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Network Engineer, Platform, Automation & HPC/AI

Berkeley Lab · Berkeley, CA · 1 mo ago
OTHR$157k–$192k/yrFull-time

About the role

Join NERSC at Berkeley Lab and help engineer the high-performance network platform powering some of the nation’s most advanced scientific computing. Our team manages 1 Tb/s of border connectivity to ESnet and an 800G/400G data center network backbone supporting the NERSC-9 and NERSC-10 supercomputers, multi-tier storage, archive, and edge services.

Responsibilities

  • Implement, operate, maintain, and improve network automation and observability solutions.
  • Contribute to Data Center modernization efforts and NERSC’s Smart Facility initiative.
  • Support efforts to design and deliver network services to address emerging needs (e.g., American Science Cloud, new Edge services).
  • Continuously monitor and optimize network performance, focusing on reducing latency, maximizing throughput, and improving fault tolerance.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including physical and logical topology diagrams.
  • Collaborate with the Security Group to implement security measures for data integrity and privacy, ensuring high availability and reliability through redundancy and failover mechanisms.
  • Share on-call rotation with colleagues and serve as an escalation contact for service incidents.
  • Work on and resolve complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple variables.
  • Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
  • Build effective working relationships with technical partners and stakeholders across disciplines.

Requirements

  • Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of IP networking experience in Data Center or LAN environments.
  • 2+ years of experience with network automation and/or network performance optimization.
  • Project management experience in developing technical project scope, schedule and budget.
  • Strong written, verbal, listening, and presentation skills; effective collaboration skills with technical peers, vendors, and customers.
  • Ability to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
  • Ability to network and collaborate with key contacts outside their own area of expertise.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a cross-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

  • Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of IP networking experience in Data Center or LAN environments.
  • 4+ years of experience with network automation and/or network performance optimization.
  • Demonstrated project management expertise, specifically, in leading the development of technical project scope, schedule and budget.
  • Excellent written, verbal, listening, and presentation skills; excellent communication and collaboration skills with technical peers, vendors, and customers.

Skills

  • Expert-level capabilities in configuring, troubleshooting, and using IPv4/IPv6 routing protocols, preferably BGP, VXLAN, L3VPN, OSPF, and/or ISIS in a WAN or LAN environment.
  • Strong software development skills in Python or Go and experience with network automation tools (Ansible, Terraform, eAPI, etc.).
  • Demonstrated experience with AI-driven networking, intent-based networking, or ML-based network optimization.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading network technology migrations or upgrades in high-performance computing environments.
  • Demonstrated experience in automating the network’s daily operational, deployment and monitoring tasks.
  • Demonstrated experience with RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access), InfiniBand, HPC Protocol, RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet).
  • Demonstrated experience working with Network Management platforms like Arista CloudVision, NVIDIA UFM, Dell SFM.
  • Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing network security architectures, including segmentation (e.g., VRFs, micro-segmentation), access control (ACLs), encryption (IPsec/MACsec), and threat detection/mitigation in large-scale enterprise or HPC environments.
  • Demonstrated experience in hybrid cloud networking, including connectivity models (VPN, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute), multi-cloud architectures, and integrating on-prem HPC or data center networks with public cloud environments.

Benefits

Application date: Priority consideration will be given to candidates who apply by September 15, 2026. Applications will be accepted until the job posting is removed.

Appointment type: This is a full-time, career appointment, exempt (monthly paid) from overtime pay.

Salary range: Level 3: The expected salary for this position is $156,864 - $191,724, which fits into the full salary of $139,440 - $235,308 depending upon the candidate’s skills, knowledge, and abilities. This includes education, certifications, and years of experience. Level 4: The expected salary for this position is $178,644 - $218,364, which fits into the full salary of $158,808 - $267,996 depending upon the candidate’s skills, knowledge, and abilities. This includes education, certifications, and years of experience.

Background check: This position is subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position.

Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

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