Who We Are:
Bandwidth, a prior “Best of EC” award winner, is a global software company that helps enterprises deliver exceptional experiences through voice, messaging, and emergency services. Reaching 65+ countries and over 90 percent of the global economy, we're the only provider offering an owned communications cloud that delivers advanced automation, AI integrations, global reach, and premium human support. Bandwidth is trusted for mission-critical communications by the Global 2000, hyperscalers, and SaaS builders!
At Bandwidth, your music matters when you are part of the BAND. We celebrate differences and encourage BANDmates to be their authentic selves. #jointheband
What We Are Looking For:
As a Senior IP Network Engineer at Bandwidth you will work on projects supporting and enhancing a highly resilient global network. You will work with network technologies from multiple vendors including, but not limited to, Cisco, Juniper and Palo Alto and help Bandwidth continue to strengthen parts of our network infrastructure with tooling and automation. You will learn how multiple pieces of network infrastructure interact seamlessly to provide Bandwidth's customers unparalleled voice quality.
What You'll Do:
As a Senior IP Network Engineer, you'll own the design, operation, and evolution of a highly resilient global network. You'll work across datacenter fabric, WAN, and security infrastructure and you'll have a direct hand in the automation and tooling that keeps it all running at scale.
- Design and operate VxLAN/EVPN-based datacenter fabrics across multiple PoPs while also being comfortable in traditional spanning tree topologies.
- Design and operate Palo Alto firewall infrastructure, including policy design, zone segmentation, and threat prevention
- Architect and maintain BGP-based WAN routing across our backbone
- Drive network automation initiatives — from device provisioning to event-driven remediation
- Collaborate across Engineering and Operations to evaluate new technologies and deliver network improvements
- Participate in an on-call rotation and perform after-hours maintenance as needed
What You Need:
- 10+ years of hands-on experience with service provider network infrastructure
- Deep expertise in datacenter networking: VxLAN, EVPN, BGP EVPN control plane, and leaf-spine architectures
- Strong Palo Alto experience: firewall policy management, Panorama, zone-based segmentation
- Solid routing foundation: BGP (iBGP/eBGP), OSPF, and MPLS in production environments
- Experience with Cisco (ASR, Nexus/NX-OS) and Juniper (MX, SRX) platforms
- Scripting or development experience — Python, Ansible, or similar
- Comfortable working in Linux environments
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading project work independently
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Bonus Points:
- Experience with ACI or other SDN/overlay controller platforms
- Network certifications (CCIE, JNCIE, PCNSE, or equivalent)
- Experience with using AI to contribute to your mission
The Whole Person Promise:
At Bandwidth, we’re pretty proud of our corporate culture, which is rooted in our “Whole Person Promise.” We promise all employees that they can have meaningful work AND a full life, and we provide a work environment geared toward enriching your body, mind, and spirit. How do we do that? Well…
- 100% company-paid Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage for you and your family with low deductibles and low out-of-pocket expenses.
- All new hires receive four weeks of PTO.
- PTO Embargo. When you take time off (of any kind!) you’re embargoed from working. Bandmates and managers are not allowed to interrupt your PTO – not even with email.
- Additional PTO can be earned throughout the year through volunteer hours and Bandwidth challenges.
- “Mahalo moments” program grants additional time off for life’s most important moments like graduations, buying a first home, getting married, wedding anniversaries (every five years), and the birth of a grandchild.
- 90-Minute Workout Lunches and unlimited meetings with our very own nutritionist.
Are you excited about the position and its responsibilities, but not sure if you’re 100% qualified? Do you feel you can work to help us crush the mission? If you answered ‘yes’ to both of these questions, we encourage you to apply! You won’t want to miss the opportunity to be a part of the BAND.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years hands-on experience with service provider network infrastructure
- Datacenter networking expertise: VxLAN, EVPN, BGP EVPN control plane, leaf-spine architectures
- Palo Alto firewall experience: policy management, Panorama, zone-based segmentation
- Routing fundamentals: BGP (iBGP/eBGP), OSPF, MPLS in production
- Experience with Cisco (ASR, Nexus/NX-OS) and Juniper (MX, SRX) platforms
- Scripting or development experience (Python, Ansible, or similar)
- Comfortable working in Linux environments
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading projects independently
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with ACI or other SDN/overlay controller platforms
- Network certifications (CCIE, JNCIE, PCNSE, or equivalent)
- Experience using AI to contribute to network operations
Bandwidth Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Bandwidth Inc. and has not been reviewed or approved by Bandwidth Inc..
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as company‑paid for employees and families in U.S. locations, contributing to a standout benefits package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, protected time away through a PTO embargo, extra Mahalo Moments days, and a dedicated volunteer day emphasize meaningful time off.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and family‑oriented offerings such as onsite early‑childhood care at the Raleigh HQ reinforce a family‑friendly approach.
Bandwidth Inc. Insights
What We Do
Bandwidth is a software company that’s transforming the way people communicate and challenging the standards of old telecom. Together with our customers, we’re unlocking remarkable value, questioning the status quo, and helping people interact with technology and one another, oftentimes in ways they never dreamed possible. Haven’t heard of Bandwidth? You’ve probably used one of our products before. We power some of the most important communications technologies on the market today—names like Google, Skype and Ring Central to name a few. At Bandwidth, we’ve got a passion for doing things the other way—imagining what they could be and uncovering opportunities to take a new approach to create what should be. We’re out to disrupt the century-old rules of the telecom industry—and that means doing things differently in every area of our business. It’s in the way we treat our people, and how we create with our customers. Whether our engineering teams are crunching code during all-night hack-a-thons or our team members are competing in a Big Idea competition, we love to dive in and get our hands dirty. No idea at Bandwidth is too big or too small, and every voice gets a listen. Our folks have diverse backgrounds from all over the world. Crave innovation? We live for it. No one here is getting a blue ribbon for shaking their head and agreeing with the higher ups. At Bandwidth, we don’t hold back. We speak our minds, share our ideas—and let them soar. We think, we dream, we reimagine what’s possible…because we know that’s the only way we can unlock remarkable value. And that’s what really gets us fired up.
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