engineer sr - Corporate and Manufacturing Networking – Global Technology

Starbucks•Seattle, WA

14h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Engineer on Starbucks' Corporate and Manufacturing Network Engineering team, you will own the design, implementation, and operational health of the company's corporate and manufacturing network infrastructure. You will write code and build automated systems that eliminate manual processes, drive consistency at scale, and provide visibility across the global network. The role combines hands-on networking expertise with software development skills. Starbucks Network Engineering provides a scalable, secure, and highly available global network, using automated and repeatable processes to support partners and stores worldwide and connect partners to customers on-premises or in the cloud. This position designs and evolves network architecture across manufacturing sites, campus, and WAN environments; supports network operations and incident resolution; and documents architectures, processes, standards, projects, and root-cause analyses. The role participates in a 24/7 on-call rotation and works onsite four days a week.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience managing large-scale enterprise network infrastructure.
Deep understanding of routing and switching, including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, and other networking protocols.
Experience with WAN/SD-WAN design, circuit diversity, and failover engineering.
Experience with firewall policy design and management.
Network automation experience; the posting mentions RESTful APIs and NETCONF-based device interaction as preferred, as well as infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipeline development, Git/GitOps, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Terraform.
Experience with network management tools, data visualization, and monitoring, including tools such as Datadog, Nautobot, Splunk, NetFlow/sFlow, and packet-capture analysis.

Nice To Haves

Network segmentation and micro-segmentation for OT/IT separation.
Enterprise wireless design and troubleshooting, including high-density and harsh-environment deployments.
Experience with Purdue Model/ISA-95 architecture and IEC 62443 security standards.
Hands-on experience with industrial switching platforms such as Cisco IE series and Stratix.
REST API development and integration.

Responsibilities

Design, document, and evolve network architecture across manufacturing sites, campus, and WAN environments.
Execute regular planned maintenance and testing activities.
Build automation for configuration deployment, compliance checking, and reporting.
Document and present technical briefings to peers and non-technical audiences.
Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies through educational opportunities, conferences, seminars, industry publications, professional networks, and professional organizations.
Report on network operational status by gathering and organizing data.
Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and provide Tier 3 escalation support for network service incidents, diagnosing problems and resolving business-critical issues.
Lead root-cause analysis and incident response for production-impacting events.
Document architecture, processes, as-builts, projects, standards, and root-cause analyses.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Basic and supplemental life insurance and other voluntary insurance benefits.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Paid parental leave and family expansion reimbursement.
Paid vacation from date of hire and sick time accrued at one hour for every 25 hours worked.
Eight paid holidays and two personal days per year.
Eligible partners may participate in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
Discounted company stock program (S.I.P.) and Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock).
Incentivized emergency savings and financial well-being tools.
100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor's degree through Arizona State University's online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.
Student loan management resources and access to other educational opportunities.
Backup care and DACA reimbursement.