Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Contract

Pay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour

Job Description:

The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available network infrastructure across data centers, branch offices, and cloud environments. This is a 6+ month contract-to-hire opportunity based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This role will focus on supporting enterprise data center networks, advanced routing, cloud-managed networking solutions, and automation efforts. Responsibilities include evaluating new networking technologies, improving network performance, and helping drive long-term modernization initiatives across the infrastructure.

The Senior Network Engineer will also contribute to automation for recurring tasks, mentor team members, support cross-functional teams, and participate in an on-call rotation for critical escalations.

Required Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in a Network Engineering role

• Strong experience designing, implementing, and supporting data center networks using Spine-Leaf architectures

• Experience with VXLAN and EVPN in Cisco Nexus environments

• Advanced routing experience with BGP and OSPF

• Experience designing and supporting cloud-managed networking solutions including SD-WAN, switching, and wireless

• Experience with Cisco Meraki

• Experience with network automation using Python, Ansible, or Terraform

• Strong troubleshooting and network performance optimization skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Bonus/Soft Skills:

• Industry certifications such as CCNP or CCIE

• Experience with infrastructure technologies including virtualization, containerization, load balancing, DDoS protection, and security

• Experience designing and supporting cloud environments in GCP, AWS, or Azure

• Experience with network monitoring and performance tools such as SolarWinds, Grafana, Prometheus, or Wireshark

• Strong mentoring and leadership abilities

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

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