Insight Global
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Base pay range $80.00/hr - $100.00/hr
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Professional Recruiter at Insight Global Position: Sr Staff/Principal DC Network Engineer
Duration: 6 month contract to hire
Location: Plano, TX onsite 5 days a week
Pay Rate: $80 – 100/hr
Start Date : November 10th
Intv Format : 2 rounds
Openings : 1
Search : “Data Center” AND “Network Engineer” AND “Cisco ACI” (Elastic OR Grafana OR gNMI) AND (Netflow OR IPFIX OR sFlow) AND “CCIE”
Must Haves
BS/MS in Engineering, Material Science, Physics, or related field
15+ years in network engineering or data center management for an enterprise environment
Expert in Cisco ACI and service provider protocols (BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, RSVP, QoS, EVPN, VXLAN)
Have deployed and designed Cisco ACI at scale (Synopsys has 35,000 servers so something similar)
Strong background in infrastructure automation and network observability (Elastic, Grafana, gNMI)
Experience with flow analysis tools (NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow)
Leadership potential and mentoring mindset
Screening Q’s and answers
what’s is the AD (Administrative distance) of OSFP, eBGP and iBGP? (110, 20, 200)
Whats the difference between Weight and Local Preference in BGP? Weight is local to the router and not advertised to neighbors, where as Local Preference is exchanged between BGP peers
If you have the same Prefix advertised between BGP and OSPF? which one the router will choose and install? They should normally ask (eBGP or iBGP), router will trust and install eBGP over OSPF and OSPF over iBGP
(security) what is the difference between encryption at rest vs encryption in transit Encryption at rest refers to data being encrypted while being stored in storage or databases, while encryption in transit referrers to data being encrypted while being transmitted (like SSL)
What’s the difference between multipod and multisite in ACI MultiPOD are part of the same fabric, controlled by the same sets of APIC controllers, while multisite are independent fabrics and managed by multisite orchestrator
Plusses
CCIE – Data Center
Team lead experience
Data center capacity and power management
Security-first approach
Familiarity with ITIL processes and DCIM tools
Day-to-Day The Data Center team drives initiatives to deliver reliable compute and storage infrastructure, partnering across business units to expand capacity, improve systems, and boost productivity, efficiency, and scalability.
What You’ll Be Doing
Lead technical strategy and architecture for high-impact engineering initiatives
Mentor and develop engineering talent
Monitor and optimize network performance
Own and manage the Texas data center, including space, power, server, and storage operations
Ensure compliance with industry best practices and security standards
Collaborate across business units to scale infrastructure and drive productivity
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Industries: Manufacturing
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Insight Global by 2x
Benefits
Medical insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
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Base pay range $80.00/hr - $100.00/hr
Direct message the job poster from Insight Global
Professional Recruiter at Insight Global Position: Sr Staff/Principal DC Network Engineer
Duration: 6 month contract to hire
Location: Plano, TX onsite 5 days a week
Pay Rate: $80 – 100/hr
Start Date : November 10th
Intv Format : 2 rounds
Openings : 1
Search : “Data Center” AND “Network Engineer” AND “Cisco ACI” (Elastic OR Grafana OR gNMI) AND (Netflow OR IPFIX OR sFlow) AND “CCIE”
Must Haves
BS/MS in Engineering, Material Science, Physics, or related field
15+ years in network engineering or data center management for an enterprise environment
Expert in Cisco ACI and service provider protocols (BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, RSVP, QoS, EVPN, VXLAN)
Have deployed and designed Cisco ACI at scale (Synopsys has 35,000 servers so something similar)
Strong background in infrastructure automation and network observability (Elastic, Grafana, gNMI)
Experience with flow analysis tools (NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow)
Leadership potential and mentoring mindset
Screening Q’s and answers
what’s is the AD (Administrative distance) of OSFP, eBGP and iBGP? (110, 20, 200)
Whats the difference between Weight and Local Preference in BGP? Weight is local to the router and not advertised to neighbors, where as Local Preference is exchanged between BGP peers
If you have the same Prefix advertised between BGP and OSPF? which one the router will choose and install? They should normally ask (eBGP or iBGP), router will trust and install eBGP over OSPF and OSPF over iBGP
(security) what is the difference between encryption at rest vs encryption in transit Encryption at rest refers to data being encrypted while being stored in storage or databases, while encryption in transit referrers to data being encrypted while being transmitted (like SSL)
What’s the difference between multipod and multisite in ACI MultiPOD are part of the same fabric, controlled by the same sets of APIC controllers, while multisite are independent fabrics and managed by multisite orchestrator
Plusses
CCIE – Data Center
Team lead experience
Data center capacity and power management
Security-first approach
Familiarity with ITIL processes and DCIM tools
Day-to-Day The Data Center team drives initiatives to deliver reliable compute and storage infrastructure, partnering across business units to expand capacity, improve systems, and boost productivity, efficiency, and scalability.
What You’ll Be Doing
Lead technical strategy and architecture for high-impact engineering initiatives
Mentor and develop engineering talent
Monitor and optimize network performance
Own and manage the Texas data center, including space, power, server, and storage operations
Ensure compliance with industry best practices and security standards
Collaborate across business units to scale infrastructure and drive productivity
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Industries: Manufacturing
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Insight Global by 2x
Benefits
Medical insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
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