Overview
On Site
70 - 100
Full Time
10% Travel
Unable to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
Arista
F5
Fortinet
Firewall
Load Balancing
Network Engineering
Network Operations
Network Design
VMware
Virtualization
Cisco
Ansible
Ethernet
Juniper
Optical Fiber
Switches
Job Details
Role: Network Architect
Location : Oakland, CA 94612 (5 days onsite )
Duration : 6+ months (possibility of extension)
Travel: Up to 10% travel required; MGT will reimburse travel expenses.
Job Summary:
In this position The Network Engineer deliver expert-level on-site network engineering services for data center and enterprise infrastructure, emphasizing hands-on deployment, advanced troubleshooting, and management of escalated incidents, to ensure high availability, security, and performance of network systems.
Key Responsibilities
Network Operations & Configuration
- Provide expertise and troubleshoot Layer 2 & 3 network operations (e.g., STP, VLANs).
- Support overlay/underlay network architectures; ensure correct MTU sizing, redundancy (e.g., link aggregation, port channel, LACP), and high availability.
- Configure and maintain routing protocols as needed (e.g., OSPF, IS-IS, BGP) especially in hybrid or multi-fabric environments.
- Experience engineering in a Unified Optical Network (UON) ring topology.
Firewall, Load Balancing, and Security Controls
- Deploy, configure, and optimize security devices, including Fortigate firewalls, WAFs (such as F5 BIG-IP preferred), and adhere to least-privilege/access control models.
- Implement and manage traffic policies, NAT, VPNs, DNS, etc.
Specialized Platform Support & Optimization
- Configure, support, and optimize preferred platforms: Arista switching and CloudVision, Juniper platforms, Fortinet, F5, Infoblox etc.
- Tune network performance (latency-sensitive traffic, bandwidth utilization, etc.).
- Architect and Implement redundancy, failover, and load balancing to prevent single points of failure.
Escalations & Advanced Troubleshooting
- Act as the escalation point for complex network issues, across fiber and Ethernet networks.
- Utilize packet captures, telemetry, logging, performance metrics to identify root cause.
- Lead incident response and coordinate with other teams or vendors as needed.
Collaboration & Cross-Functional Support
- Work with other IT and OT groups (security, systems, storage, virtualization) to ensure network design supports overall infrastructure goals.
- Participate in disaster recovery planning, capacity planning, and scaling discussions.
- Support change management processes: approval, documentation, testing, rollback planning.
Documentation & Knowledge Transfer
- Maintain up-to-date network diagrams, topology maps, configuration standards, runbooks, and escalation procedures.
- Provide training or mentorship to other team members; enable knowledge transfer.
- Recommend best practices and continuous improvement strategies.
Optional / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware), hyperconverged infrastructure (e.g., Nutanix), backup/restoration solutions (e.g., Rubrik).
- Experience with Criminal Justice Systems, CJIS compliance, CAD systems and deployment of mobile Police Hardware.
- Familiarity with Cisco hardware and software, especially in enterprise or data center environments.
- Competence in automation, orchestration, or scripting tools (Ansible, Python, etc.).
- Understanding of monitoring/telemetry tools (Prometheus, Grafana, SNMP, etc.) for proactive network health monitoring.
- Exposure to IPv6, SDN (software-defined networking), overlay technologies (VXLAN etc.).
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