Juniper Network Engineer - Certified JNCIS-MistAI-Wireless /JNCIP- MistAI

Position Title: Juniper Network Engineer with Juniper Mist AI certification

Location: Fully Remote

Expected Duration: 12 months Contract
Mode of interview: MS Teams.

Job Description:

Job Description

We are seeking a Network Engineer to join our dynamic team on site in Columbus, OH. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in large-scale IP network design, implementation, and operations and a proven ability to deliver proactive and reactive post-sales support that aligns business and technical solutions while ensuring Total Customer Experience.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct network information-gathering workshops to understand existing designs and requirements for new designs.
• Learn customer organizational structure and support processes to sustain a highly available network.
• Test new designs, features, and functions in a lab, develop implementation and verification plans, and support live deployment.
• Validate software patches and fixes in pre-production and production according to implementation plans.
• Troubleshoot equipment and network issues, open and drive JTAC cases, and manage pre- and post-production incidents.
• Initiate and track RMAs through problem resolution.
• Provide regular written status reports on designs, equipment, and network problems.
• Lead technology workshops, present case updates, document root causes, workarounds, and solutions.
• Train customer design, implementation, and support teams on HPE/Juniper products, including configurations and operations.
• Assist in developing network and equipment operating procedures and best practices.
• Support production environments using HPE/Juniper products and define best-practice policies.
• Peer with resident engineers to share lessons learned and mitigate risk during major changes.
• Develop secondary skills across the HPE/Juniper product portfolio.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 5+ years in large-scale IP network design, implementation, and operations.
• Proficiency with JUNOS CLI and Juniper routing and switching.
• Hands-on experience with QFX and EX platforms, EVPN/VXLAN, and data center or large enterprise networks.
• Strong knowledge of BGP (eBGP/iBGP) and OSPF.
• Mist Wireless assurance experience including Mist APs, Marvis AI, edge devices, and Mist web UI.
• Experience with EZ-LAG and Juniper automation tools including Ansible, YAML, and PyEZ; ability to script in Python.
• Ability to prepare, validate, and deploy configurations and software upgrades in customer environments.
• Effective communication in crisis situations with stakeholders from Engineering to CIO/CISO level.
• Experience supporting maintenance windows, major upgrades, and change events.

Must have certification any one Juniper MistAI is fine.

• Technical Certifications: JNCIS-MistAI-Wireless, JNCIP-MistAI. Hands-on experience with Mist APs, Marvis AI, edge devices, and Mist web UI required for these certifications.
• Additional certifications a plus: JNCIS, JNCIP, JNCIE, JNCIS-MistAI-Wired, CCNP, CCIE.