Job Description


Job Overview

  • Job ID:

    J54993

  • Job Title:

    Network Engineer

  • Location:

    Grand Rapids, MI

  • Duration:

    16 Months + Extension

  • Domain Exposure:

    Material

  • Client:

    To Be Discussed Later

  • Employment Type:

    W-2, 1099, C2C

  • Work Authorization:

    US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Job Title: Network Engineer

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Duration: 16 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $76/hour (C2C)

Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description :

  • As a Network Operations Resident Engineer, you will provide proactive and reactive technical support services to ensure the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of a large-scale enterprise networking environment.
  • You will serve as a trusted technical advisor, supporting day-to-day network operations, technology transformation initiatives, lifecycle management activities, and strategic projects while maintaining a strong focus on customer satisfaction and operational excellence.
  • The Resident Engineer will work closely with customer stakeholders, client Networking teams, technical support organizations, and engineering resources to deliver operational excellence, minimize operational risk, and support critical business objectives.
  • This role requires a highly motivated engineer with strong experience supporting enterprise campus networks, large-scale switching environments, wireless technologies, network migrations, and customer-facing operational engagements.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

  • Serve as a technical advisor to the customer, providing subject matter expertise across Mist WAN Assurance, Session Smart Router (SSR), SD-WAN, and Mist Wireless technologies.
  • Design, deploy, configure, operate, and troubleshoot Mist-managed WAN Edge and SSR-based SD-WAN solutions.
  • Provide technical expertise for WAN Edge configuration, routing, application policies, traffic steering, path selection, high availability, and site connectivity.
  • Support Mist Wireless environments, including wireless configuration, operations, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization.
  • Use Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Service Level Expectations (SLEs), Mist insights, events, alerts, and telemetry to identify and troubleshoot network, end-user connectivity, and performance issues.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across WAN, SD-WAN, routing, wireless connectivity, authentication, roaming, RF, and application connectivity.
  • Apply strong networking fundamentals to troubleshoot BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN connectivity, routing policies, VLANs, DHCP, and DNS.
  • Analyze network behavior and performance to identify root causes and recommend technical and operational improvements.
  • Support production changes, maintenance activities, software upgrades, incident resolution, and technical escalations.
  • Collaborate with customer engineering and operations teams, HPE support organizations, and engineering teams to resolve complex technical issues.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, implementation procedures, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guidance.
  • Provide knowledge transfer, technical guidance, and mentoring to customer technical teams.
  • Maintain strong ownership of technical issues and communicate status, risks, findings, and recommendations effectively to customer stakeholders.
  • Operate as an integrated member of the customer’s technical environment, collaborating effectively with both customer and HPE teams.
  • Provide onsite support in Grand Rapids, Michigan when required based on customer needs and planned activities.
  • Maintain flexibility to support planned production changes and maintenance activities outside normal business hours when required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED :

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Typically 6-10 years of experience in enterprise networking, network engineering, consulting, or related technical roles.
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience supporting complex enterprise network environments.
  • Previous experience in a customer-facing engineering, consulting, professional services, or Resident Engineer role is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS :

  • Advanced hands-on knowledge of Mist WAN Assurance and WAN Edge technologies.
  • Strong practical experience with Session Smart Router (SSR), including deployment, configuration, traffic flows, routing, high availability, multiple WAN paths, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  • Strong understanding of SD-WAN concepts and architectures, including WAN underlay and overlay, application policies, application-aware traffic steering, path selection, resiliency, high availability, and site-to-site connectivity.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Mist Wireless, including WLAN configuration and operations, wireless client connectivity, authentication, roaming, RF troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
  • Experience using Marvis Virtual Network Assistant and Mist AI-driven operational capabilities to investigate and resolve network and user-experience issues.
  • Experience working with Mist Service Level Expectations (SLEs), insights, events, alerts, and telemetry.
  • Strong knowledge of enterprise routing and networking technologies, including BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, VLANs, routing policies, DHCP, and DNS.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-domain network issues and isolate problems across WAN, routing, wireless, client connectivity, and application paths.
  • Knowledge of Mist Wired Assurance and Juniper EX switching is desirable.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently lead complex technical investigations.
  • Strong operational discipline in production environments, including change planning, validation, troubleshooting, escalation, and documentation.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts, issues, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate independently in a customer-facing environment while collaborating effectively with customer teams, support organizations, and engineering resources.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership, knowledge transfer, and mentoring to other engineers and customer technical teams.
  • Relevant Juniper Networking or Mist certifications are desirable.

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