Data Center Network Engineer
Prime System Solutions Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
IT Services and IT Consulting · 51-200 employees
About the role
You will be responsible for the architecture, deployment, configuration, and implementation of data center networks from the ground up. Additionally, you will perform complex troubleshooting and operate high-performance network environments.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have 5+ years of network engineering experience with hands-on expertise in Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto technologies. A deep understanding of routing, switching, and data center architectures is required, along with strong incident-management skills.
Full description
We are looking for an experienced Data Center Network Engineer who has hands-on experience designing and building a data center network from scratch.
This is not just an operations role — we're looking for someone who has been involved in the architecture, deployment, configuration, and implementation of a data center network and can confidently troubleshoot and operate complex, high-performance environments.
Key Skills• Cisco — switching & routing
- Arista — data center switching
- Palo Alto — firewalls & network security
- Strong BGP and OSPF expertise
- Data center networking: VXLAN, EVPN, VRF, VLANs
- VPN, IPSec/GRE, ACLs and QoS
- Network automation using Ansible and Python
- Strong troubleshooting skills across Layers 1–7
- Experience with enterprise, data center, or service provider networks
What We're Looking For• 5+ years of network engineering experience
- Proven experience building a data center network from the ground up
- Strong hands-on experience with Cisco and Arista
- Hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls
- Deep understanding of BGP, routing, switching and data center architectures
- Ability to work in a 24/7 infrastructure operations environment
- Strong documentation, troubleshooting and incident-management skills
Certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE or equivalent are strongly preferred.
Experience with network automation, SDN, multi-site WAN/peering, HPC or AI/GPU networking will be considered a strong plus.
