Network Infrastructure Architect - Carlsbad, CA (4 days onsite)

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Network Engineering
Firewall
Enterprise Networks
Palo Alto
Performance Tuning
PowerCLI
Python
Routing
Scripting
Splunk
TCP/IP
VMware
Virtual Private Network
Virtualization
Wireshark
Windows PowerShell
Network Security
Network Monitoring
OSPF
Optimization
NetFlow
NetScaler
Network
Linux
Juniper
IPS
IDS
DevOps
DNS
F5
Computer Networking
Computer Hardware
DHCP
Cloud Computing
Ansible
Auditing
Border Gateway Protocol
Capacity Management
Cisco
Documentation

Job Details

Job Title: Network Infrastructure Architect

Job Location: Carlsbad, CA (4 days onsite)

Contract to Hire

Required:

  • Proficient in triaging advanced system and network alerts across enterprise environments.
  • Strong knowledge of enterprise network architecture, data center ecosystems, and hybrid cloud infrastructures.
  • Hands-on experience with virtualization and SDN platforms (e.g., VMware, NSX).
  • Advanced Linux and Windows administration with emphasis on network services, security hardening, and patching.
  • Expertise in networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF), routing, subnetting, NAT, and firewall configurations.
  • Experience managing network hardware and appliances (Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5, NetScaler).
  • Skilled in performance tuning, latency optimization, capacity planning, and network analytics.
  • Strong automation skills using Python, PowerShell, Ansible, or PowerCLI.
  • Familiar with network security (VPNs, ACLs, IDS/IPS, auditing, SIEMs like Splunk or ELK).
  • Able to identify and automate manual operational workloads through tooling and scripting.
  • Comfortable with network monitoring tools (e.g., SolarWinds, NetFlow, Wireshark, Nagios).
  • Collaborative mindset with experience across network engineering, DevOps, and security teams.
  • Proven ability to mentor junior/intermediate engineers and lead troubleshooting of complex, multi-platform issues.
  • Strong documentation habits, organizational skills, and ability to work across distributed teams.
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