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JOB TITLE: Network Engineer 3
The Network Engineer 3 joins the technology team to support the design, implementation, and operational support of large-scale, multi-vendor network environments. This role involves troubleshooting complex routing, connectivity, and performance issues while performing network changes, upgrades, and migrations. The engineer will conduct pre-change and post-change validations, review configurations to ensure engineering standards, and participate in root-cause analysis for production networks. Key technical requirements include proficiency in TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, and routing protocols such as BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, LDP, RSVP, and MPLS. Candidates must have experience with Cisco, Juniper, and Nokia platforms. The work focuses on maintaining reliable production infrastructure, conducting network audits, and managing capacity and reliability initiatives within a complex carrier, backbone, or large enterprise network context.
What does a Network Engineer earn?
Median $143779 from 131 postings across 35 companies.
Support the design, implementation, and operation of large-scale network infrastructure.
Troubleshoot complex routing, connectivity, performance, and configuration issues.
Configure and support Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, or similar network platforms.
Perform network changes, upgrades, migrations, and configuration deployments.
Conduct pre-change and post-change validation and network health checks.
Analyze device logs, routing tables, packet flows, and operational data during troubleshooting.
Participate in incident resolution and root-cause analysis.
Maintain technical documentation, network standards, and operational procedures.
What we're looking for
You must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
You must have 5+ years of experience in network engineering, network operations, or a related infrastructure role.
You must have a strong understanding of TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, subnetting, and packet forwarding.
You must have working knowledge of routing protocols including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, LDP, RSVP, and MPLS.
You must have experience troubleshooting Layer 2 and Layer 3 network issues in production environments.
You must have familiarity with multi-vendor environments such as Cisco, Juniper, and Nokia.
You should have CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA, Nokia, or equivalent certification (preferred).