Senior Network Engineer

Delta Dental•Rancho Cordova, CA

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Network Engineer supports Delta Dental’s enterprise network infrastructure, ensuring computer and telephony communications across all locations are functional, operational, optimized, and highly available. The work includes engineering and maintaining network equipment across LAN, WAN, MAN, SAN, wireless, VPN, firewall, security, VoIP, video conferencing, and load-balancing environments. This is a hybrid role with onsite work in Rancho Cordova, California, 1–2 days per week. Candidates should live within approximately 50 miles of the location. The role does not offer visa sponsorship; candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship, including CPT, OPT, TN, or H-1B. The position participates in an on-call rotation and may require after-hours network changes and support.

Requirements

At least 4 years of professional network engineering experience with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
Experience with firewall infrastructure and management.
Experience with F5 load balancers.
Experience with routing and switching, including Cisco and/or Arista network devices.
Ability to understand business plans and apply that information to developing an IT business case.
Ability to anticipate problems, resistance, or likely objections and take action to resolve them.
Ability to lead and manage small to large enterprise network implementations or changes.
Ability to guide, train, and mentor associate engineers.
Skill in developing quantitative cost/benefit analyses to measure improvements.
Proficiency in organizational processes and ability to assess and initiate process changes.
In-depth knowledge and application of the relevant competency, with the ability to consult and lead others in its application.
Authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Experience with network monitoring tools such as SolarWinds and/or Datadog.

Responsibilities

Plan, design, and implement enterprise network infrastructure equipment upgrades and changes, IT equipment refreshes, facility relocations, and office moves.
Plan, coordinate, implement, and configure network infrastructure such as switches, routers, firewalls, out-of-band equipment, load balancers, wireless controllers, and VPNs.
Plan and design F5 load-balancer infrastructure and create and maintain application-related VIPs.
Plan, design, and implement Cisco firewall infrastructure and create ACLs.
Troubleshoot network infrastructure equipment and circuits in relation to application and performance issues.
Work with technical teams to design and implement new or advanced technologies.
Design, plan, and implement highly technical and complicated changes.
Design, plan, and provide network support for new applications.
Participate in an on-call rotation and perform after-hours network changes and support as needed.
Lead and manage small to large enterprise network implementations or changes.
Guide, train, and mentor associate engineers.