Network Data Center Engineer (Network DC)

Job Title: Network Data Center Engineer (Network DC)

Contract Duration: 6 Months (Extendable up to 1 Year)

Experience: 7+ Years in Routing & Switching

Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Network Data Center Engineer with strong expertise in Routing & Switching, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus, wireless networking, and VMware NSX. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience implementing and supporting enterprise data center network infrastructure, along with knowledge of firewalls, load balancers, DNS, and SD-WAN.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise data center network infrastructure.

• Manage and troubleshoot Routing & Switching technologies, including Cisco Catalyst and Nexus platforms.

• Implement and support wireless networking solutions.

• Configure, manage, and troubleshoot VMware NSX and Distributed Firewall (DFW) environments.

• Support firewall infrastructure and network security implementation.

• Assist with network deployment, migration, upgrades, and performance optimization.

• Troubleshoot complex network connectivity and infrastructure issues.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and operations teams to ensure network availability and reliability.

• Apply network troubleshooting methodologies and follow infrastructure change-management procedures.

Mandatory Skills

• Minimum 7 years of expert-level experience in Routing & Switching.

• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco Catalyst and Nexus.

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on wireless networking implementation experience.

• Minimum 5 years of experience with VMware NSX, DFW, and firewall technologies.

• Hands-on experience in network deployment and implementation.

• Working knowledge of firewalls and load balancers.

• Conceptual understanding of DNS and SD-WAN.

Preferred Skills

• Enterprise data center networking.

• Network virtualization and security.

• Experience with large-scale network migrations and implementations.

Ideal Candidate

A technically strong network engineer with proven implementation experience in enterprise data center environments and the ability to troubleshoot complex network and virtualization issues.