Resident Network Engineer – Data Centre Operations – freelance – onsite – Columbia area, Maryland, USA

Comgent • Columbia, MD

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Comgent is seeking a Resident Network Engineer to operate and maintain a data centre network onsite in the Columbia area of Maryland. The engineer will work directly with customer engineers to investigate incidents, restore service, and improve day-to-day network reliability. The technology environment includes Juniper QFX, MX, EX, and SRX platforms; prior Juniper experience is advantageous but not mandatory. This is a freelance/contract engagement scheduled for 40 hours per week. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and hold a TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.

Requirements

• Knowledge of EVPN, multicast, OSPF, BGP, RSVP, LDP, pseudowires, L2/L3VPN, MPLS-TE, GRE, and VXLAN.
• U.S. citizenship.
• TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Comfort working under pressure and prioritising technical issues.
• Ability to explain findings to customers; strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills are valued.

Nice To Haves

• Juniper experience with QFX, MX, EX, and SRX platforms; it is preferred but not mandatory.
• Vendor certifications.
• DevOps experience.
• Experience with XML API, NETCONF, REST, or gRPC.
• Python RPCs, PyEZ, or ncclient.
• Ansible/Jinja2.
• SLAX and Junos scripts.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain the data centre network, applying detailed knowledge of routing, switching, and the services running across it.
• Investigate equipment, hardware, software, and network faults with customer engineers and vendor technical support, and work through to resolution.
• Open and track technical support cases, provide diagnostic evidence, and clearly communicate progress, workarounds, and root-cause findings.
• Identify opportunities to improve network design and operation while balancing self-directed work with customer and account priorities.
• Deliver informal briefings and formal training sessions to help customer teams understand the technologies and solutions in use.

What This Job Offers

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