Network Engineer

Required Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

· 3-6 years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience.

· Strong working knowledge of Cisco switching (Catalyst, Nexus) and routing (ISR/ASR), including VLANs, STP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP/VRRP, QoS, and multicast fundamentals.

· Production experience with Versa or Cisco SD-WAN.

· Hands-on experience administering Cisco firewalls (Firepower or FTD).

· Experience with Cisco wireless (Catalyst 9800 or AireOS controllers and modern access points).

· Working knowledge of Forescout or a comparable NAC platform (Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass).

· Experience with Azure networking, including VNets, ExpressRoute, Virtual WAN, and Azure Firewall.

· Familiarity with monitoring and assurance tools such as Cisco Catalyst Center, Cisco Nexus Dashboard, and Forward Networks (or equivalent).

· Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, TLS, etc

· Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

· Working experience with infrastructure as code for network or cloud environments (Terraform required; Ansible or equivalent declarative tooling a plus), including Git-based change workflows.

· Proficiency with Python and REST APIs for automating network operations against vendor controllers (e.g., Catalyst Center, vManage, Azure Resource Manager, F5).

· Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate productivity: regular use of AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and vendor AI assistants for code generation, troubleshooting, and documentation, with judgment about when output requires verification.

Preferred Qualifications

· Cisco certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, or CCNP Data Center.

· Exposure to data center technologies including VXLAN/EVPN, Nexus 9K fabrics.

· Experience supporting Zero Trust, micro-segmentation, or SASE initiatives.

· Experience building or operating AIOps pipelines, model context protocol (MCP) integrations, or custom LLM-assisted workflows for network or infrastructure operations.

· Experience working in ITIL-aligned environments with formal change and incident management.

Work Environment

· On-site presence required at San Francisco HQ office.

· Participation in an after-hours and weekend on-call rotation.

· Occasional travel to remote sites may be required for project delivery or troubleshooting.