Datacenter Network Engineer (Remote opportunity)

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is seeking an enthusiastic Datacenter Network Fabric Engineer to join their Network Engineering and Operations team. In this role, you will design, operate, and continuously improve the Arista-based leaf-spine network fabric, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across data center environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and operate Arista leaf-spine architectures supporting large-scale, high-availability environments
• Manage day-to-day operations of the data center network, ensuring optimal performance, resiliency, and uptime
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Arista switches using EOS and CloudVision (CVP)
• Support and optimize EVPN/VXLAN-based overlay networks and BGP underlay routing
• Continuously improve network performance, latency, and traffic flow across the fabric
• Develop and execute hardware and software upgrade strategies across Arista, Cisco, and Palo Alto platforms
• Perform impact analysis, risk assessments, and validation testing for network changes
• Create detailed implementation and rollback plans to ensure safe execution
• Minimize service disruption during maintenance and upgrade activities
• Implement and manage data center security controls using: Cisco Firepower (FTD/FMC), Palo Alto Networks firewalls
• Design and enforce segmentation, access control, and threat prevention policies
• Partner with security teams to align with enterprise security architecture and compliance requirements
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Database, Platform Engineering, and Security teams to support application and infrastructure needs
• Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews for new initiatives
• Assist in troubleshooting across infrastructure layers (network, compute, storage, and applications)
• Enhance network monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities
• Identify and implement automation opportunities using tools such as Python, Ansible, or Terraform
• Maintain accurate documentation of network architecture, standards, and operational procedures

Requirements:

• 5–7+ years of experience in data center network engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on experience managing Arista-based network fabrics
• Experience designing and operating leaf-spine architectures in production environments
• Hands-on experience with Cisco Firepower (FTD/FMC) and/or Palo Alto firewalls
• Experience supporting mission-critical applications in enterprise environments
• Demonstrated ability to perform impact analysis and execute network changes safely
• Experience deploying and operating EVPN/VXLAN at scale
• Familiarity with CloudVision (CVP) for automation and network management
• Experience with network automation and infrastructure as code (Python, Ansible, Terraform)
• Exposure to cloud-integrated networking (AWS, Azure, or GCP connectivity)
• Knowledge of zero trust or micro-segmentation architectures
• Industry certifications such as: Arista ACE (Arista Certified Engineer), CCNP or CCIE (Cisco), Palo Alto PCNSE
• Experience in large-scale, global data center environments