Sr Juniper Engineer

Job Title : Senior Juniper Engineer

Visa Statues: is required for this role.

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Richmond VA - Hybrid

Description:

• Proven expertise designing and operating EVPN-VXLAN fabrics in enterprise or service provider environments.
• Strong working knowledge of Layer 2/Layer 3 protocols, including BGP, OSPF, and multicast within VXLAN topologies.
• Proficiency with the Mist AI Dashboard, including configuration, troubleshooting, and analytics.
• Experience with Junos OS, Junos Space, and J-Web.
• Solid understanding of network automation principles (Python, REST APIs, Ansible, etc.).
• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills.
• Juniper certifications such as JNCIP-ENT, JNCIP-DC, or JNCIE (preferred).
• Familiarity with Juniper Mist, Group-Based Policy (GBP), and Campus Fabric architectures.
• Experience integrating Mist with identity and policy frameworks (RADIUS, NAC, or SSO).
• Knowledge of cloud-managed operations and Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP).
• Ability to create and present technical documentation, runbooks, and design guides.

Work Effort Overview:

Customer Solutions Engineers will, at a minimum, perform the following activities related to Campus Switches:

• Validate configurations for new installations, network changes, and software upgrades.
• Support network health assessments of hardware and software during equipment installation.
• Complete installation and validation tasks to ensure alignment with established guidelines and capabilities.
• Assist in the creation of implementation, integration, and migration plans, and provide operational support during installations.
• Troubleshoot network issues encountered during the installation process.
• Provide ongoing, informal knowledge transfer related to Campus Switches.
• Open OEM TAC cases on behalf of the VA for software/configuration issues or hardware failures.
• Deliver ad-hoc written summary reports on equipment and network issues to the RE and VA Engineering staff.
• Contribute technical input to major service outage root cause analyses and corrective action reports.
• Follow installation procedures and test plans, and document results for sharing with VA Networking staff and the RE.
• Serve as a configuration expert on the proposed campus equipment.
• Interpret and create network diagrams as needed.
• Adhere to established operations and support procedures.
• Respond to and resolve technical issues via the VA MS Teams support channel during installations.
• Provide input to and follow implementation plans for equipment migrations.
• Execute scripted migration procedures during installations.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the configuration and implementation of Campus Switches integrations with related systems (e.g., IPAM, LiveAction, ISE, Palo Alto, Server/Core Switches).
• Provide remote support when not on travel.