Network DevOps Engineer RDMA Fabric Automation

DescriptionKforce has a client in West Palm Beach, FL that is seeking a Network DevOps Engineer RDMA Fabric Automation.Key Responsibilities:* Automate deployment and operations of large-scale RDMA (RoCEv2) Ethernet fabrics across Vultr data centers.* Build Ansible and Python-based frameworks to provision, validate, and remediate underlay and overlay networks* Integrate network automation with Vultr's source-of-truth systems (NetBox, OpsMill) for intent-driven configuration and validation* Develop telemetry ingestion and correlation pipelines (gNMI, Prometheus, Kafka, custom collectors) for real-time network health and performance metrics* Collaborate with platform, orchestration, and product engineering teams to optimize RDMA performance, PFC/ECN behavior, and path symmetry across fabrics* Implement CI/CD workflows for network configuration changes - validation, pre-checks, and rollbacks* Investigate complex network behaviors across layers - flow hashing, congestion domains, ECMP, and overlay interactions* Contribute to the design of next-generation GPU and AI interconnect fabrics, ensuring seamless integration into Vultr's global network architectureRequirements* Solid understanding of modern data center networking: EVPN-VXLAN, BGP, MLAG, QoS, and traffic engineering* Deep familiarity with RoCEv2, RDMA transport tuning, ECN/PFC, and lossless Ethernet design* Strong experience with automation frameworks like Ansible, and languages like Python, Golang, Rust, or PHP* Comfort working with telemetry and monitoring stacks - Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, or similar* Previous experience integrating with NetBox, Nautobot, OpsMill or similar for topology and configuration source-of-truth* Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD) for continuous delivery of network automation* Strong Linux networking background, including namespaces, netlink, and system-level debuggingJob TypeDirect HireCompensation90000 - $130000