# Senior Network Deployment Engineer

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 208,000 USD - 333,500 USD for Level 5
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

NVIDIA is seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Deployment Engineer with 8+ years of progressive experience to lead complex, large-scale network deployment projects from inception to completion.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on leader responsible for the design, build-out, and continuous maintenance of high-performance enterprise network connectivity projects including Cloud connectivity, WAN peerings and DC builds.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead the comprehensive design, architecture, implementation, and optimization of complex cloud and WAN core network infrastructures.

- Manage and implement end-to-end site deployments, overseeing all phases from requirements gathering and architecture design through configuration, testing, cutover, and final operational handover.

- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal IT teams, security, data center teams, facilities, and external vendors to ensure seamless project delivery.

- Create, maintain, and enforce robust network documentation (diagrams, standards, templates) and best practices.

- Drive network automation initiatives by developing and utilizing scripts and tools (e.g., Python, Ansible, Netmiko) for configuration management, deployment, and operational tasks.

- Provide advanced, third-level troubleshooting and act as an escalation point for complex network issues across all technologies.

- Proactively manage project timelines and resources, ensuring on-time and on-budget completion and providing regular status updates.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.

- 8+ years of progressive network engineering experience, including significant hands-on responsibility for large-scale data center, WAN, or enterprise network design and deployment.

- Strong fundamentals in TCP/IP, routing and switching, and hands-on operational experience driving production cutovers.

- Hands-on experience (or strong familiarity) with one or more of: Cisco, Arista, Cumulus Linux.

- Deep technical knowledge of BGP and IP routing, along with strong understanding of EVPN/VXLAN leaf-spine or Clos/fat-tree architectures, routing policy, segmentation, and multi-tenant networking.

- Security experience including hands-on work with Palo Alto firewalls, enterprise firewall policy, and troubleshooting.

- Familiarity with load balancers (e.g., F5, Citrix) and how they integrate into enterprise network services.

- Proficiency in Linux for troubleshooting, tooling, and deploying/operating network services; comfort with packet capture tools (e.g., Wireshark).

- Demonstrated ability to automate workflows (at least medium proficiency) using Python and automation frameworks such as Ansible/Salt, plus strong communication and multi-project ownership.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salaries

- Generous benefits package

- Equity eligibility

The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 208,000 USD - 333,500 USD for Level 5.

## Skills

### Required
- TCP/IP
- routing and switching
- Cisco
- Arista
- Cumulus Linux
- BGP
- IP routing
- EVPN/VXLAN
- Python
- Ansible
- Netmiko
- Linux
- Wireshark

### Nice to have
- CCNP/CCIE
- SD-WAN
- IPsec VPNs
- monitoring/telemetry
- performance analysis platforms

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