Are you an experienced Network Engineer with a desire to excel? If so, then Talent Software Services may have the job for you! Our client is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to work at their company in Richfield, MN.

Position Summary: This would be a supplemental engineer to help implement, troubleshoot, and automate common network tasks.

Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Deploying and maintaining high-performance and scalable network solutions for data centers, including core switches, edge routers, load balancers, and other related network equipment.
• Implement network automation solutions to streamline repetitive tasks such as configuration management, provisioning, and monitoring of data center networks.
• Work with automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Ansible) to develop solutions that simplify network management and increase operational efficiency.
• Assist in capacity planning, evaluating network performance, and identifying areas for improvement to scale the data center network.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in data center networking, including SDN and network automation, and evaluate how they can be implemented to enhance network operations.
• Leads and effectively triages complex issues across systems in many environments, primarily in the data center. Takes the lead in root cause analysis.
• Active participant in planning activities and contribute to strategic planning.
• Assisting staff/principal engineers

Qualifications:

• Cisco routing/switching – 5+ years experience
• Routing protocols (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF) – 5+ years experience
• F5 load balancing – 3+ years experience
• Infoblox DNS/DHCP – 3+ years experience
• Automation (CI/CD pipelines, Ansible, Terraform) – 3+ years experience

Preferred:

• Firewall experience
• Ability to read and interpret packet captures