Network Engineer Expert
We're hiring network engineers as contractors to author and grade the routing, switching, and troubleshooting scenarios those evaluations run on.
Hiring companyAfterQuery Experts
About the role
No screen recording, no keystroke monitoring, no idle timers.
Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.
Why Apply
- $80 to $120/hr, paid weekly via Stripe.
- 100% remote and fully async.
- Shape how frontier models reason about networking.
- Ongoing project work with hours you set each week.
Responsibilities
- Author realistic network scenarios, from design questions through outage troubleshooting.
- Write reference answers with the design and troubleshooting reasoning behind each decision.
- Grade model output for protocol accuracy and operational soundness.
- Flag configurations that read plausible but would break production networks.
- Author realistic network scenarios from design questions through outage troubleshooting.
- Write reference answers with the design and troubleshooting reasoning behind each decision.
- Grade model output for protocol accuracy and operational soundness.
- Flag configurations that read plausible but would break production networks.
Required skills
- Hands on experience with routing, switching, and firewalls in production environments.
- Depth in protocols such as BGP, OSPF, VLANs, and VPNs.
Preferred skills
- Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or JNCIA.
- Network automation experience with Python or Ansible.
- Cloud networking experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience and education
- Engineers with at least 2 years of network engineering or administration experience.
- Practitioners with hands on routing, switching, and firewall experience in production.
- Engineers with depth in protocols such as BGP, OSPF, VLANs, and VPNs.
- Clear writers who can document the reasoning behind a design or troubleshooting decision.
- 2+ years of professional network engineering or network administration experience.
Language requirements
- Clear written English for documenting network design and troubleshooting reasoning.
Assessment requirements
Apply at /apply/network-engineer-expert. About five minutes. Resume plus a few structured questions.
Resume review. Every application gets read against a published rubric and gets a decision.
Written assessment. You may be asked to take a written assessment for further placement.
Onboarding. Sign the contractor agreement, connect Stripe, and get platform access.
Project match. You're matched to live work in your specialty, usually within a week of onboarding.
Schedule details
Fully remote, fully async. No fixed hours.
Minimum 10 hours per week, no maximum. Scale up or down week to week.
Able to commit at least 10 hours per week.
Time Commitment: 10 hours/week.
Start Date: ASAP.
End Date: Ongoing.
Eligibility
Work arrangement: Fully remote
Compensation details
- $80 - $120/hr.
- $80 to $120/hr, paid weekly via Stripe. Your rate is set from your experience, not negotiated down after you start.
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