Sr. Data Center Network Engineer - W2 , NY - Onsite
Listed on 2025-12-03
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Network Engineer, Data Engineer, Cybersecurity
Location: New York
Job Title:
Sr. Data Center Network Engineer – 10+ Years
Location:
New York City, NY – 4 Days onsite Role
Long Term Project
Employment type:
Contract
Seniority level:
Mid-Senior level
We are seeking a highly experienced Data Center Network Engineer with 10+ years of hands‑on experience in designing, implementing, and managing complex data center networks. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Cisco Nexus, Cisco ACI, and fabric architecture (Spine‑Leaf, VXLAN EVPN). The candidate has a proven track record in data center build, migration, and refresh projects within large, regulated environments – preferably financial institutions.
Strong skills in network automation, along with working knowledge of Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 Load Balancers, and Infoblox, are essential. The candidate should be a hands‑on technical leader, adept at troubleshooting, design, and delivering resilient, scalable data center networks.
- 10+ years of experience in data center network engineering, preferably in large-scale financial organizations.
- Deep expertise in Cisco Nexus platforms (9K, 7K, 5K, 2K) and Cisco ACI architectures—including fabric policies, tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, EPGs, and contracts.
- Strong understanding and hands‑on experience with fabric architecture, including spine‑leaf topology design and implementation, VXLAN EVPN overlay networks, ACI Multi‑Pod / Multi‑Site architectures, and fabric interconnectivity and redundancy models.
- Strong command of Layer 2/Layer 3 technologies (VLANs, VPC, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VXLAN, EVPN).
- Proven experience in data center migrations, consolidations, and refresh initiatives.
- Expertise in network automation and orchestration using Python, Ansible, REST APIs, or similar tools.
- Skilled in network troubleshooting, performance tuning, and packet analysis (NX‑OS, Wireshark, telemetry tools).
- Thorough understanding of high availability design principles, QoS, and traffic engineering.
- Experience in change control, incident management, and infrastructure documentation practices.
- Information Technology
- IT Services and IT Consulting
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