Network Engineer

K&K Global Talent Solutions Inc. is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the Canada and the USA region since 1993.

This position is with one of our clients in USA, who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.

 Position:     Data Center Network Engineer
 Location:    Onsite- New Albany, OH

Job type:    W2  Long-term contract  /  fulltime 

 Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Network Provisioning Engineer with hands-on experience in large-scale data center networking, routing, switching, and network deployments. In this role, you will be responsible for activating, configuring, and validating network infrastructure at scale, supporting cutting-edge spine-leaf/Clos fabric architectures and advanced optical technologies (800G/DWDM).

Crucial Note: This role requires working out of our New Albany facility on a 24x7 rotational shift schedule.

Core Responsibilities

• Device & Circuit Provisioning: Provision, configure, and activate enterprise-grade routers, switches, and network circuits.

• Large-Scale Deployment: Manage physical and logical device activation, software upgrades, and logical validation for 100+ network devices at scale.

• Fabric Support: Deploy and maintain high-performance spine-leaf/Clos fabric networks and Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch architectures.

• Testing & Troubleshooting: Conduct thorough circuit testing, and rapidly troubleshoot infrastructure provisioning and uplink failures.

• Automation & Documentation: Utilize Python scripting to automate provisioning tasks, and maintain clear, updated deployment runbooks.

Required Skillsets

• Network Protocols: Deep, hands-on knowledge of routing and switching protocols, specifically BGP, IS-IS, and MPLS.

• Hardware Platforms: Strong proficiency with at least one major vendor ecosystem: Juniper (JunOS), Arista (EOS), or Cisco (IOS-XR).

• Data Center Architecture: Proven experience working in large data centers utilizing spine-leaf / Clos network design.

• Optical Networking: Practical experience with DWDM, 800G optics, transponders, and high-speed physical layer infrastructure.

• Automation: Practical capability to write and run Python scripts for network automation and task optimization.

• Certifications: Active certification in CCNA/CCNP or JNCIA/JNCIS is mandatory.

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