Senior Network Engineer – Service Provider Services – freelance – Houston, Texas / California, USA

Start Date: Immediately (pending offer and onboarding)

Duration: 12 months initially

Work Location: Hybrid in Houston, Texas or all, California, USA

Customer Site Address: TBCJob Description We are committed to building an inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all qualified candidates. Comgent is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support MX and Routing Director platforms in a large-scale service-provider environment. You will help plan network deployments, develop implementation plans and test solutions, while acting as a primary technical contact for operational issues. The assignment requires close collaboration with resident engineers and customer teams. Assignment

Location: Houston, Texas / California, USAEngagement: freelance / contract

Schedule: 40 hours per week

Responsibilities: Support deployment planning and implementation testing, bringing detailed knowledge of the network and its operational requirements. Investigate hardware, software and network faults, work directly with Juniper JTAC, and track cases through resolution. Supply diagnostic data and clearly written technical documentation, communicate case progress and deliver root-cause findings. Identify opportunities to improve network design and operation, prioritising work against customer and delivery-team goals. Provide technology briefings and training sessions that help engineering and operations teams understand the supported platforms and services.

Requirements: EVPN, multicast, OSPF, BGP, RSVP, LDP, pseudowires, L2/L3VPN, MPLS-TE, GRE/VXLAN; ISP and WAN engineering. Technology environment: MX, Routing Director. Required clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly. Vendor certifications, DevOps; XML API/NETCONF/REST/gRPC; Python/PyEZ/ncclient; Ansible/Jinja2; SLAX and Junos scripts. The role calls for engineering design, operational and support experience in large-scale ISP networks, together with a strong understanding of WAN transport topologies and methods. You should be self-directed, communicate clearly under pressure and have strong interpersonal and presentation skills.