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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Subject Matter Data Center Network Engineer - **Company:** Edgewater Federal Solutions - **Location:** Albuquerque, NM, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Link Aggregation (Ethernet), Application Lifecycle Management, Border Gateway Protocol, Communications Protocols, Computer Networks, System Configuration, Network Congestion, Data Centers, Firmware, InfiniBand, Systems Analysis, Subnetting, Junos, Python (Programming Language), Nagios, Networking Basics, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Performance Tuning, Remote Direct Memory Access, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Test Data, Virtual Local Area Networks, Nx-os, Grafana, IT Architecture, Juniper, Data Center Networking, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Low Latency, Modeling and Simulation, Isilon, Terraform, Cisco - **Published:** August 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=22505551bee1883d ## About the Role * Requires BS in relevant discipline plus a minimum of 3 years, or more, of directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties. * In lieu of degree, 9 years of Related experience may be substituted for relevant education and vice versa. * Ability to obtain & maintain a U.S. Dept. of Energy Clearance * U.S. Citizenship is required., * Experience working in mission-critical production environments with change control, incident response, and structured troubleshooting. * Ability to work safely and effectively in live data center spaces (DCFIT coordination, raised floor environments, cabling standards). * Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities, with a demonstrated ability to drive issues to resolution during outages. * Clear verbal and written communication skills. * Ability to participate in on-call rotations and support after-hours change windows if needed. Core Network Engineering Skills * Strong understanding of L2/L3 networking fundamentals: VLANs, STP, LACP, static routing, OSPF, BGP, ACLs, QoS. * Experience configuring and supporting major network vendors (any of): Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Mellanox/NVIDIA Networking. * Familiarity with multipath topologies, spine-leaf architectures, and high-bandwidth fabrics. * Understanding of basic firewall and segmentation concepts (paths, zones, NAT, routing symmetry). * Familiarity with enterprise cabling best practices: fiber types (LR/SR/ER), transceiver selection, rack elevation awareness. * Working knowledge of monitoring and telemetry: CloudVision, Netropy/Apposite tools, Nagios/Prometheus/Grafana, or similar. * Ability to follow SOPs/MOPs, support planned change windows, and adhere to structured rollback/validation procedures. Desired Skills: Advanced Network Expertise * Hands-on experience with Arista EOS, Cisco NX-OS, Juniper JunOS, or Mellanox/NVIDIA platforms supporting 40/100/400Gbps networks. * Experience with BGP tuning, traffic-engineering policies, ECMP management, asymmetric-routing detection, and complex route-map design. * Familiarity with EVPN/VXLAN, modern DC underlays, and high-availability routing gateway designs (HA router pairs, blue/green cutovers) * Experience troubleshooting firewall pathing issues, zone interactions, NAT64/NAT policy behavior, and segmentation used for HPC. HPC-Specific Skills * Exposure to HPC networks and interconnects: * RDMA, RoCE, basic InfiniBand concepts (subnet managers, fabric behavior). * Understanding of congestion behaviors common in HPC (parallel I/O bursts, GPU-node communication patterns). * Familiarity moving or supporting HPC data flows across multi-site infrastructures (tri-lab WAN, DisCom, IHPC routing). * Understanding of distributed HPC storage systems (Lustre, BeeGFS, Isilon, Spectrum Scale) and the routing or MTU constraints around them. * Ability to work with HPC teams during large cluster deployments (rack placement coordination, switch firmware updates, cabling checks). Tooling & Automation * Hands-on experience with automation or configuration management tools (Ansible, Python, Terraform). * Ability to build or maintain dashboards and telemetry for HPC network utilization (CloudVision pipelines, Netropy test data). * Familiarity with gNMI/gRPC or streaming telemetry for performance analysis and anomaly detection. Reliability, Capacity & Performance * Understanding of high-availability designs, reduced failure domains, and deterministic failover patterns in HPC networks. * Experience monitoring and optimizing latency, packet loss, MTU mismatches, and congestion across crypto tunnels or 100Gbps transport. * Ability to assist with capacity planning for rapidly growing HPC systems (rack density, port utilization, fiber paths, WAN circuit expansions). ## Description * Provide technical knowledge and analysis for specialized applications and operational environments. * Perform functional systems analysis, design, integration, and documentation. * Apply advanced principles, methods, and knowledge to solve complex technical problems and develop automated solutions for engineering and scientific applications. * Assist with system improvements, optimization, development, and maintenance efforts in areas such as information systems architecture, networking, telecommunications, automation, communications protocols, risk management, software lifecycle management, software development methodologies, and modeling and simulation. * Analyze user needs, define functional requirements, and develop plans to address moderately complex to extremely complex systems. * Develop recommendations for system improvements and provide expertise recognized within the professional community. ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [The Gashlycrumb Tinies of AI Networking You Must Know (or Languish!)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2067-the-gashlycrumb-tinies-of-ai-networking-you-must-know-or-languish) - [Your Infrastructure Is Not a Playground: AI Agents for Infra Done Right](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2084-your-infrastructure-is-not-a-playground-ai-agents-for-infra-done-right) - [Computer Vision from the Edge to the Cloud done easy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/263-computer-vision-from-the-edge-to-the-cloud-done-easy) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Top 6 Hackathons for Developers in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/263-top-6-hackathons-for-developers-in-2023) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [6 Emerging Technologies We’ll Learn About in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/381-6-emerging-technologies-we-ll-learn-about-in-2025)