What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jr Network Engineer position at AI ASAP LLC?
Position: Network Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Full time permanent role
Required Skills & Experience
5–7 years of professional experience as a Network Engineer in hybrid or multi‑site environments.
Strong hands‑on experience with layer 2 switching, Dell/Force10 and Cisco, including ARP, LACP, MAC address tables, Spanning Tree Protocol, etc.
Strong hands-on experience with layer 3 static routing
Strong hands-on experience with NAT and private RFC1918 networks
Cisco ASA firewalls
Remote‑access Client VPN technologies including Cisco AnyConnect and Cisco Secure Connect, AWS Client VPN, OpenVPN, and Netskope
Netgate pfSense firewalls
Experience with SD‑WAN solutions for site-to-site VPNs, preferably Meraki
Proficiency with VMware ESXi, vCenter, and virtual networking
Deep understanding of VLANs, trunking, ACLs, and segmentation
Strong knowledge of AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, including VPC design, routing, and security groups
Familiarity with IBM Cloud
Enterprise UNIX/Linux networking
Experience with Cloudflare (SSL Certificates and DNS)
Strong understanding of Windows DNS/DHCP and cross‑platform name‑resolution architectures
Excellent documentation skills diagrams, runbooks, and change records
Proven ability to manage vendors, negotiate support, and coordinate escalations
Experience with Wi‑Fi 6/6E/7 wireless deployments and troubleshooting
Strong physical data center skills
excellent cable knowledge and management, copper and fiber technologies
labeling standards
physical infrastructure hygiene
racking and unracking servers and switches, etc.
airflow planning
power planning
Nice to have qualifications:
Relevant certifications (CCNA/CCNP, AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform Associate or Professional, VMware VCP)
Experience with automation or scripting (Python, Ansible, PowerShell)
Experience with Zero Trust architectures and modern security frameworks
Background supporting large‑scale, high‑availability environments
Experience with Equinix data centers
Bitbucket experience
Confluence experience
Jira experience
AIX experience
IBM Cloud experience
Solaris experience
Soft Skills
Strong communication and cross‑team collaboration
Ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical stakeholders
Ownership mindset with strong problem‑solving skills
Highly organized with attention to detail, especially in documentation and physical infrastructure