Senior WAN Network Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain WAN network across leased lines and dark fiber for low latency and 99.999% availability.
• Collaborate with telecom providers and ISPs for circuit provisioning, upgrades, and issue resolution.
• Configure, troubleshoot, and optimize security and routing protocols (IPSec Tunnels, MACsec, BGP, VXLAN, EVPN).
• Monitor WAN performance, latency, packet loss, capacity utilization. Analyze traffic patterns to predict growth and trigger circuit upgrades or hardware refreshes before bottlenecks occur.
• Implement redundancy, failover, QoS, and traffic engineering to ensure business continuity.
• Participate in network modernization and cloud connectivity projects (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Provide Tier 3 support for WAN-related incidents and root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain network documentation, diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
• Use Python, Ansible, or Terraform to deploy configurations and manage network state at scale.
• Support network security initiatives including site-to-site VPNs and perimeter connectivity. Ensure compliance with security, governance, and operational best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering. Master’s degree is preferred.
• 6+ years of experience in WAN network engineering, or Service Provider network, or Hyper-scale Data Center environment.
• Industry certifications such as CCIE or JNCIE.
• Strong knowledge of BGP routing protocols and WAN technologies.
• Experience with major network vendors such as Arista, Cisco, Juniper, or Palo Alto.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, and excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Experience with cloud networking and hybrid network architectures.
• Expertise with network automation tools (Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Knowledge of network monitoring tools (SolarWinds, Kentik, ThousandEyes, or similar).
• Ability to participate in on-call rotation and after-hours maintenance.