Network Engineer Lead

About SILAC

SILAC Insurance Company is one of the fastest-growing insurance companies in the nation and continues to be a top contender in the industry. SILAC offers industry-leading annuity products that help individuals prepare for retirement. Teams can align around a shared vision of providing clean, simple & competitive products for clients, delivering best-in-class service to agents & business partners, and propelling the success of our employees.

With a fast-growing team of more than 300 employees, we are committed to remaining adaptable, innovative, and trustworthy for our clients, agents, and employees.

We hold true to our core values :

• Adaptability & Continuous Improvement
• Transparency & Trust, Honesty & Integrity
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Gratitude & Compassion

At SILAC Insurance Company, we welcome and encourage diversity and are dedicated to creating an environment and culture that is respectful and inclusive for everyone.

Network Engineer Lead

Job Overview : The Network Engineer Lead serves as the lead engineer for the Network Infrastructure team and is responsible for the architecture, operation, and reliability of all network communications supporting business-critical services. As a key member of the IT Operations organization, this role oversees network monitoring, design, documentation, and coordination of day-to-day and project-based work.

This position partners closely with IT Security, Infrastructure, Service Desk, and other business departments to maintain a secure, resilient, and highly visible network environment. The Network Engineer Lead ensures proactive identification and resolution of issues, adherence to security best practices, and consistent delivery of high-quality network services.

The ideal candidate brings extensive hands-on experience across core network technologies-including routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, WAN, SAN networking, load balancing / ADC, IPS, and IDS-and demonstrates strong leadership, architectural insight, and operational excellence in an enterprise setting.

Job Details

Security-Focused Network Architecture

Design, build, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure with a security-first mindset, partnering closely with the IT Security team to ensure alignment with Zero Trust principles, segmentation standards, compliance requirements, and secure configuration baselines.

Technical Leadership & Strategy

Serve as the technical lead for network initiatives, providing architectural guidance, establishing engineering standards, evaluating emerging technologies, and influencing long-term roadmap planning across WAN, LAN, WLAN, cloud networking, and data center environments.

Design & Project Planning

Provide expert input and leadership on all network-related projects, including requirements gathering, solution design, capacity planning, vendor / product selection, and implementation oversight. Proactively identify necessary upgrades, optimizations, and risk areas, recommending improvements and providing clear budgeting insight to support planning, prioritization, and long-term investment decisions.

Network Infrastructure Administration

Possess deep, hands-on expertise with Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto platforms, including advanced routing (BGP, OSPF, EVPN), switching, firewalling, VPNs, and SD-WAN. Experience with automation tooling (Ansible, Terraform, Python) is strongly preferred.

Documentation & Diagramming

Create and maintain detailed network documentation, including Visio diagrams, architecture standards, CMDB entries, and asset inventories, ensuring accuracy and consistency across environments .

Operations Ownership & Incident Management

Oversee day-to-day operations of the network environment, lead response to high-severity incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and ensure proactive maintenance, monitoring, and lifecycle planning.

Third-Party Vendor Oversight

Manage and provide technical oversight for third-party network service providers, ensuring delivery within SLAs, reviewing solution quality, and influencing vendor performance and architecture decisions.

Service Ticket Workflow Leadership

Prioritize, assign, and oversee network-related service requests and incident queues, ensuring timely response and guiding junior engineers in troubleshooting and best practices.

Cross-Team Collaboration

Work closely with Service Desk, Infrastructure, Security, and BI&A teams to ensure consistent platform alignment, reduce manual processes, and support a simplified, resilient enterprise environment.

Job Requirements

Required

Desired

BENEFITS :

Communication during the recruitment process regarding interview requests or job offers will come directly from a recruiting team member with a silacins email address.

At SILAC, we celebrate a diverse and inclusive work environment, where we honor and support varying backgrounds, beliefs, and perspectives for the benefit of our business, including our employees and products. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and strive to be a place where every employee feels they belong. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or a special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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