Data Center Network Engineer at Designworks Talent
Bellevue, WA
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Jul 20, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A greenfield networking role at an AI infrastructure company building a multi-tenant cloud platform. The engineer will design, automate, and operate data center networks supporting large-scale GPU clusters, tenant isolation, and high-performance connectivity, working across vendors such as Arista, Juniper, HPE, and Cisco. It suits experienced data center network engineers with a strong automation background who are comfortable establishing architecture and standards from scratch.
Principal level · Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10 people in the Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer network architects). range 3–20
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $176,447 (middle half $136,436–$213,412).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting advertises 'Staff and Principal (multiple roles available)' in the framing but explicitly describes the role as 'Principal-level individual contributor' throughout the body; seniority is assessed as Principal accordingly.
No specific total years of experience is stated; the JD uses qualitative language ('significant experience', 'deep expertise') without a numeric floor.
Compensation is described only as 'competitive base pay for Bellevue market' with no figures provided.
The vendor requirement gates on demonstrated experience with 'at least two major vendors such as Arista, Juniper, HPE, Cisco, or equivalent' — Arista is listed as the primary with the others captured as alternatives on a single skill.
GPU cluster / HPC / AI infrastructure experience, InfiniBand/RoCE/RDMA, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, Spine-Leaf, Clos, observability, and telemetry all appear under the explicit 'Preferred Qualifications' section.
The role is hybrid (~3 days/week in office) in the Bellevue, WA area; it is not fully remote. Relocation candidates are welcomed but visa sponsorship is unavailable.
The CBSA used is Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (14740), as Bellevue is within that metro; no standalone Bellevue CBSA exists.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): network security architecture, network automation, Spine-Leaf architecture.
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