Solid understanding of modern data center networking: EVPN-VXLAN, BGP, MLAG, QoS, and traffic engineering Deep familiarity with RoCEv2, RDMA transport tuning, ECN/PFC, and lossless Ethernet design Strong experience with automation frameworks like Ansible Experience with languages like Python, Golang, Rust, or PHP Comfort working with telemetry and monitoring stacks — Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK, or similar Previous experience integrating with NetBox, Nautobot, OpsMill or similar Familiarity with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD) Strong Linux networking background, including namespaces, netlink, and system-level debugging