Resident Network Engineer – Enterprise Networking

DataField Technology Services • Worthington, OH

58m • $120,000 - $135,000 • Remote

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Resident Network Engineer to provide proactive and reactive technical support for a large-scale enterprise networking environment. This role will serve as a trusted technical advisor to the customer, supporting day-to-day network operations, technology refreshes, network migrations, lifecycle management, and strategic infrastructure initiatives. The ideal candidate has strong experience supporting enterprise campus networks, large-scale switching and routing environments, wireless technologies, and network transformation projects. This is a highly customer-facing role requiring strong technical troubleshooting skills, communication, documentation, and the ability to work independently.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience supporting large-scale enterprise network environments.
• Strong experience with enterprise switching and routing technologies.
• Hands-on experience with EX Series and QFX Series switching platforms.
• Experience supporting large campus network deployments and production environments.
• Strong understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking.
• Experience with OSPF and BGP.
• Experience with Mist Wireless Assurance, Mist Wired Assurance, and Marvis AI.
• Experience supporting large-scale wireless deployments and migrations.
• Strong troubleshooting, fault isolation, and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience with network migrations, upgrades, modernization, and infrastructure refresh projects.
• Experience working with networking support and engineering organizations.
• Strong customer-facing communication and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to work independently and serve as a trusted technical advisor.
• Strong documentation, presentation, and knowledge-transfer skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with enterprise campus networking, Juniper EX/QFX, Mist, Marvis AI, OSPF, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, and large-scale network migrations is particularly valuable.
• Ability to operate comfortably at both the technical and customer-facing levels.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex production network issues.
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to take ownership of projects from planning through implementation and validation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical resource supporting enterprise network operations and infrastructure initiatives.
• Act as a technical liaison between customer teams, networking support, and engineering resources.
• Support large-scale campus switching, routing, and wireless infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues and lead technical investigations for business-critical incidents.
• Support network upgrades, technology refreshes, migrations, and infrastructure expansion projects.
• Develop implementation plans, testing and validation procedures, rollback plans, and operational runbooks.
• Plan and support software upgrades, hardware replacements, RMA activities, and network lifecycle management.
• Analyze network performance and recommend improvements to reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Support VLANs, spanning tree, link aggregation, routing, multicast, and high-availability technologies.
• Support environments utilizing EX Series and QFX Series switching platforms.
• Support EVPN/VXLAN architectures where applicable.
• Monitor network health and performance and provide regular technical and executive status updates.
• Support wireless environments utilizing Mist Wireless Assurance, Mist Wired Assurance, and Marvis AI.
• Use AI-driven networking insights and analytics to identify and resolve network and user-experience issues.
• Support large-scale network migration and modernization initiatives, including transitions from legacy environments to cloud-managed platforms.
• Perform root cause analysis and develop corrective and preventative actions.
• Coordinate critical technical issues through appropriate networking support and engineering teams.
• Maintain network documentation, configuration standards, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Provide technical mentoring and knowledge transfer to customer personnel.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, and operational efficiency.

Benefits

• Contract opportunity with potential for extension
• Fully remote opportunity
• Opportunity to support network modernization and transformation initiatives
• Highly visible technical role with direct customer interaction
• Opportunity to work with modern networking, wireless, and AI-driven technologies
• Contract opportunity with potential for continued engagement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed