Senior Network Automation Engineer

Overview

Job Title : Lead Network Engineer

Location : McKinney, TX (Onsite)

Employment Type : Full-Time / Direct Hire

About the Role :

We are seeking a Lead Network Engineer to take ownership of designing, implementing, and maintaining highly reliable, scalable, and secure network solutions across enterprise data centers and public cloud environments. In this leadership role, you'll guide technical direction, mentor peers, and ensure our networking foundation supports mission-critical operations for the business.

Base pay range : $150,000.00 / yr - $180,000.00 / yr

Responsibilities

• Lead network architecture, design, and implementation across multi-data center and cloud environments.
• Oversee ISP evaluation, onboarding, and vendor management.
• Manage hardware selection, qualification, and lifecycle.
• Drive capacity planning to ensure scalability and resilience.
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, OpenTofu), configuration management, and secrets storage to automate provisioning and configuration.
• Implement observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog, etc.) with proactive alerting and incident resolution.
• Oversee installation, configuration, and patching of network equipment to ensure high performance, cost efficiency, and security.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize infrastructure performance and availability.
• Document designs, standards, and processes for consistent, repeatable results.
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Balance tactical fixes with long-term strategy to align with business priorities.
• Lead incident response and blameless RCA sessions, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Partner with engineering leadership to align network strategies with organizational goals.

Required Skills

Preferred / Bonus

Why Join

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