Senior Network Engineer (Data Center)

Location: Remote, USA; ideally based in the San Francisco, Long Beach, or Houston offices, with full-time onsite expectations except for bi-weekly WFH Fridays. Exceptions may be considered for exceptional candidates outside these hubs. Willingness to travel 50% or more is required.

Company

hirify.global is building data center sites with integrated facility, controls, security, and infrastructure networks.

What you will do

• Own network architecture across sites, including switching, routing, out-of-band management, IP addressing, DNS, firewalls, remote access, and standard reference designs.
• Design physical-layer infrastructure, including structured cabling, pathways, cabinets, cross-connects, and fiber and copper plant.
• Manage network security, firewall policies, intrusion prevention, segmentation, access control, secure vendor access, and monitoring integration.
• Build IT/OT network zones for SCADA and BMS and coordinate controls, software, security-system, contractor, and vendor integrations.
• Produce specifications, drawings, bills of materials, construction reviews, commissioning tests, labeling, as-built drawings, and turnover documentation.
• Operate live networks through monitoring, capacity planning, change and firmware management, backups, root-cause analysis, DCIM integration, and on-call incident escalation.

Requirements

• 5+ years designing and running enterprise or data center networks, including at least one build taken from design through commissioning into live operation.
• Experience producing site-level drawings for large buildings or mission-critical facilities and marking up construction drawings, riser diagrams, and floor plans.
• Strong structured cabling knowledge, including fiber types, loss budgets, single-mode and multimode tradeoffs, pathway planning, and TIA-942 or equivalent; able to create and review cabling designs.
• Experience with OT network security, including IT/OT segmentation.
• Experience with DCIM platforms and integrating network and infrastructure data for asset and capacity management.
• Strong CAD skills; AutoCAD or Revit preferred, with other drafting tools acceptable.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Network Engineering.
• Willingness to travel 50% or more.

Nice to have

• Data center network experience.
• CCNA or CCNP certification.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco or Rockwell Stratix switches and Fortinet or Palo Alto firewalls.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote workplace designation with full-time onsite expectations at the San Francisco, Long Beach, or Houston hubs except for bi-weekly WFH Fridays.
• Exceptions may be discussed for truly exceptional candidates living outside the listed hubs.
• Participation in an on-call rotation is required.
• Work includes frequent site, contractor, vendor, and commissioning coordination, with travel of 50% or more.