Top Network Engineer Jobs

Designs and evaluates large-scale, multi-vendor fiber access networks using advanced PON technologies. Integrates OLT/ONT platforms with core routing, IP/MPLS backbones, and optical transport. Reviews high-level designs, migration strategies, and technical specifications; supports client RFPs, troubleshooting, and engineering advisory work. Mentors junior engineers, coordinates with vendors and clients, and produces high-quality technical deliverables while managing project budgets, timelines, and billable engagements.

Own and operate a globally distributed VPN network, AWS control plane, backend infrastructure, and infrastructure-as-code tooling. Improve reliability, security, automation, observability, CI/CD, deployment safety, and cost efficiency across multiple providers. Troubleshoot production incidents, participate in 24/7 on-call, manage networking and VPN technologies, and replace manual operational processes with tested automation. Partner with engineering and product teams while ensuring high uptime, connection success, performance, and compliance.

Designs, deploys, monitors, maintains, and optimizes LAN, WAN, wireless, voice, data, and video networks. Configures routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, wireless access points, and intrusion protection systems; troubleshoots connectivity and performance issues; maintains documentation, assets, reports, and network security. Collaborates with leadership, vendors, and IT teams on capacity planning, upgrades, compliance, and protected health information security. Participates in on-call technical support.

Designs and leads modernization of distributed enterprise Aruba wireless infrastructure, including migration to Aruba Central, high availability, resiliency, routing, security, NAC, authentication, guest wireless, monitoring, and cloud integration. The role develops architecture and implementation standards, leads testing and production migrations, troubleshoots complex wireless and network issues, creates technical documentation, and provides mentoring and direction to engineering teams.

Designs, implements, configures, documents, and troubleshoots IP broadband and telecommunications networks for internet service providers. The role supports network stability, resiliency, and cybersecurity initiatives; communicates technical concepts; researches industry developments; and contributes to multiple client projects while developing networking expertise and certifications.

Provides third-tier support, design, installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance for complex LAN/WAN and deployable communications networks. Develops network architectures, specifications, integration and test plans, documentation, risk mitigation strategies, and compliance processes. Supports routers, switches, firewalls, VoIP, DNS, VPN, and routing protocols. Coordinates with vendors and stakeholders, provides technical guidance, maintains 24x7 services, and travels to domestic and international sites for deployments and maintenance.

Designs, implements, monitors, and supports customer LAN/WAN networks and telecommunications systems. Responsibilities include configuring routers, switches, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, SIP trunking, RTP, QoS, call routing, and enterprise communication platforms. The role diagnoses network and telephony issues, supports E911 compliance, coordinates with vendors, provides customer support, and performs field engineering with travel up to 50%.

Designs, implements, monitors, and supports customer networks, telecommunications systems, routers, switches, servers, firewalls, and enterprise communication platforms. Diagnoses network and telephony issues using packet captures, logs, and call traces; manages routing, numbering, SIP, RTP, QoS, and E911 systems. Provides onsite and remote field engineering support, coordinates with vendors, documents repairs, and may travel up to 50%.

Designs, deploys, and maintains secure, scalable Azure cloud network infrastructure. Manages Azure networking, hybrid connectivity, routing, firewalls, identity, monitoring, storage, NetApp Files, VMware Solutions, infrastructure as code, security tooling, disaster recovery, and cost optimization. The role also troubleshoots cloud environments, supports governance and compliance, and contributes to continuous improvements and disaster recovery testing.

Design, deploy, and operate enterprise, campus, and cloud network infrastructure across AWS and Azure. Manage routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN, VPNs, firewalls, segmentation, hybrid connectivity, monitoring, capacity planning, and high availability. Automate provisioning, troubleshoot complex network issues, maintain documentation, lead incident resolution, participate in on-call support, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with security, cloud, and IT teams.

Design, implement, and maintain MEMX’s low-latency trading network infrastructure. Configure network devices using Ansible and Python, monitor alerts, resolve incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and support customer connectivity turn-ups and tickets. Analyze and validate new products, implement secure end-user solutions with security teams, and coordinate with data center and circuit providers. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, routing protocols, multicast, network operating systems, timing protocols, packet analysis, firewalls, and optical networking.

Install, configure, test, monitor, upgrade, and maintain Cisco and Juniper network equipment supporting DoD networks. Develop IP addressing and project documentation, perform network activations and acceptance testing, analyze system requirements, validate circuit and stakeholder information, and coordinate with DISA customers and project managers to resolve issues and obtain approvals.

