Network Operations Resident Engineer

Location: Middleton, NJ (Onsite – 5 Days a Week)
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Openings: 1

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Network Operations Resident Engineer to support a large-scale enterprise network environment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in enterprise campus networking, Juniper switching, Mist wireless technologies, network migrations, and advanced troubleshooting.

The engineer will work closely with customer teams and vendor engineering resources to ensure network stability, performance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational support for enterprise campus switching, routing, and wireless infrastructure.

• Troubleshoot complex network issues and perform root cause analysis.

• Support network upgrades, migrations, hardware refreshes, and infrastructure expansion.

• Develop implementation, testing, validation, and rollback plans.

• Coordinate with vendor support and engineering teams for issue resolution.

• Monitor network performance and recommend improvements.

• Support software upgrades, hardware replacements, and lifecycle management.

• Maintain network documentation, operational runbooks, and status reports.

• Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to customer teams.

• Identify opportunities for automation and operational improvement.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience supporting large-scale enterprise networks.

• Strong hands-on experience with Juniper EX and QFX switching platforms.

• Strong knowledge of Layer 2/Layer 3 networking, VLANs, STP, OSPF, and BGP.

• Experience with enterprise campus switching, routing, and wireless environments.

• Hands-on experience with Mist Wireless Assurance, Mist Wired Assurance, and Marvis AI.

• Experience with network migrations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives.

• Strong troubleshooting, incident management, and root cause analysis skills.

• Excellent customer-facing communication and documentation skills.

• Ability to work independently in a production enterprise environment.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Preferred Skills

• EVPN/VXLAN architecture experience.

• Experience with AI-driven networking and network automation.

• Experience supporting large-scale wireless migration initiatives.