Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hydra Host is building Brokkr, a bare-metal management and AI Factory marketplace platform for datacenter infrastructure. The company is seeking an experienced Network Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, troubleshoot, and scale highly available data center networks supporting GPU clusters and AI Factory deployments, including routing, switching, automation, and physical network validation.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain large-scale data center network infrastructure supporting AI Factory deployments
- Build and troubleshoot modern Layer 2 and Layer 3 fabrics using:
- BGP
- EVPN
- VXLAN
- Configure and support enterprise and hyperscale switching platforms including:
- Arista EOS
- Cisco NX-OS
- SONiC
- Cumulus Linux
- Juniper
- Design resilient routing architectures supporting multi-site AI workloads
- Work directly with datacenter partners to deploy and validate networking infrastructure
- Troubleshoot complex routing, switching, latency, and performance issues across distributed environments
- Perform packet captures and protocol-level analysis to identify network bottlenecks
- Develop automation tools for network provisioning and operational efficiency using:
- Python
- Go (Golang)
- Netmiko
- NAPALM
- Integrate network automation with internal deployment platforms and APIs where appropriate
- Partner closely with Systems Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and AI Factory Deployment teams during hardware installations and customer deployments
- Validate and troubleshoot optical connectivity, transceiver compatibility, and physical network infrastructure during deployments
- Participate in architecture reviews and continuously improve network reliability, scalability, and operational excellence
Skills
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Networking, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years designing and operating enterprise or hyperscale data center networks
- Strong experience configuring and troubleshooting:
- BGP
- EVPN
- VXLAN
- OSPF
- VLANs
- MLAG
- ECMP
- Hands-on experience administering modern switching platforms including Arista, Cisco, SONiC, Cumulus Linux, or Juniper
- Strong understanding of spine-leaf network architectures
- Experience deploying and supporting high-performance GPU or HPC networking environments is highly desirable
- Experience with Linux networking fundamentals
- Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals including system administration, networking, services, storage, and troubleshooting
- Experience with optical data center networking hardware including transceivers (QSFP/QSFP-DD/OSFP/SFP), DAC/AOC cabling, optical fiber types, and link validation
- Working knowledge of optical/DC hardware, layer-1 connectivity, signal integrity, and diagnosing physical network issues
- Proficiency with Python for network automation
- Experience using:
- Netmiko
- NAPALM
- Familiarity with REST APIs for network integration
- Strong troubleshooting skills across Layer 2 through Layer 4 networking
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with Go (Golang) is strongly preferred
- CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP, Arista ACE, or equivalent certifications
- Experience deploying AI, HPC, or GPU clusters
- Familiarity with NVIDIA networking technologies
- Experience with SONiC or Cumulus Linux
- Experience with observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, and NetBox
- Experience with Git-based infrastructure workflows
- Exposure to automation frameworks including Ansible or Terraform
- Experience working in rapidly growing cloud infrastructure or NeoCloud environments
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