Sr. Network Data Center Engineer

Overview:
Two Barrels is hiring a Sr. Network Data Center Engineer for $150,000/year. You will be a traditional company employee. This is a full time 40 hour/week position with company benefits.
If you live and breathe networking, virtualization, and high-availability systems, this Senior Network Data Center Engineer role is your playground. You'll architect and maintain a rock-solid network infrastructure that powers Proxmox virtualization, Ceph/SAN storage, and containerized environments-all while keeping security airtight and performance at its peak. From designing VLANs and firewalls to optimizing routing protocols and load balancers, you'll be the mastermind behind a resilient, scalable, and high-speed data center. Whether it's mitigating DDoS attacks, troubleshooting latency bottlenecks, or fine-tuning VPNs and HA networks, you're the go-to expert ensuring everything runs seamlessly. If you're ready to push the limits of network engineering and keep mission-critical systems online 24/7, we'd love to have you on board!
Location:
Remote | Johnston, IA | Spokane, WA | Salt Lake City, UT | Austin, TX
Duration:
Full Time
Wage:
Up to $150,000/year
Responsibilities:

• Develop and design robust and scalable software solutions
• Take ownership of projects from conception to deployment, ensuring timely delivery and meeting the specified requirements
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, product management, and other software teams, to ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to bring innovative solutions to the table
• Design, implement, and maintain a robust network architecture that supports Proxmox virtualization, Ceph/SAN storage, and container networking.
• Manage firewalls (iptables, pfSense, UFW, etc.) to secure access to virtualized environments and hosting services
• Configure and optimize VLANs, subnets, and routing to ensure isolated and secure network segments for virtual machines, storage, and frontend applications
• Configure and maintain VPNs, BGP, OSPF, or other routing protocols to ensure proper network redundancy and failover.
• Set up and maintain bridged, NAT, and VXLAN networking in Proxmox for efficient VM communication.
• Implement high-availability (HA) networking for Hypervisor networks and Ceph/SAN clusters
• Deploy and maintain Ceph storage clusters or SAN infrastructure for high-performance, redundant storage
• Troubleshoot latency issues, IOPS bottlenecks, and disk failure recovery.
• Optimize load balancers (HAProxy, Nginx, or Traefik) for handling hosting traffic efficiently.
• Secure WordPress hosting with DDoS mitigation techniques, rate limiting, and WAF (e.g., Cloudflare, ModSecurity).
• Implement network monitoring tools (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK) for real-time tracking of traffic, storage, and VM performance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience with Proxmox or other hypervisors (VMware, KVM, Xen, Hyper-V)
• 5+ years of network engineering, data center operations, or cloud infrastructure
• Experience with Ceph or SAN-based storage solutions (iSCSI, NFS, ZFS)
• Experience with containers and networking
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a keen eye for detail
• Ability to work on projects solo or with a team
• Love for learning and improving code
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of Ceph storage architecture (OSDs, MONs, MDS, RADOS, etc.).
• Experience in iSCSI/NFS/ZFS SAN setups and performance tuning
• Ability to troubleshoot HTTP performance, CDN integration, and caching issues for high-traffic hosting sites.
• Experience in configuring bridged, NAT, and VXLAN networking within Proxmox or other hypervisors.
• Proficiency in Ansible, Terraform, or SaltStack for network and infrastructure automation.
• Experience in DevOps, software or other technical departments
• Extensive experience with BGP and data centers
• Experience with OpenSource platforms for networking

Why you might like this job:
You are the kind of person who dreams in VLANs, thinks in subnets, and can troubleshoot a BGP issue before your coffee gets cold. You'll be the mastermind behind our high-performance, always-on infrastructure-designing, implementing, and optimizing networks that keep our data centers humming. You'll battle latency like a gladiator, tame firewalls with finesse, and ensure our packets find their way home, all while making sure nothing catches fire (literally and figuratively). If you thrive in a world of high-speed fiber, redundant everything, and the occasional 2 AM maintenance window, we need your genius.
Benefits:

• Great Wage & Success Meetings with your manager
• Work From Home comfort package & company provided equipment
• 22 days paid time off annually, PLUS 4 paid holidays
• Up to 5% 401k employer matching through Fidelity
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental and vision for employees
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Flexible hours
• Coffee shop next door
• Crappy parking? Oh, I mean a cool downtown location for easy public transportation options...