Top Network Engineer Jobs

Build and maintain automation tools for large-scale network infrastructure, including switch configuration, backups, software updates, monitoring, logging, and alerting. Develop Python scripts, improve network reliability and performance, scale infrastructure through automation, own network engineering tools, collaborate with network engineers, and mentor junior engineers. The role is fully onsite and may require extended hours and weekend work.

Designs, administers, maintains, and troubleshoots enterprise networks and supporting server, virtualization, storage, firewall, and infrastructure systems. Manages switching, routing, VLANs, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, Windows Server services, monitoring, backups, and authentication. Performs datacenter rack-and-stack work, cabling, hardware replacement, firmware upgrades, and physical-layer troubleshooting. Supports cybersecurity hardening, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure upgrades, lifecycle planning, and technical documentation. The role is primarily on-site at Quantico, Virginia.

Provides engineering, operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and documentation for high-availability network infrastructure supporting business and mission needs. The role works with Cisco and SolarWinds across multi-level IT systems, maintains switches, routers, firewalls, encryption devices, and network connectivity, supports escalated incidents, and develops capacity and performance plans. An active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph is required.

Designs, implements, supports, and optimizes high-availability IP/MPLS, carrier Ethernet, cellular, and video transmission networks. Responsibilities include capacity planning, bandwidth forecasting, outage troubleshooting, network monitoring, infrastructure documentation, escalation management, project coordination, and continuous improvement. The role provides technical direction to junior engineers and technicians, supports telecommunications engineering projects, and applies standards for availability, redundancy, scalability, efficiency, and security.

Designs, implements, maintains, and upgrades complex LAN, CAN, and WAN networks. Optimizes network performance, latency, throughput, and dataflow; configures network devices, security, VPN, VoIP, load balancing, and hybrid-cloud solutions. Produces network architectures, diagrams, and accreditations; resolves complex incidents; supports modernization efforts; leads installations and large network projects; and guides junior engineers while meeting DoD and intelligence-community requirements.

Provides Tier 2 monitoring, troubleshooting, fault isolation, and support for LAN, WAN, customer, intranet, internet, and data communications networks. Configures routing protocols, evaluates network upgrades, implements network security measures, and supports interoperable, scalable information management solutions. The role operates within a 24x7 network operations center and requires overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts at a customer site.

Leads enterprise network architecture and optimization across SD-WAN, LAN, data center, WAN, and core routing environments. Designs scalable, secure infrastructures using Zero Trust, micro-segmentation, firewalls, and SASE. Troubleshoots complex network issues, conducts performance testing, develops engineering standards, manages migrations, and responds to critical incidents. Serves as a senior escalation point, researches emerging technologies, coordinates infrastructure projects, and mentors network engineers.

Designs, administers, secures, and maintains WAN, LAN, WLAN, VLAN, VPN, VoIP, and firewall infrastructure across more than 50 North American locations. Responsibilities include network monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades, audits, documentation, performance improvements, project management, information security support, escalation support, mentoring, and occasional branch-site travel. Provides onsite, remote, on-call, and emergency support while advancing shared IT services and network reliability.

Build, deploy, and operate highly scalable Network Services systems on Cloudflare’s global edge network. Develop distributed networking systems involving BGP, Linux kernel dataplanes, control planes, APIs, traffic analytics, and data pipelines. Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability while solving complex customer problems. Own solutions end to end across design, development, deployment, and operations, and collaborate across engineering and product teams.

Provide Tier II network engineering and configuration management support for enterprise LAN/WAN environments across multiple classifications. Tasks include installation and maintenance of network devices, maintaining configuration baselines per DISA STIG, drafting and executing change requests, troubleshooting L1-L3 issues, producing network diagrams and documentation, supporting the Configuration Control Board, and administering CM records and tools (ServiceNow, Confluence, Visio).

Leads innovation for mission-critical networking and communications in electric power and critical infrastructure. Identifies market opportunities, gathers customer insights, develops product requirements, influences strategy and technology roadmaps, and guides cross-functional engineering, product, sales, marketing, and R&D efforts. Provides subject-matter expertise in network architecture, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and time synchronization while supporting customer adoption, technical education, mentoring, industry leadership, and intellectual property development.

Designs, deploys, maintains, and supports complex enterprise WAN/LAN networks across a national Fortune 100 environment. Responsibilities include routing and switching, firewalls, VPNs, load balancing, network security, troubleshooting, capacity planning, upgrades, testing, documentation, vendor coordination, and technical project leadership. The role also requires consulting, problem management, change management, ITIL knowledge, and minimal travel for network analysis, upgrades, and customer consultations.

