Solutions Engineer, Backbone Network

At Edward Jones, our Network Technologies team designs and supports the enterprise network platforms that enable secure, reliable connectivity across the firm. This team partners closely with architecture, operations, and cloud teams to modernize network infrastructure while maintaining the stability and resilience required in a highly regulated environment. Joining this team means working on largescale, business-critical systems where thoughtful design, automation, and operational excellence directly impact the firm's ability to serve clients.

What You'll Do: In this role, you will operate as a senior network engineering resource responsible for designing, supporting, and evolving enterprise network solutions. You will balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership, contributing to project work, incident resolution, automation initiatives, and lifecycle management across on-prem and cloud networking platforms.

Here are a few of the Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with architects and engineering peers to design, test, and implement enterprise network solutions
• Serve as the technology lead for major network upgrades and deployment initiatives
• Ensure network solutions meet operational requirements for performance, capacity, resiliency, automation, monitoring, backup, and lifecycle management
• Lead investigation and resolution of complex network incidents and escalations
• Develop and maintain automation using Python and Infrastructure as Code to improve reliability and efficiency
• Act as a primary technical point of contact for vendors related to supported network platforms
• Train and support junior engineers on new systems, tooling, and operational processes
• Participate in project and operational workflows using Agile/Scrum practices and tools such as Jira and ServiceNow
• Participation in an on-call rotation is required approximately once every 2 months as primary or secondary for a one-week period. On-call coverage is 24/7 during that week and can be performed remotely.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field preferred, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise network solutions, including routing, switching, cloud connectivity, network management platforms, and packet analysis
• Hands-on experience with Cisco and Arista enterprise networking platforms.
• Experience with firewall enterprise solutions, Fortinet preferred.
• Experience with BGP, OSPF, and TCP/IP in enterprise environments
• Experience supporting cloud networking in Microsoft Azure IaaS environments
• Experience developing or supporting network automation using Python and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Pulled from the full job description

• AD&D insurance
• 401(k)
• Vision insurance
• Health savings account
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Employee assistance program, Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns. Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging. People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career. View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report. ¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.