Senior Network Operations Engineer

Intel

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Phoenix, AZHillsboro, OR
Salary
$124,110–$206,510 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $175k
This role $165k
$113k most similar roles pay here $224k

This role pays more than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $136,750–$213,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $175k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Intel

Intel Corporation is the world''s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer, designing and producing microprocessors, chipsets, graphics chips, SSDs, and networking products for computers, data centers, and IoT devices. Industry: Semiconductors & Computing

Intel currently has 6 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,730–$185,595 across 6 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Network Operations Engineer

Senior Network Operations Engineer The Senior Network Operations Engineer joins the global team to enhance the reliability, uptime, and operational readiness of network services across manufacturing, campus, cloud, and corporate environments. This hands-on role involves driving improvements in incident management, change quality, root cause follow-through, and documentation while leading the global deployment of new engineering-released products into production. The successful candidate will establish operational standards, runbooks, and escalation models while mentoring engineers to improve troubleshooting methods. Key requirements include extensive experience in enterprise networking—specifically routing, switching, WAN, LAN, wireless, and data center networking—alongside proficiency in monitoring, observability, and automation tools. The role focuses on solving complex infrastructure challenges by improving service reliability through technical leadership, risk assessment, and proactive problem management across globally distributed teams to ensure high-availability connectivity for mission-critical business operations.

What you'll do

  • Drive improvements in incident management, problem management, change quality, and root cause follow-through.
  • Lead the global operational deployment of new network products to ensure they are supportable and documented.
  • Establish and enforce operational standards, including runbooks, escalation models, and service health reviews.
  • Improve major incident response by strengthening technical triage, communication discipline, and recovery planning.
  • Partner with engineering teams to ensure new services and platforms are ready for production handoff.
  • Identify recurring issues and implement corrective actions to increase network stability and reliability.
  • Use operational data and metrics to identify gaps and measure progress in service health.
  • Mentor engineers and technical leads to improve troubleshooting methods and ownership mindset.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise network operations, network engineering, infrastructure operations, or technical service reliability roles.
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of routing, switching, WAN, LAN, wireless, data center networking, and monitoring practices.
  • Experience supporting mission-critical network environments with high availability and business continuity requirements.
  • Proficiency in incident, problem, change, request, and service management processes.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical improvements through influence, credibility, and structured execution.
  • Experience driving root cause analysis, corrective action plans, and operational standards.
  • Advanced networking certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent experience (preferred).

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