Design Engineer
GDH · Plano, TX · 2 wk ago
Engineering$58–$60/hrInternship
We are seeking a Network Design Engineer to design and deliver large-scale enterprise network infrastructure solutions, focusing on scalable, resilient, and well-documented data center and enterprise network architectures.
Responsibilities
- Design and validate large-scale Data Center network architectures, including VXLAN-based spine-leaf fabrics (EVPN).
- Develop High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs) aligned with enterprise standards and business requirements.
- Lead or contribute to data center build-outs, technology refreshes, and migration initiatives.
- Design and support enterprise LAN/WAN architectures for large, distributed environments.
- Prepare detailed Bills of Materials (BOMs) and implementation guidelines to facilitate deployment.
- Review and validate network designs through technical discussions and design reviews with relevant teams.
- Work across multi-vendor platforms, including Arista EOS and Cisco, ensuring optimal integration and performance.
- Apply expertise in routing, switching, resiliency, high availability, and scalability to ensure robust network designs.
- Collaborate with implementation engineers, operations teams, vendors, and architects to translate requirements into effective solutions.
- Maintain comprehensive design documentation and technical artifacts to support ongoing and future network initiatives.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise network engineering, with extensive design expertise.
- Proven success designing and implementing large data centers, migrations, and enterprise LAN/WAN networks.
- Strong knowledge of VXLAN / EVPN fabric design, spine-leaf architectures, and multi-vendor environments.
- Ability to clearly communicate design principles, architecture decisions, and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience working in complex, multi-vendor enterprise environments, with a focus on scalability and high availability.
- CCIE certification (Data Center, Routing & Switching) or equivalent expert-level certification preferred.
- Advanced Arista certifications (e.g., L4 or higher) preferred.
- Exposure to network automation tools such as Ansible, Python, or templated design approaches is desirable.
- Strong documentation skills and the ability to manage stakeholder expectations effectively.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the designated location or remotely as specified.
Pay
$58.00 – $60.00 hourly
Schedule
This is a fully remote role and can be performed from an approved location.