Datacenter Network Engineer (Remote opportunity)

Hyatt Hotels Corporation is seeking a Datacenter Network Fabric Engineer to join their Network Engineering and Operations team. The role involves designing, operating, and continuously improving the Arista-based leaf-spine network fabric to ensure 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