Resident Network Engineer – Service Provider Design – freelance – onsite – Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA

Comgent • Mount Laurel Township, NJ

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Comgent is seeking a Resident Network Engineer for a technical consulting assignment focused on service-provider routing and switching. The role supports network design, certification, and implementation planning, while developing expertise in platforms deployed across the customer network. It connects laboratory validation with controlled changes in production. The position is onsite in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, for 40 hours per week and involves travel to the customer office; travel frequency is not specified.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Junos CLI; TCP/IP, MPLS, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS-TE, RSVP, LDP, IPv6, routing policy, L3VPN, VPLS, MVPN, Ethernet/802.1Q, and QoS/CoS.
• Experience with Ansible, YAML, PyEZ, and Python.
• Required routing-device experience with MX, PTX, and ACX.
• Strong customer-facing and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into solutions.
• Clear communication during incidents with technical and executive audiences.

Nice To Haves

• JNCIS, JNCIP, JNCIE, CCNP, or CCIE certification.
• Strong communication across technical and executive teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and planning of Juniper MX, PTX, and QFX solutions, translating customer requirements into practical network designs.
• Conduct information-gathering and design workshops to understand the existing network, support processes, and requirements for new services.
• Test designs, features, Junos releases, patches, and fixes in the laboratory; develop implementation and verification plans for pre-production and live networks.
• Troubleshoot network and equipment problems, open and track vendor support cases, and explain progress, workarounds, and resolutions.
• Develop configuration standards, operating procedures, fault-diagnosis guidance, and regular written project and network-status reports.
• Train design, implementation, and support teams; share lessons from major upgrades and maintenance windows; and advise on platform best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed