Network Engineer (AWS Certified)

Location: Denver, CO
Rate: W2 Competitive (based on experience and market standards)

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer with AWS certification and strong networking expertise. The ideal candidate will play a key role in reviewing architectural requirements, providing network design analysis, and implementing complex network configurations. This role involves working with regional and national data centers to support a service provider network.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review architectural requirements and provide analysis for network and service specifications, network design, network partitioning, and network architecture definition.
• Engineer, plan, and implement complex network configurations for regional and national data centers.
• Communicate engineering solutions through detailed high- and low-level diagrams and Engineering Design Packages.
• Develop network test, validation, and integration plans for projects, ensuring network integrity.
• Collaborate independently with vendors to understand, test, and drive new innovative features.

Skills, Experience, and Requirements:

Mandatory:

• AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect)
• Professional networking certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, CCIE) or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering
• 5 years of professional experience in large enterprise or carrier space
• 3 years of experience with data center networking
• Extensive knowledge of data center networking, BGP, IS-IS, VRFs, QoS, MPLS, and/or segment routing (SR-MPLS, SRv6)
• Experience with connectivity to high-speed public Internet facilities
• Proficiency in highly available network architectures, failover, and redundant configurations
• Expertise in software-defined networking (design and traffic engineering)
• Network configuration automation (scripting with Perl, Python, Bash)

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