About this position
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Network Engineering & Simulation Expert — Hephaestus
Type: Contract
Compensation: $70–$90/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Design realistic tasks involving routing, switching, network services, segmentation, access policies, redundancy, or performance.
- Build reproducible network topologies and device configurations using tools such as containerlab, GNS3, EVE-NG, Mininet, ns-3, or FRRouting.
- Configure and debug scenarios involving technologies like BGP, OSPF, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPNs, or firewalls.
- Develop automated checks for reachability, route selection, policy enforcement, isolation, convergence, failover, latency, throughput, and packet loss.
- Produce reference configurations, traffic or failure scenarios, and verification scripts; validate both successful and deliberately incorrect cases.
- Review AI-generated configurations and diagnose failures. Use coding agents to support automation while independently validating network behavior.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 5+ years of professional network engineering experience with enterprise, data-center, cloud, or service-provider networks.
- Strong hands-on routing, switching, troubleshooting, and network-policy skills.
- Experience building network labs, simulations, or emulations and analyzing traffic with tools such as Wireshark, tcpdump, or iperf.
- Ability to write and debug Python, shell, Ansible, or comparable automation.
- Sound judgment about protocol behavior, failure modes, and measurement limitations.
Preferred
- Relevant certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, or JNCIP.
- Experience with network test automation.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor
- Paid weekly via Stripe Connect
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Location and commute
San Francisco, CA .
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How to apply
Review the vacancy and complete the application on the employer or recruitment partner’s website. Requisition ID: WJ-3265861971.