Network Engineer

TEKsystems•Tempe, AZ

1d•$40 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

The Network Engineer supports the design, deployment, integration, and lifecycle management of mission-critical systems across the telecommunications environment. This role blends systems and network engineering responsibilities, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of network, compute, and data platforms. The position leverages industry-leading tools such as NetBox Labs, Zabbix, VMware, Nutanix, Kentik, HubSpot, Linux, and data analytics platforms to provide deep operational visibility, traffic intelligence, and data-driven decision support. The Systems Engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to implement new services, automate workflows, analyze large-scale datasets, and maintain high levels of observability across complex, distributed environments

Requirements

Associate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Engineering, Data Systems, or a related field; OR equivalent experience totaling five or more years in a telecommunications systems, network, or infrastructure engineering role.
Hands-on experience deploying, administering, and integrating tools such as NetBox Labs, Zabbix, VMware, Nutanix, Kentik, HubSpot, Linux systems, and network platforms.
Strong understanding of telecommunications and network engineering principles including IP networking, routing, switching, traffic engineering, and service provisioning workflows.
Experience with network traffic analysis, flow and performance analytics.
Experience working with large datasets, dashboards, and analytical tools for operational or network data analysis.
Proficiency with scripting (Bash, Python, or similar) and automation/configuration management tools.
Familiarity with APIs, webhooks, data pipelines, and systems integration.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills across systems, networks, and data layers.
Excellent documentation and communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Valid driver’s license and clean driving record may be required depending on role responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Lead OSS/BSS platform ideation, implementation and integration efforts, including data modeling, API integrations, workflow automation, and synchronization with network inventory, monitoring, and analytics systems.
Design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems and networks supporting telecommunications operations—including compute, storage, routing, switching, monitoring, documentation, and automation platforms.
Support network engineering functions including IP addressing, routing and switching design, VLANs, BGP/OSPF configuration support, and network performance optimization.
Lead the consolidation, data migration and administration of NetBox Labs as the authoritative source-of-truth for network and infrastructure inventory, IPAM, DCIM, and automation workflows.
Optimize, maintain, and tune Zabbix monitoring environments to ensure end-to-end visibility across network, server, application, and service layers.
Support, manage, and troubleshoot virtualization platforms such as VMware and Nutanix, including cluster operations, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
Leverage Kentik and related telemetry platforms for network traffic analysis, flow analytics, capacity forecasting, anomaly detection, and troubleshooting.
Support and enhance operational tooling, CRM, and business system integrations using platforms such as HubSpot, APIs, webhooks, and automation frameworks.
Perform advanced system administration on Linux servers, including hardening, scripting, service configuration, and patch management.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, data models, runbooks, and standards to ensure consistent, repeatable operations.
Support and participate in root cause analysis for system and network incidents and develop preventive solutions to improve reliability and resilience.
Collaborate with engineering, NOC, data, field operations, and leadership teams to support new service launches, capacity expansions, and major system upgrades.
Contribute to system and network architecture roadmaps, vendor evaluations, and technology selection initiatives.
Ensure security and compliance best practices are upheld across systems and networks, including access controls, segmentation, logging, and continuous monitoring.