Advanced Enterprise Networking Specialist

We are seeking a seasoned professional to join our team as a Senior Network Solutions Engineer.

The ideal candidate will possess a deep technical background in enterprise networking and a strong understanding of modern virtualized and cloud-native networking approaches, including OpenStack Neutron, VMware NSX, OVN/OVS, Calico, Cilium, and related technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert network design and troubleshooting guidance to the Professional Services Systems Integrations team for Private Cloud Director deployments.
• Partner with Engineering to address network architecture challenges, influence product design for better interoperability, and resolve complex escalations.
• Support pre-sales engineers in designing network architectures for customer proposals, POCs, and technical validations.

Solution Design & Integration:

• Design and document best practice network architectures for integrating Private Cloud Director with physical and virtual network infrastructures.
• Guide SDN integration efforts across multiple vendor and open-source platforms (e.g., VMware NSX, OVN/OVS, OpenStack Neutron, VXLAN, Geneve, Calico, Cilium).
• Perform hands-on configuration, testing, and optimization of networking components in customer and lab environments.

Documentation & Knowledge Sharing:

• Develop internal best practice guides for network design, deployment, and troubleshooting in OpenStack and Kubernetes environments.
• Create customer-facing documentation to support network planning and implementation.
• Deliver enablement sessions for Professional Services, PreSales, and Support teams on networking topics and technologies.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation:

• Stay current with advancements in networking, SDN, NFV, and cloud-native network architectures.
• Work with Engineering to propose new features and enhancements for improved network integration and automation.
• Contribute to the refinement of Professional Services delivery methodologies for network design and implementation.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 15+ years of enterprise networking experience, including design, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS), VPN-as-a-Service (VPNaaS), and Load Balancer-as-a-Service (LBaaS) solutions.
• Expertise in routing, switching, VLANs, VXLAN, BGP, OSPF, and related protocols.
• Strong background in software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV).
• Experience with OpenStack Neutron networking services and plugins, as well as integrations with major SDN controllers.
• Specialization in VMware networking (NSX-T, NSX-V) or OpenStack networking, with the ability to work across both stacks preferred.
• Knowledge of cloud-native networking for Kubernetes (e.g., Calico, Cilium, Flannel).
• Hands-on experience with network troubleshooting tools and methodologies in multi-vendor environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience automating network provisioning and configuration using tools like Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell or Python.
• Familiarity with load balancers, firewalls, and security policy automation.
• Vendor certifications (e.g., CCNP/CCIE, JNCIE, VCAP-NV, or equivalent) are highly desirable.
• Experience authoring technical whitepapers or contributing to open-source networking projects.

Benefits:

• Work at the forefront of private cloud and software-defined networking innovation.
• Collaborate with a world-class team of cloud, networking, and infrastructure experts.
• Help shape network strategies for one of the industry's most advanced private cloud platforms.