Datacenter Network Engineer

Hyatt

. Responsible for the design, operation, and continuous improvement of Arista-based leaf-spine network fabric, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across our data center environments .

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $90,900 - $118,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for the design, operation, and continuous improvement of Arista-based leaf-spine network fabric, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across our data center environments
Design, implement, and operate Arista leaf-spine architectures supporting large-scale, high-availability environments
Manage day-to-day operations of the data center network, ensuring optimal performance, resiliency, and uptime
Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Arista switches using EOS and CloudVision (CVP)
Support and optimize EVPN/VXLAN-based overlay networks and BGP underlay routing
Continuously improve network performance, latency, and traffic flow across the fabric
Develop and execute hardware and software upgrade strategies across Arista, Cisco, and Palo Alto platforms
Perform impact analysis, risk assessments, and validation testing for network changes
Create detailed implementation and rollback plans to ensure safe execution
Implement and manage data center security controls using: Cisco Firepower (FTD/FMC), Palo Alto Networks firewalls
Design and enforce segmentation, access control, and threat prevention policies
Partner with security teams to align with enterprise security architecture and compliance requirements
Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Database, Platform Engineering, and Security teams to support application and infrastructure needs
Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews for new initiatives
Assist in troubleshooting across infrastructure layers (network, compute, storage, and applications)
Enhance network monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities
Identify and implement automation opportunities using tools such as Python, Ansible, or Terraform
Maintain accurate documentation of network architecture, standards, and operational procedures

Requirements

What you’ll need

5–7+ years of experience in data center network engineering
3+ years of hands-on experience managing Arista-based network fabrics
Experience designing and operating leaf-spine architectures in production environments
Hands-on experience with Cisco Firepower (FTD/FMC) and/or Palo Alto firewalls
Experience supporting mission-critical applications in enterprise environments
Demonstrated ability to perform impact analysis and execute network changes safely
Experience deploying and operating EVPN/VXLAN at scale (preferred)
Familiarity with CloudVision (CVP) for automation and network management (preferred)
Experience with network automation and infrastructure as code (Python, Ansible, Terraform) (preferred)
Exposure to cloud-integrated networking (AWS, Azure, or GCP connectivity) (preferred)
Knowledge of zero trust or micro-segmentation architectures (preferred)
Industry certifications such as: Arista ACE (Arista Certified Engineer), CCNP or CCIE (Cisco), Palo Alto PCNSE (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual allotment of free hotel stays at Hyatt hotels globally
Flexible work schedule
Work-life benefits including wellbeing initiatives such as a complimentary Headspace subscription, and a discount at the on-site fitness center
A global family assistance policy with paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child as well as financial assistance for adoption
Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K with company match

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Hard Skills & Tools

Arista-based network fabricsleaf-spine architecturesEVPNVXLANBGPnetwork performance optimizationimpact analysisnetwork changes executionnetwork automationinfrastructure as code

Soft Skills

collaborationtroubleshootingrisk assessmentdocumentationcommunication

Certifications

Arista ACECCNPCCIEPalo Alto PCNSE