Remote Position
[Remote] Senior Network Engineer
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optomi, in partnership with a leading transportation organization, is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support a large and diverse network environment spanning approximately 22,000 locations. The role focuses on designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and improving network infrastructure while developing code and automation for network operations across WAN, SD-WAN, Cisco, cellular, and other field environments.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, troubleshoot, and improve network infrastructure across a large and diverse field environment
- Support network engineering initiatives across approximately 22,000 locations
- Troubleshoot connectivity, routing, DHCP, ARP, and other network issues using packet captures and network analysis tools
- Design and support WAN and SD-WAN connectivity across varied network environments
- Develop scripts and automation to reduce manual network engineering tasks and improve consistency
- Write and maintain code that interacts with network devices, retrieves logs, processes network data, or automates operational processes
- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive network tasks and develop practical solutions
- Support network technologies including Cisco routers and other enterprise network devices
- Work with different connectivity technologies and field environments, including WAN, SD-WAN, cellular, RF, and microwave where applicable
- Troubleshoot unfamiliar technical problems and determine an effective path forward using documentation, testing, available tools, and collaboration
- Leverage AI-assisted tools such as ChatGPT or Claude when appropriate to research, troubleshoot, and develop solutions
- Collaborate with other network engineers and technical teams to investigate issues and implement solutions
- Participate in network design and system architecture discussions
- Help improve network engineering processes, automation, and operational efficiency
- Maintain technical documentation and communicate solutions and findings to the broader team
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in network engineering, network infrastructure, or a related field
- Strong hands-on network engineering experience across varied network environments and devices
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, including OSI layers, ARP, DHCP, routing, and packet analysis
- Experience troubleshooting network connectivity issues using packet captures and other network troubleshooting tools
- Ability to code and automate network tasks. Coding experience is a core requirement for this position
- Experience writing scripts to automate network processes, interact with network devices, or retrieve and process network data
- Experience with other scripting or programming languages may be considered
- Experience working with WAN and enterprise network environments
- Experience with SD-WAN, router redundancy, internet offload, or similar network technologies
- Experience with Cisco routers and network devices
- Experience working across remote, distributed, or field network environments
- Ability to approach unfamiliar networking or coding problems logically and determine an effective path forward
- Strong problem-solving skills and resourcefulness when working through unfamiliar technical challenges
- Comfortable using technical documentation, online resources, AI-assisted tools, and other available resources to troubleshoot and develop solutions
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively within a collaborative technical team
- Strong Python experience
- Python, GitHub, or YAML experience
- Experience with Cisco networking environments
- Experience with Dell or SonicOS
- Silver Peak or Aruba SD-WAN experience
- Experience with WAN, SD-WAN, RF, cellular, or microwave backhaul
- Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code experience
- Shell scripting experience
- Cloud networking experience
- Network security platform experience
- Experience using ChatGPT, Claude, or similar AI-assisted development tools
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Collaborative and laid-back team environment
- Flexibility to use available tools and resources to solve problems
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