Lead the technical direction of Attentive’s compute and networking platform. Build reusable AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes systems, APIs, and self-service tools while improving reliability, scalability, cost efficiency, security, and developer productivity. Own complex cross-team initiatives from design through production, diagnose sophisticated infrastructure issues, improve CI/CD and observability, mentor engineers, and establish effective AI-assisted development practices.

Provides systems engineering support for the Satellite Control Network and satellite operations, including requirements development, system modernization, troubleshooting, risk management, integration, testing, and operational documentation. Works with engineering leadership, government customers, and multiple stakeholders supporting launch, on-orbit, and end-of-life missions. The role is onsite in Colorado Springs and requires an active Top Secret SCI clearance with CI polygraph.

Owns reliability of large-scale GPU network fabrics supporting AI training and inference. Responsibilities include validating fabric designs, debugging RDMA/RoCEv2, NCCL collectives, PFC/ECN, NVLink/NVSwitch, and host-level networking; building instrumentation, dashboards, and alerts; troubleshooting across NICs, drivers, kernels, switches, and workloads; and driving end-to-end escalations with cloud networking providers.

Lead design, deployment, and support of mainframe network infrastructure for z/OS and z/VM platforms. Configure and administer VTAM/TCPIP, emulation and file-transfer products, manage encryption and digital certificates, provide Level 3 support, monitor performance, collaborate with vendors, and support Brocade-based data replication between datacenters to ensure stability and compliance.

Provides Tier 1 and Tier 2 support for global network and SDN services. Troubleshoots routing, switching, congestion, hardware, vendor, and customer issues; configures network devices; monitors infrastructure and SLAs; manages incidents; maintains documentation; collaborates on resilient architectures; and participates in on-call support rotations.

Supports the development, testing, and real-time operation of a global spacecraft ground station network. Responsibilities include testing RF, network, cloud, and mission control systems; creating operational procedures and mission rules; troubleshooting; integrating ground software and automation; supporting verification activities; coordinating stakeholders; and operating mission systems. The role may eventually lead subsystem experts and participate in the full development lifecycle, from requirements and procurement through mission operations.

Designs, deploys, and maintains enterprise network infrastructure and automated IT operations. Builds Infrastructure-as-Code solutions, automates provisioning and configuration management, supports hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, and implements monitoring, security, and self-healing workflows. The role also conducts technical site evaluations, documents architectures and procedures, improves operational processes, and mentors IT and network teams on automation best practices.

Designs, implements, troubleshoots, and maintains enterprise LAN, WAN, data center, wireless, voice, cloud, security, and network monitoring environments. Leads complex escalations, project-level network designs, change management, carrier and managed-service-provider oversight, and high-availability initiatives. Provides protocol-level analysis, outage mitigation, on-call support, and technical guidance while mentoring network engineers and serving as a senior telecommunications subject matter expert.

Design, deploy, configure, document, and test a standalone Cisco-based lab network (ACI, SDA, wireless, firewalls). Implement DNS/DHCP/AD, enforce segmentation and access control, produce system documentation and diagrams, troubleshoot multi-layer issues, and coordinate with stakeholders throughout the project.

Designs, implements, operates, and supports large-scale enterprise networks spanning routing, switching, wireless, network access control, monitoring, and telecommunications. Administers Cisco infrastructure, troubleshoots complex network issues, optimizes performance and security, plans upgrades, coordinates vendors, evaluates technologies, and maintains documentation and operational standards. Provides technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance while supporting multiple sites, infrastructure projects, outages, and on-call activities.

The Principal Network Engineer oversees network fabric maintenance for AI datacenters, collaborates on high-speed network design, and troubleshoots complex routing protocols.

Lead the operation, deployment, expansion, and optimization of Starlink’s global ground network. Manage interconnections, colocation sites, POPs, capacity planning, troubleshooting, customer integrations, network automation, hardware and firmware configuration, and satellite-to-ground network architecture. Provide technical pre-sales support, mentor engineers, document procedures, and support deployments through on-call rotations, extended hours, and occasional global travel.

Lead enterprise network architecture, standards, roadmaps, design, implementation guidance, and operational readiness across office, manufacturing, laboratory, and launch facilities. Ensure secure, reliable, highly available network services while driving automation, validation, and scalable engineering practices. Mentor network engineers, influence cross-functional technical direction, support incident response and root-cause analysis, and collaborate with security, cloud, facilities, operations, vendors, and service providers on mission-critical network initiatives.