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Senior Resident Engineer – Service Provider Routing & MPLS – freelance – hybrid – Hungary
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25 September 2026 (22 hours ago)
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23 December 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
This is a remote position.
The Resident Engineer (RE) is a highly technical customer-facing role responsible primarily for providing post-sales on-site engineering support within the customers network environment.
The RE will act as a trusted technical advisor and Juniper subject matter expert supporting the design implementation operation optimisation troubleshooting and ongoing evolution of the customers Service Provider network.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain deep expertise in the Juniper products and technologies deployed within the customer environment with particular emphasis on Service Provider routing MPLS MPLS VPNs L3VPN L2VPN VPLS BGP IS-IS/OSPF and related technologies.
The objective of the service is to provide an exceptional customer experience and ensure that Juniper solutions operate reliably efficiently and in accordance with industry and Juniper best practices.
Requirements
The Resident Engineer will be responsible for activities including but not limited to:
- Provide on-site technical support for Juniper Service Provider network environments.
- Support network design implementation migration upgrades and optimisation activities.
- Troubleshoot complex routing MPLS VPN and platform-related issues through to resolution.
- Manage and track JTAC cases Product Reports (PRs) software fixes and RMAs.
- Test and validate new designs software releases patches and features before production deployment.
- Develop implementation plans Methods of Procedure (MOPs) rollback plans and technical documentation.
- Support Juniper MX PTX and other relevant routing and switching platforms.
- Provide expertise across MPLS L3VPN L2VPN VPLS BGP IS-IS OSPF and related Service Provider technologies.
- Develop network automation scripts and operational tooling using Python Ansible or similar technologies.
- Conduct technical workshops knowledge transfer and training for customer engineering teams.
- Perform configuration reviews network health checks risk assessments and best-practice recommendations.
- Produce regular technical reports status updates and documentation.
Benefits
Required Skills:
5 years experience in Service Provider / IP/MPLS networks Strong hands-on Juniper experience especially MX/PTX and Junos Expert knowledge of MPLS L3VPN L2VPN VPLS BGP IS-IS and OSPF Strong troubleshooting and network design skills Python and/or Ansible automation experience Minimum JNCIP certification; JNCIE preferred Strong customer-facing communication skills