Designs, supports, maintains, and evaluates networking systems in a manufacturing facility. Maintains Linux and Microsoft server monitoring services, researches networking technologies, evaluates hardware and software, follows change-control and security policies, and maintains LAN, WAN, and VPN documentation. Requires an associate degree, CCNA or equivalent certification, and five or more years of network engineering experience, with strong Cisco, F5, firewall, VPN, routing, switching, and infrastructure protocol knowledge.

Design, deploy, and maintain resilient hybrid network infrastructure across data centers, remote sites, and public clouds. Manage routing, switching, WLAN, firewalls, WAN, VPN, secure connectivity, network automation, capacity planning, monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades, patching, and vulnerability remediation. Collaborate with cloud, platform, security, and infrastructure teams, engage vendors, document operations, mentor teams, participate in on-call rotations, and support classified and unclassified environments.

Build and operate Internet-scale systems terminating HTTP and TLS, migrate infrastructure from NGINX to a Rust-based proxy, improve protocol performance, and contribute to open-source projects and industry standards. The role involves complex systems programming, reliable and secure software development, and collaboration with leading networking engineers.

Design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and support Cloudflare’s large-scale egress connectivity infrastructure. Collaborate with engineering, network, and SRE teams to deliver secure, highly available network capabilities. Investigate customer issues, participate in production on-call rotations, coordinate releases, document systems, and use AI-powered tools to improve development and operational workflows.

Own end-to-end network reliability across data centers, AWS, and GCP, including routing, switching, DNS, load balancing, service mesh, VPNs, circuits, and cross-connects. Automate network configuration with Ansible, Terraform, GitOps, CI validation, and IPAM. Engineer failover, observability, security hardening, client connectivity, and Kubernetes ingress while participating in an interrupt-contained on-call rotation.

Build and operate blockchain network infrastructure integrating protocols such as Bitcoin and Ethereum with internal services. Design reliable APIs, SDKs, data contracts, observability, and SLOs; lead multi-quarter chain integrations, architecture modernization, and migrations. Improve latency, reliability, and cost for high-throughput distributed systems while owning production services and on-call responsibilities.

Provides senior-level technical support for enterprise customers using Aviatrix’s multicloud networking and security products. Responsibilities include troubleshooting complex network environments, resolving high-priority issues, coordinating with engineering and sales, reporting product issues, improving support documentation and workflows, supporting production environments, and mentoring cloud network engineers. The role requires expertise in routing, BGP, IPsec VPN, Linux, networking products, cloud platforms, scripting, and automation.

Designs, deploys, operates, and improves high-speed data center networks supporting AI clusters and national security missions. Responsibilities include optical and copper connectivity, network security, performance monitoring, capacity planning, troubleshooting, automation, hardware deployment, configuration, firmware updates, and network integration. The role collaborates with ML, hardware, software, and network engineering teams, supports Top Secret data centers, participates in on-call rotations, and requires obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret clearance.

Deploys, operates, and improves secure network infrastructure for Top Secret AI data centers supporting Starshield missions. Designs high-speed copper and optical connectivity for large GPU clusters, translates ML workload needs into network topologies, automates device provisioning, monitors performance, plans capacity, troubleshoots failures, and leads network integration. The role also involves hardware deployment, security improvements, configuration and firmware updates, on-call rotations, extended hours, and future domestic and international travel.

Design, deploy, operate, and optimize high-speed data center networks supporting AI clusters and national security missions. Responsibilities include optical and copper connectivity, network automation, capacity planning, security, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, hardware integration, firmware updates, and reliability improvements. The role collaborates with ML, hardware, software, and network engineering teams and requires Top Secret clearance, on-call availability, extended hours, and future domestic and international travel.

Optimize and troubleshoot multi-vendor LTE and 5G RAN networks through field testing, KPI analysis, parameter tuning, coverage assessment, drive-test analysis, and node migration support. Resolve network performance and customer service issues, support cell-site, small-cell, DAS, and eFEMTO deployments, coordinate technical investigations, and provide training and technical guidance. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, leadership, and travel of approximately 25%.

Monitor and troubleshoot production broadband networks across Layer 2, Layer 3, access, aggregation, transport, routing, and IP services. Own incidents through restoration, document findings, coordinate escalations with engineering teams and vendors, support changes and upgrades, validate recovery, and contribute to root-cause analysis, runbooks, and operational improvements.

Designs, implements, secures, and supports multi-site enterprise networks across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Responsibilities include routing and switching, wireless, firewalls, VPNs, network access control, Zero Trust architecture, segmentation, incident response, performance optimization, modernization, documentation, change management, and technical mentorship. Serves as an escalation point for complex incidents and supports highly available production infrastructure.