# Network Engineer

**Company:** [xAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/xai)
**Location:** Memphis, TN
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $180k – $440k/yr
**Skills:** BGP, TCP/IP, Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Aruba, Routing Protocols, Wireless Technologies, Network Security, Nac, Scripting, Automation
**Posted:** 2026-03-06

> Network Engineer deploys, operates, and troubleshoots global backbone, datacenter, and corporate networks. Requires BGP, TCP/IP, routing protocols knowledge, vendor experience (Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Aruba), with strong documentation skills.

## Job Description

## Who You Are
- Basic understanding of **BGP** configuration and management
- Basic knowledge of backbone and datacenter networks
- Working understanding of wireless technologies
- Working knowledge of at least one internal routing protocol, its configuration and day-to-day operation
- Working knowledge of corporate networking
- Working knowledge of **TCP/IP**
- Working knowledge of remote access
- Strong documentation and communication skills

## What You'll Do

### Deployment
- Help define configuration and architecture standards
- Contribute to qualification of new platforms
- Provision network devices in corporate offices and POPs per documented procedures
- Provision and manage corporate circuits

### Operations
- Contribute to continuous improvement of configuration standards and operational procedures
- Contribute to continuous improvement of corporate device monitoring
- Liaise with third parties, IT, and remote office users to fix and resolve issues
- Create and execute scheduled changes, processes, and documentation
- Participate in on-call rotation
- Maintain and upgrade existing systems, firmware updates, and configurations
- Monitor network performance and ensure system availability and reliability
- Troubleshoot: analyze and resolve network hardware and software problems

## Desired
- Familiarity with multiple networking vendors: **Juniper**, **Cisco**, **Aruba**, **Arista**
- Remote access
- Network security and NAC
- Scripting and automation of network operations activities

## Compensation
**Annual Salary Range**: $180,000 - $440,000 USD  
Base salary plus equity, comprehensive medical/vision/dental, 401(k), disability/life insurance, and perks.

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