Senior RDMA Network Engineer for AI/ML & HPC Cloud

Ll Oefentherapie; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 91,400 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Ll Oefentherapie is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale RDMA networking within OCI-like environments. You will work on network fabric development, automation, and monitoring for global infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on network engineering in large-scale environments, strong scripting ability (Python preferred), and familiarity with RDMA, MPLS, BGP/OSPF/IS‑IS, and telemetry. Expect on-call duties and 25% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related engineering with 5+ years of network engineering experience or master’s with 3+ years of network engineering experience.
• Experience in a large ISP or cloud provider environment; RDMA networking a plus.
• Strong knowledge of protocols: MPLS, BGP/OSPF/IS‑IS, TCP, IPv4/IPv6, DNS, DHCP; VxLAN and EVPN helpful.
• Extensive scripting/automation and data center design experience; Python preferred.
• Experience with TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL; telemetry and monitoring.
• Networking modeling and programming: YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF.
• Excellent communication, judgment, and ability to work with limited supervision.
• Willingness to travel; 25% travel.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with program/project managers to develop milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and safely execute network changes using existing procedures; create new ones if needed.
• Develop solutions for frontline support to act on network failures.
• Troubleshoot cabling connectivity in data centers; coordinate on-site with L1 teams and TPMs.
• Travel to data center locations; 25% travel required.
• Participate in network solution and architecture design; contribute to roadmaps.
• Participate in operational rotations as primary or secondary.
• Provide break-fix support; lead post-incident RCA.
• Develop scripts to automate routine tasks.
• Coordinate with networking automation services for tooling development.
• Coordinate with network monitoring to gather telemetry and create alerts.
• Build dashboards across network layers to identify issues.
• SME on software development for network automation and monitoring.
• Collaborate with vendor TAC and QA to drive bug resolution and firmware qualification.

Skills

English proficiency

On-call rotation

Willing to travel

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related engineering with 5+ years experience; or Master’s with 3+ years

Tools

Python scripting

NETCONF

YANG

Job description

Ll Oefentherapie is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to design, deploy, and operate large-scale RDMA networking within OCI-like environments. You will work on network fabric development, automation, and monitoring for global infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on network engineering in large-scale environments, strong scripting ability (Python preferred), and familiarity with RDMA, MPLS, BGP/OSPF/IS‑IS, and telemetry. Expect on-call duties and 25% travel.