Senior IT Network Engineer

NextEra Energy•Saint Paul, MN

12d•Onsite

About The Position

NextEra Analytics offers energy consulting services using industry-leading scientific analysis for planning, siting, forecasting and optimizing all forms of energy projects. Our optimization and analytics platforms integrate open-source technologies to leverage massive, diverse sets of utility operating data. This enables rapid development of operational solutions. Applying expertise in advanced mathematics, data and physical sciences, we solve some of the hardest problems facing the energy industry. We are seeking a high-caliber Senior IT Network Engineer to design, implement, and support secure, reliable network solutions across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role requires deep expertise in enterprise networking, cloud connectivity, and the Palo Alto networking and security stack. You will partner closely with software engineering, cloud, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to enable application delivery, improve platform reliability, and resolve complex technical challenges. The ideal candidate combines strong network engineering fundamentals with sound architectural judgment, operational ownership, automation experience, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced software development environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of experience designing, implementing, administering, and supporting enterprise network environments.
Extensive hands-on experience with the Palo Alto networking and security stack, including firewalls, Panorama, and GlobalProtect.
Strong knowledge of routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, network segmentation, and secure connectivity patterns.
Experience designing and supporting network solutions across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Experience with cloud networking concepts and services in platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Experience troubleshooting complex network and connectivity issues across distributed production environments.
Familiarity with scripting, network automation, infrastructure as code, and configuration management practices.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, and infrastructure teams.
Experience using AI assistant tools to augment technical analysis, troubleshooting, documentation, automation, and engineering workflows.
Proven ability to operate autonomously, manage competing priorities, and deliver reliable solutions in a fast-paced environment.
High School Grad / GED
Bachelor’s or Equivalent Experience
Experience: 4+ years
Demonstrates experience with network management operational tools such as Cisco Prime, Netscout, and IBM Tivoli

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and support scalable network solutions across on-premise data centers, cloud platforms, and hybrid environments.
Architect and manage secure connectivity between data centers, cloud platforms, SaaS solutions, applications, and internal systems.
Implement and support cloud networking patterns, including VPCs, VNets, routing, VPNs, private connectivity, network segmentation, and secure ingress and egress controls.
Contribute to network architecture standards, technical diagrams, documentation, and operational procedures.
Administer, optimize, and troubleshoot the Palo Alto networking and security stack, including firewalls, Panorama, GlobalProtect, and related services.
Incorporate security, segmentation, access controls, and resiliency into network designs from the outset.
Develop and maintain firewall policies, VPN configurations, network security controls, and supporting governance processes.
Collaborate with cybersecurity, risk, cloud, and infrastructure teams to identify and address network security requirements.
Diagnose and resolve advanced network, firewall, routing, VPN, latency, and connectivity issues across production and non-production environments.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and the development of corrective and preventive actions.
Continuously improve network availability, performance, reliability, scalability, and security.
Develop monitoring, alerting, runbooks, recovery procedures, and documentation that make network services measurable, supportable, and recoverable.
Use scripting, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices where appropriate to improve delivery speed, consistency, repeatability, and operational efficiency.
Use AI assistant tools to accelerate troubleshooting, documentation, analysis, automation, and overall engineering effectiveness while maintaining accountability for accuracy, security, and technical quality.
Evaluate automation and AI-enabled workflows critically, adopting approaches that improve outcomes without introducing unnecessary risk or complexity.
Identify opportunities to simplify network operations, reduce manual effort, and improve the reliability of recurring engineering processes.
Assist with the design, lead the implementation, and support the maintenance of our enterprise network infrastructure.
Work directly with management, project managers, and business leaders to ensure that projects are successfully delivered on-time and within budget.
Act as an escalation point for issues that are encountered in our 24x7 environment to ensure that the availability and performance of our systems is maintained.
Ensure that all documentation is accurate and up-to-date and that our infrastructure remains secure at all times.
Works directly with equipment manufactures to assess new technologies and how they can be applied to provide solutions to increase availability, reliability, and business agility or to reduce operating costs.
Analyzes new projects and designs network solutions that will support their implementation.
Participates in the implementation of network infrastructure.
Creates as-built design documentation for all new projects and network engineering efforts, and ensures they remain up-to-date as the network evolves.
Maintains the availability and integrity of our enterprise network infrastructure, including wired and wireless networks, network security infrastructure, and voice transport infrastructure.
Maintains the security of network infrastructure and compliance with all applicable industry and security standards.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.