Data Center Deployment Engineer
Job Title: DC Deployment Engineer Location : Anywhere in US - 100% remote work Long Term Contract We are seeking a DC Deployment Engineer to lead the design, architecture, and evolution of large-scale data center, backbone, and cloud networking infrastructure. This role is focused on building highly scalable, resilient, and automated network platforms supporting mission-critical production environments. The ideal candidate has extensive experience designing and operating large-scale data center networks, routing and switching infrastructure, EVPN/VXLAN fabrics, and backbone networks within hyperscale cloud providers, large enterprises, ISPs, or SaaS environments.
Key Responsibilities
Design and architect large-scale data center and backbone network infrastructure. Lead the design and deployment of modern spine-leaf architectures using EVPN/VXLAN. Design highly available routing and switching infrastructure supporting mission-critical production environments. Drive network scalability, resiliency, automation, and operational excellence across global infrastructure. Develop network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform/OpenTofu, and CI/CD pipelines. Define network architecture standards, operational processes, observability, and reliability best practices. Collaborate with cloud, platform, systems, and security engineering teams. Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance optimization for large-scale production networks. Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across infrastructure initiatives. Required Qualifications 15+ years of experience in: Network Architecture Network Engineering Network Reliability Engineering Production Engineering Site Reliability Engineering Strong expertise with: Routing & Switching BGP OSPF IS-IS MPLS EVPN/VXLAN Spine-Leaf Data Center Networks WAN & Backbone Networking Capacity Planning Network Performance Engineering Strong experience with: Cisco Juniper Arista Multi-vendor network environments Hands-on experience with: Linux Python Bash Network automation Infrastructure as Code Ansible Terraform/OpenTofu Git and CI/CD Experience designing and operating highly available production networks at scale.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in hyperscale cloud, SaaS, ISP, CDN, or enterprise environments. Experience operating globally distributed data center networks. Experience with observability platforms such as Kentik, ThousandEyes, Grafana, Splunk, Nagios, or similar. Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or hybrid cloud networking. Experience leading architecture reviews and cross-functional infrastructure programs.
Nice to Have
Exposure to AI infrastructure or GPU networking. Knowledge of RoCE, RDMA, or HPC networking. Participation in networking communities such as NANOG or RIPE.