Network Architect

Network Architect – Enterprise (Casino & Hospitality)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Industry: Casino, Gaming & Hospitality Technology

Principal Network Engineer – Data Center, Campus & WAN (Zero Trust / EVPN)
Fusion HCR is hiring! We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Network Engineer to support our client in the hospitality and gaming industry. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, migrating, and operating a multi-property, standards-based network architecture supporting mission-critical casino, sportsbook, surveillance, OT/IoT, IPTV/media, and enterprise workloads.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep expertise in modern EVPN/VXLAN fabrics, BGP-based WAN and Internet edge designs, Zero Trust segmentation, and network automation and observability. The ideal candidate will thrive in highly available, revenue-critical environments where uptime, operational excellence, and change safety are essential. Key Responsibilities
Data Center & Campus Fabric Engineering

• Design, deploy, and operate spine-leaf EVPN/VXLAN fabrics using open standards
• Build Layer 3 to the edge campus architectures with routed access and Anycast gateways
• Implement and troubleshoot:
  • BGP underlay and EVPN overlay control planes
  • VXLAN data plane behavior and failure scenarios
  • ECMP, fast convergence, and deterministic routing
• Define and apply leaf roles (server, border, service, user, surveillance, gaming, OT/IoT)
• Support Layer 2 extension where required for specialized gaming or clustering use cases

Segmentation & Zero Trust Architecture

• Implement macro segmentation using VRFs/tenants across campus, data center, WAN, and cloud
• Design and enforce micro segmentation using firewalls and identity-based access controls
• Implement Zero Trust principles including:
  • Explicit verification
  • Least privilege access
  • Breach containment strategies
• Ensure consistent policy enforcement across on-premise and cloud environments

WAN, Inter-Site, & Internet Edge Engineering

• Design and operate resilient WAN edge architectures using dual-router patterns and eBGP
• Implement VRF-aware routing and deterministic inter-site connectivity
• Engineer Internet edge architectures including:
  • High availability firewalls
  • Multi-ISP BGP peering
  • DDoS mitigation and traffic engineering
• Support secure remote access and segmented vendor connectivity

Multicast, QoS, and Real-Time Traffic Support

• Design and maintain multicast routing environments including PIM Sparse Mode and EVPN multicast
• Implement QoS policies to support surveillance, IPTV, AV, gaming, and sportsbook traffic
• Support Precision Time Protocol (PTP) transport for time-sensitive applications
• Troubleshoot latency, jitter, packet loss, and performance-related issues

IPTV, Media Distribution & Time-Sensitive Networking

• Design and operate large-scale IPTV and media distribution networks supporting live video, surveillance, and AV systems
• Architect multicast environments including RP design, IGMP control, and inter-site multicast transport
• Implement PTP-aware network architectures including boundary clocks and redundancy models
• Apply QoS and congestion management strategies to protect real-time media traffic
• Support live production environments where network stability directly impacts business operations

Network Automation, Observability & Lifecycle Management

• Operate networks using centralized monitoring and operational visibility platforms
• Develop and maintain automation workflows using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, NetBox, or Nautobot
• Integrate telemetry and monitoring systems including streaming telemetry, NetFlow, sFlow, SNMP, and Syslog
• Perform validation, impact analysis, and testing prior to production changes
• Improve operational efficiency and reduce mean time to resolution through automation and observability

Migration, Risk Management & Change Control

• Execute phased network migration strategies and parallel production cutovers
• Develop and implement risk mitigation and rollback procedures
• Support highly available, 24/7 operational environments
• Coordinate cross-functional infrastructure changes with security, server, and application teams

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

• Maintain accurate network documentation including diagrams, IP schemas, and configuration records
• Develop operational runbooks and migration documentation
• Support training and knowledge transfer to internal technical teams

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of enterprise or service provider network engineering experience
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying EVPN/VXLAN fabrics
• Strong experience with BGP-based WAN and Internet edge architectures
• Experience supporting large-scale campus and data center network environments
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Layer 2–Layer 7 networking
• Experience supporting highly available or regulated environments (gaming, hospitality, finance, healthcare, or similar)
• Experience supporting IPTV, surveillance, or large-scale media distribution networks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Arista, Palo Alto, Juniper, or similar enterprise networking platforms
• Experience with cloud networking connectivity (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Professional certifications such as:
  • CCNP or CCIE
  • JNCIP or JNCIE
  • Arista ACE
• Experience working in Zero Trust or PCI-regulated environments
• Experience supporting broadcast, surveillance, or live media transport networks
• Experience with network automation tools and infrastructure-as-code frameworks
• Experience implementing PTP-aware network designs in production environments

Environment & Impact
This role supports highly critical hospitality and gaming infrastructure where network reliability directly impacts business operations and revenue. The engineer will play a key role in modernizing and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available network systems across multiple properties.
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).