SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER — L3+ | DATACENTER

📍 Multiple Locations:

* Altoona / Polk County — Iowa

* Richmond / Henrico County — Virginia

* Kansas City — Missouri

* Mesa — Arizona* Papillion / Sarpy County — Nebraska

* Los Lunas — New Mexico

* Gallatin — Tennessee

* Forest City — North Carolina 

Experience: 7+ Years

Certification: CCNP — Mandatory / Strongly Preferred 

🔥 KEY SKILLS

* Senior Network Engineering — L3+

* Datacenter Deployment & Operations

* Cisco C9200 / C9300X | IOS-XE

* Palo Alto PA5500 | Panorama | PAN-OS

* Routing, Switching, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6

* STP / RSTP / MSTP

* VLANs, Trunking, EtherChannel / LAG

* StackWise / StackWise Virtual

* Fiber Optics & Optical Network Troubleshooting

* Python — MUST HAVE

* Ansible | Terraform | Linux

* Network Automation & API Integration

* Firewall & Network Security

* Zabbix / PRTG

* RCA, Incident Management & Troubleshooting 

🛠️ ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

* Deploy and operate large-scale datacenter & POP networks

* Perform L2/L3 troubleshooting and RCA

* Support migrations, upgrades & new deployments

* Maintain IP/VLAN plans, diagrams, port maps & documentation

* Manage Palo Alto firewall policies & Panorama

* Automate provisioning, configuration, monitoring & remediation

* Coordinate with carriers, colocation providers & vendors

* Support rack design, cabling, hardware installation & asset management

* Execute phased datacenter migrations with minimal disruption

* Manage RMA activities & vendor coordination 

👤 IDEAL CANDIDATE

CCNP-certified Senior Network Engineer with strong hands-on experience in datacenter deployment, L3 networking, Cisco, Palo Alto, Python automation and network operations.