Full Description

Hybrid 3 days per week in Palo Alto, CA

Our client’s Network Engineering team architects, builds, automates, and manages a global network infrastructure across on‑premises data centers and AWS, Azure, and GCP. The team supports enterprise-scale environments, including government cloud platforms used for federal development and hosting. As a Network Automation Engineer, you will join a collaborative team that delivers scalable solutions and solves complex infrastructure challenges.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $59.00 to $65.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities Manage and support network and security infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including government cloud environments. Ensure network stability, availability, and performance across on‑premises and public cloud networks. Monitor the network support queue and provide advanced troubleshooting for infrastructure issues. Diagnose complex network problems, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions. Support enterprise and global network connectivity across data center, cloud, and WAN environments. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams on network architecture, enhancements, and large‑scale initiatives.

Experience Requirements 7+ years of hands-on network engineering experience across architecture, design, and implementation for enterprise-scale environments. Strong experience with at least one public cloud platform among AWS, Azure, or GCP. Multi-cloud experience preferred. 3 years of automation experience using Terraform, Ansible, and Python. Understanding of enterprise network design for data center and campus networking, public cloud networking, and global WAN connectivity. Knowledge of IPv4 and IPv6, BGP and MBGP, VPNs, L2 switching, VXLAN, and L2/L3 networking protocols. Hands-on experience with network hardware from vendors such as Arista, Cisco, Meraki, Broadcom, Mellanox, and Palo Alto Networks. Experience supporting and managing load balancers, including Citrix NetScaler (preferred), AVI, NGINX, and HAProxy. Public cloud networking certifications (preferred).

Education Requirements Public cloud networking certifications (preferred).

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.

JOB ID: JN -022026-105449