Job Description:
The Network Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and support of the organization's data center network infrastructure. This role ensures the reliability, scalability, and security of core network services that support enterprise applications, virtualization platforms, storage systems, disaster recovery, and cloud connectivity. The engineer works closely with systems administrators, software developers, and other various teams to maintain highly available network environments while planning for future growth.
Responsibilities:
Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise data center networking infrastructure
Configure and support core routing and switching platforms
Administer spine-leaf and traditional three-tier network architectures
Implement and maintain high availability technologies including MLAG/VPC, Port Channels/LACP, and dynamic routing protocols like BGP
Support data center virtualization platforms including VMware
Implement network security controls including ACLs, segmentation, and firewall integration
Maintain redundant network paths and disaster recovery connectivity between primary and secondary data centers
Monitor network performance, capacity, and availability using enterprise monitoring platforms
Perform firmware upgrades and maintenance while minimizing production impact
Troubleshoot complex network outages affecting servers, storage, virtualization hosts, and enterprise applications
Develop and maintain network diagrams, standards, operating procedures, and technical documentation
Provide Tier III escalation support for critical infrastructure incidents
Participate in an on-call rotation
Other duties as assigned
Travel - <10%
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
3+ years of enterprise networking experience.
2+ years supporting data center infrastructure.
Strong understanding of spine-leaf architecture
Experience with virtualization networking - VMware
Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible is a plus
Experience with network monitoring and packet analysis tools.
Job Type: Full-Time
Contact:
Kelsey Pate (936)715-4010
Location: Nacogdoches, TX (NacSpace - ERP - 167)
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