Senior Data Center Network Engineer

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Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Data Center Network Engineer to join an international team supporting network infrastructure across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

You will contribute to a major Data Center transformation and migration programme.

Reporting to the CTO, you will work in a highly automated environment combining Cisco ACI and VMware NSX, with extensive use of Terraform and Python and an increasing focus on NetDevOps practices.

As a Network Engineer Expert at Ivy Partners, you will:

• Engineer, manage, and enhance network infrastructure across international Data Centers.

• Contribute to Data Center migration, consolidation, and transformation projects.

• Maintain and evolve routing, switching, and network virtualisation solutions.

• Troubleshoot complex network issues across underlay and overlay layers, ensuring reliable connectivity.

• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform, Python, and scripting.

• Support the adoption of NetDevOps practices to improve consistency and efficiency across network operations.

• Collaborate with international technical teams to deliver solutions aligned with a common global architecture.

About You

You are our ideal candidate if you:

• At least 8 years of hands-on experience in network engineering, with strong expertise in routing and switching.

• Solid knowledge of networking protocols, particularly BGP and OSPF.

• Proven experience working with Data Center network infrastructure.

• A strong understanding of underlay and overlay architectures and how physical and virtual network layers interact.

• Experience with network virtualisation.

• Practical knowledge of infrastructure automation and scripting, particularly Terraform and Python.

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to investigate issues across multiple network layers.

• Ability to collaborate effectively within an international, geographically distributed team.

Nice to have

• Experience with Cisco ACI and/or VMware NSX.

• Previous involvement in Data Center migrations or infrastructure transformation programmes.

• Familiarity with NetDevOps practices.

• Cisco certifications such as CCNP or CCIE.

Why Join Ivy Partners?
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