Senior Network Engineer

**JRole- Senior Network Engineer | Santa Clara, 2-3 days per week onsite** **Duration: 6 monthsPosition Overview:** **Senior Network Engineer supporting enterprise data center buildouts.** **Responsibilities:** * Design, build and support large-scale data center networks for a customer (200G+). **Qualifications:** * Technical knowledge of Arista is required; Mellanox is a major plus. * Technical knowledge of Cumulus Networks is a major plus. * Experience designing and architecting data center networking plans, including high-level and low-level design, implementation, and acceptance testing. * Extensive virtual networking experience with Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) and Ethernet VPN (EVPN). * Experience with structured cabling for network connectivity. * Expertise in network design, implementation, and best practices for high-performance computing (HPC) environments. * Expert knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), advanced UNIX services, and shell scripting. * Deep understanding of HPC and cluster technologies using InfiniBand and RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE). * Understanding of rack elevation, data center, and pod design using spine-leaf fabrics. * Strong background in physical cabling types, specifically InfiniBand HDR and EDR. * Strong track record implementing network services in distributed computing environments. * Expert knowledge of storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) services, including iSCSI, NFS, and CIFS. * Understanding of workload schedulers such as Slurm. * Experience with configuration management tools such as SaltStack, Chef, or Puppet. **Tools and Technologies:** **Arista, Mellanox, Cumulus Networks, VXLAN, EVPN, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), UNIX, shell scripting, InfiniBand, RoCE, spine-leaf fabrics, InfiniBand HDR/EDR, SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, Slurm, SaltStack, Chef, Puppet.** Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour Expected hours: 8.0 per week Work Location: In person