Network Engineer

Role: Network Engineer
Location: San Dieago, CA - Hybrid

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About The AES Group

The AES Group is a premier technology staffing and services company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver innovative technology solutions that create meaningful impact. AES helps enterprises, including Fortune 500 organizations, engage customers, empower employees, and transform operations through cloud, data, AI, and emerging technologies.

One of our clients in the interactive entertainment industry is hiring a Network Engineer to help design, implement, and operate the high-performance networks that power a globally distributed gaming platform. This role sits across the full network stack - Internet edge, core routing/switching, data center fabric, security, and user connectivity - ensuring new services launch on a fast, scalable, and secure foundation.

• Hands-on work with global-scale networks supporting latency-sensitive, always-on services

• Exposure to modern data center fabrics, automation, DDoS defense, and multi-cloud networking

• Collaborative environment with infrastructure and engineering teams focused on reliability and performance

As a Network Engineer, you will monitor, troubleshoot, and improve a multi-vendor global network environment. You'll partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to deploy new network capabilities, improve automation and visibility, and ensure service performance and resiliency at scale. This position includes on-call participation and proactive incident response.

Overview:

• Monitor and optimize our global network to ensure peak performance and reliability
• Troubleshoot and resolve network-related issues across multiple vendor environments
• Participate in on-call rotations and proactively respond to alerts
• Deploy new infrastructure to global locations with remote coordination
• Enhance network automation, monitoring, and visibility systems

Qualifications:

• CCNP/JNCIP certification (or equivalent hands-on expertise)
• Strong multi-vendor troubleshooting experience (Juniper, Arista)
• Advanced understanding of routing protocols, network security, and threat remediation
• Deep knowledge of switching, wireless, and next-generation firewalls (Palo Alto)
• Experience with Data Center environments (Arista CVP, Juniper Apstra)
• Familiarity with cloud networking across major providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Network automation experience (NETCONF/YAML, Ansible, ZTP)
• VXLAN/EVPN expertise with Arista and Juniper
• Understanding of DDoS mitigation (Arbor APS/TMS or cloud-based solutions)
• Scripting proficiency (Python or Perl) for automation workflows
• Experience with F5 load balancers, including AFM