Network Engineer IV
Rackspace Technology · Seattle metropolitan area, WA · 3 wk ago
Hybrid$1103k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Network Engineer IV is responsible for the design, architecture, engineering, implementation, and support of the Enterprise and multi-datacenter network environment, spanning routing, switching, campus fabric, and network security. Acts as a senior technical resource for troubleshooting and architecting complex network solutions and may serve as a project lead or mentor for other engineers on the team.
Responsibilities
- Designs and architects scalable, resilient network solutions across routing, switching, fabric, and security domains
- Leads complex troubleshooting efforts, including routing protocol issues, fabric/switching connectivity, and firewall policy conflicts
- Architects and maintains Cisco ACI fabric environments, including tenant design, endpoint groups, contracts, and fabric integration
- Architects and maintains Cisco SD-Access (SDA) fabric environments, including underlay/overlay design, fabric edge/border/control-plane nodes, and DNA Center-based policy and segmentation
- Designs, configures, and troubleshoots BGP and OSPF routing environments, including route redistribution, policy control, and multi-site architectures
- Architects highly available switching infrastructure across Nexus, ACI, and SD-Access fabric environments, including VXLAN/EVPN-based segmentation and fabric-based redundancy to eliminate single points of failure
- Configures, maintains, and troubleshoots Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including security policy design, NAT, VPN, and threat prevention
- Designs and manages network access control (NAC) policies and device compliance using Forescout or Aruba ClearPass.
- Serves as an escalation point for high-level, service-impacting network issues
- Identifies, reviews, and recommends security postures to peers and appropriate security teams
- Researches, evaluates, and recommends hardware, software, and vendor solutions based on cost, performance, and business need
- Leads implementation planning prior to installation of network hardware such as routers