Senior Network Engineer

NSCALE, LLC
Seattle, WA, United States
21 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
$150,000.0 - $210,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Border Gateway Protocol Big Data Cloud Computing Data Centers Monitoring of Systems InfiniBand IPv4 IPv6 Multi-protocol Systems Python (Programming Language) Netconf Network Architecture
+10 more
Network Model Network Planning and Design Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) TCP/IP Computer Network Operations Cloud Platform System Computer Network Technologies System Availability Data Center Networking Information Technology

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operation of high-performance network infrastructure across large-scale data center and cloud environments. This role is critical to ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our network systems, while also shaping the future of our network architecture.

You will operate as a key technical leader, partnering closely with infrastructure, platform, and systems teams to support mission-critical services and drive network strategy at scale. This position requires up to 50% travel to support global data center deployments, infrastructure initiatives, and operational activities.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale network infrastructure across data center and cloud environments
  • Own critical network systems, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability
  • Drive architecture decisions across routing, switching, and overlay networking (e.g., VXLAN, EVPN)
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex, cross-layer network issues impacting production systems
  • Develop and implement automation and tooling to improve reliability, observability, and operational efficiency
  • Establish and evolve network design standards, best practices, and operational processes
  • Partner cross-functionally to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions
  • Mentor junior engineers and elevate the overall technical capability of the team
  • Participate in an on-call rotation while improving systems to reduce operational burden over time
  • Travel up to 50% to support data center deployments, infrastructure implementation, vendor engagements, and cross-functional collaboration across global sites

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 8-10+ years of network engineering experience in large-scale environments (ISP, cloud, or similar)
  • Deep expertise in network operations and production support at scale
  • Strong understanding of core networking protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6)
  • Proven experience owning and operating critical network infrastructure
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead through complex technical challenges
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support production systems
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 50%, * Experience with high-performance networking technologies such as InfiniBand or RoCE
  • Strong knowledge of VXLAN, EVPN, and modern data center networking architectures
  • Experience with automation and scripting (Python or equivalent)
  • Familiarity with network observability, telemetry, and monitoring systems
  • Experience with network modeling and programmability (YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF)
  • Experience working with cloud networking and hybrid infrastructure environments
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence technical direction, * A technical leader who can design and operate networks at scale
  • A systems thinker who understands the interaction between networking, compute, and applications
  • Someone who takes ownership of critical infrastructure and drives improvements proactively
  • A pragmatic engineer who balances reliability, performance, and speed in production environments
  • A mentor who raises the bar for the team

Apply for this position

This job is hosted externally. Click below to view the full posting and apply.

Apply on www.indeed.com

Good distractions

Talks and stories from around this role — technically off-topic, practically not.

3:18 min

Scaling global network engineering through DevOps culture

Stuart Clark · LIVE

5:02 min

Mapping distributed compute paradigms to modern vehicles

Joachim Werner · LIVE

1:34 min

The pros and cons of campus-wide IP authentication

Christoph Eicke Christoph Eicke · WWC 2025

2:22 min

Introducing Skupper for application connectivity

Alex Soto Alex Soto · WWC 2024

3:50 min

Queues in TCP stacks and continuous network connections

Clemens Vasters Clemens Vasters · WWC 2022

3:05 min

Exploring microcontrollers and communication protocols for amateur hardware

Philipp-Alexander Blum · LIVE

Videos

See all

Related articles

See all