Network Engineer

Senior Engineer – Core Infrastructure Network Connectivity & Automation

Smart Info Solutions llc is seeking a Senior Engineer to develop, deploy and support high-performance network solutions for data centers.

Our team of engineers support, build, and innovate network connectivity and automation capabilities. We collaborate with other engineers and cross-domain teams to implement, manage, troubleshoot and improve network connectivity across data center, remote sites, cloud infrastructure, and security solutions.

• Deploy and maintain scalable network solutions for data centers, including core switches, edge routers, load balancers and related equipment.
• Implement network automation tools to streamline configuration, provisioning, and monitoring.
• Develop automation using scripting languages such as Python and Ansible to simplify network management.
• Assist in capacity planning and evaluate network performance for scalability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies (SDN, network automation) and evaluate implementation opportunities.
• Lead root cause analysis and triage complex issues across systems.
• Participate in strategic planning and contribute to planning activities.
• Assist staff/principal engineers.
• Configuration, installation, and support of large enterprise platforms from start to finish.
• Advocate industry trends and standards.
• Lead phases of large capability or products or processes.
• Ensure quality of team output.
• Identify opportunities in SDLC, reliability, monitoring and recommend tools.
• Influence architecture of multiple systems.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of evolving standards and vendor technologies.
• Solve highly complex issues using new approaches.
• Understand and evaluate risks of changes to systems.
• Deliver projects on time, estimate accurately, and meet those estimates.
• Own technical testing and performance of products or processes.
• Tackle hard debugging, incident response and reverse engineering tasks.
• Provide feedback on products outside core area.

• 5 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s or advanced degree in IT, Computer Science, business or related field, OR industry certification(s) OR equivalent professional experience.

• 7-8+ years of professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Industry certifications (e.g., Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5, AWS).
• Experience in a large global enterprise (1000+ sites).
• Azure, GCP or AWS and hybrid cloud expertise.
• Experience driving automation efforts.
• Development and architecture experience for network connectivity and security solutions.

Location:

Minneapolis, MN

Salary: $74,800.00 – $

Full-time, Mid-Senior level.

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