Senior Network Engineer — Data Center & Automation

Fidelity Investments Inc.; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity Investments is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to design, engineer, and implement its datacenter and co-location core network routing and switching. The role focuses on stability, automation, and innovation, including VXLAN overlay/underlay across multiple platforms and collaboration with Enterprise Infrastructure teams.

The role requires 5–8+ years of network experience, strong communication, and hands-on expertise with EVPN‑VXLAN, BGP/OSPF, and Cisco/HPE gear.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of progressive network engineering or security experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred (or equivalent experience).
• Strong written and verbal communication for cross‑functional partners.
• Experience with large-scale enterprise networking and EVPN‑VXLAN.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and implement datacenter/core networking.
• Operate VXLAN overlay/underlay across platforms with stability and automation.
• Support Enterprise Infrastructure projects and on-call rotation.
• Document complex topology and troubleshoot network issues.

Skills

TCP/IP

Routing

Switching

BGP

OSPF

EVPN-VXLAN

VXLAN

EVPN-BGP

Cisco IOS

HPE networking

Network automation

Python scripting

Ansible

On-call support

Documentation

DNS/DHCP

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Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Cisco gear

HPE gear

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Job description

Fidelity Investments is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to design, engineer, and implement its datacenter and co-location core network routing and switching. The role focuses on stability, automation, and innovation, including VXLAN overlay/underlay across multiple platforms and collaboration with Enterprise Infrastructure teams.

The role requires 5–8+ years of network experience, strong communication, and hands-on expertise with EVPN‑VXLAN, BGP/OSPF, and Cisco/HPE gear.