Data Center Network Engineer

Designworks Talent LLC

Principal Data Center Network Engineer architecting networking foundations for a multi-tenant AI cloud platform. Collaborating on design and automation for cutting-edge AI workloads.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeBellevue • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating large-scale data center networks, with a strong focus on multi-tenant networking, automation, and security for AI workloads. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize networking solutions and implement best practices in a fast-paced environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Large-Scale Data Center NetworkingMulti-Tenant NetworkingInfrastructure as CodeNetwork AutomationHigh-Performance Computing (HPC)

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Hard Skills

Network Security ArchitectureScalable Networking SolutionsTenant IsolationNetwork SegmentationHigh-Bandwidth Networking TechnologiesLow-Latency Networking TechnologiesEVPN/VXLANBGPSpine-Leaf ArchitecturesSoftware-Defined Networking

Soft Skills

Independent OperationCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AristaJuniperHPECiscoInfiniBandRoCERDMA

Industry Keywords

AI InfrastructureHyperscale CloudCloud-Native PlatformsNetworking StandardsOperational Excellence

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, automate, and operate data center networking supporting large-scale GPU clusters, AI workloads, and multi-tenant cloud services.
Develop secure tenant isolation architectures that ensure performance, scalability, and security across customer environments.
Design resilient, highly available network architectures across compute, storage, and infrastructure services.
Work across multiple networking platforms and vendors, including technologies from Arista, Juniper, HPE, and other enterprise networking providers.
Partner closely with hardware, infrastructure, virtualization, and platform engineering teams to optimize networking for AI training and inference workloads.
Build infrastructure automation to simplify deployment, configuration management, monitoring, and operational excellence.
Define networking standards, architecture documentation, and engineering best practices as the infrastructure organization grows.
Evaluate emerging networking technologies and help shape the long-term evolution of the company's AI networking platform.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience designing, deploying, and operating large-scale data center networks within hyperscale cloud, AI infrastructure, HPC, or enterprise environments.
Deep expertise across multiple enterprise networking platforms, with demonstrated experience supporting at least two major vendors such as Arista, Juniper, HPE, Cisco, or equivalent technologies.
Strong understanding of multi-tenant networking, segmentation, tenant isolation, and network security architecture.
Experience designing highly available, scalable, and automated networking solutions supporting mission-critical production environments.
Strong automation mindset with experience implementing Infrastructure as Code, network automation, or programmable networking.
Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, early-stage environment where architecture, standards, and processes are being built from the ground up.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience supporting GPU clusters, AI infrastructure, high-performance computing (HPC), or large-scale distributed compute environments.
Experience with high-bandwidth, low-latency networking technologies such as InfiniBand, RoCE, RDMA, or equivalent fabrics supporting AI workloads.
Experience building networking platforms for hyperscale cloud providers, AI infrastructure companies, or cloud-native platforms.
Familiarity with EVPN/VXLAN, Spine-Leaf architectures, BGP, Clos networking, and modern software-defined networking principles.
Experience with network observability, telemetry, and automation frameworks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base pay for Bellevue market
Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus, and long term incentives. These awards are allocated based on individual performance
U.S. based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, employees also receive per calendar year, paid holidays.