and support enterprise SD-WAN and WAN services (Prisma SD-WAN strongly preferred)
• Cloud Connectivity: Implement and troubleshoot private connectivity between on‑premises and public cloud (Azure ExpressRoute and/or AWS Direct Connect); collaborate with Cloud Engineering on routing, resiliency, and operations
• Global Network Deployments: Lead hands‑on deployments and complex migrations across private data centers, colocation facilities, cloud connectivity environments, and enterprise locations, including planning, testing, cutover, rollback, and post-change validation
• Tier 3 Technical Support: Serve as senior escalation point for Network Engineering and Operations; independently diagnose and resolve complex production issues across data center, WAN, SD-WAN, and cloud‑connected environments
• Network Services Collaboration: Work across next‑gen firewalls, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, and application delivery/load‑balancing platforms (Palo Alto, Infoblox, F5 preferred)
• Network Design: Contribute implementation expertise to architecture and design discussions; review solutions for operational readiness, supportability, risk, and execution feasibility
• Automation: Work in an engineering environment using automation and Infrastructure as Code; familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Python, GitHub, GitHub Actions, IaC, or GitOps desired; creation of automation code preferred
• Documentation & Knowledge Transfer: Develop and maintain designs, implementation plans, methods of procedure, testing and rollback plans, diagrams, configuration standards, and operational handoff documentation
• Primary Focus: Engineering execution — personally implementing, migrating, troubleshooting, and supporting production infrastructure while contributing practical input to network designs and architecture decisions
• Scope: Deliver and support network infrastructure across global private data centers, colocation facilities, cloud connectivity environments, and enterprise sites
• Autonomy: Take ownership of complex tasks with minimal direction; collaborate with Architecture, Cloud, Security, Operations, and application teams; transition completed solutions into stable operational support

Preferred Certification

• CCNP-level knowledge strongly preferred
• Relevant Cisco certifications are a plus (e.g., CCNP, CCIE)
• AZ 700

Required Skills

• Data Center Networking: Expert-level, hands‑on experience implementing and troubleshooting enterprise routing and switching in Cisco Nexus and Catalyst environments
• Routing/Switching Protocols: Strong understanding of BGP, OSPF, Layer 2/Layer 3 design, resiliency, segmentation, and production change execution
• Industry Experience: 10+ years of hands‑on experience deploying, migrating, managing, and supporting complex enterprise and data center networks across on‑premises and colocation environments
• SD-WAN & Enterprise WAN: Deep experience with design, deployment, migrations, routing integration, policy, branch connectivity, path selection, and production troubleshooting; Prisma SD-WAN strongly preferred
• Cisco Data Center Platforms: Hands‑on experience with Cisco Nexus, Catalyst, and data center fabric management; Cisco NDFC strongly preferred; Catalyst Center a plus
• Cloud Connectivity: Practical experience with Azure ExpressRoute and/or AWS Direct Connect, including BGP routing, route advertisement, redundancy, and collaboration with cloud teams
• Implementation Leadership: Ability to assess environments, develop implementation approaches, execute production work, validate results, and resolve issues with minimal direction
• Complex Migrations: Experience planning and executing high-risk network migrations with dependency management, testing, change control, rollback planning, and post-implementation validation
• Network Security & Adjacent Services (preferred): Enterprise firewalls, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, load balancing; Palo Alto and Infoblox particularly valuable; F5 a plus
• Automation Awareness: Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, Python, GitHub, GitHub Actions, IaC, and GitOps; must be willing to learn and collaborate with automation-focused engineers (advanced coding not required; creating automation code preferred)
• Observability & Troubleshooting: Deep understanding of packet analysis, telemetry, monitoring, and observability tools across hybrid network environments
• Communication: Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate across Architecture, Engineering, Operations, Cloud, Security, vendors, and globally distributed teams

Required Education

• Bachelors Degree

About Rose

• Founded in 1993
• Office Locations Across the U.S.
• 150+ Clients: Corporations and Government Agencies
• Employee Oriented Company
• Challenging Assignments Across the U.S.
• Continuous Professional Development

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