Job description
Join Apex Network Solutions as a Senior Network Engineer in the heart of San Francisco. You will design, implement, and optimize scalable networks spanning data centers, campuses, and cloud connectivity. This role combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership and collaboration across security, platform, and product teams.
We are seeking a seasoned professional who thrives in a fast-paced, high-availability environment and is passionate about networking automation, performance, and reliability.
Responsibility
- Architect and implement secure, scalable network architectures for data centers, campuses, and cloud integrations.
- Design and deploy routing, switching, load balancing, and firewall policies with high availability.
- Oversee WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, MPLS, and inter-site connectivity with strict SLAs.
- Lead network automation initiatives using Python, Ansible, or similar tooling to reduce manual tasks.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize network performance; perform on-call escalation when needed.
- Collaborate with security teams to enforce segmentation, zero trust, and threat prevention.
- Mentor junior engineers; establish best practices, playbooks, and documentation.
- Evaluate new technologies and vendors; manage proof-of-concept deployments.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field; or equivalent professional experience.
- 10+ years of hands-on enterprise networking experience; data center and cloud connectivity preferred.
- Expertise in TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, IPv4/IPv6, VLANs, MPLS, and VPN technologies.
- Strong experience with Cisco and Juniper hardware and software (IOS-XE, Junos).
- Proven track record in data center networks, WAN design, and SD-WAN implementations.
- Proficiency in network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
- Relevant certifications (CCNA/CCNP/CCIE, JNCIA/JNCIP, or equivalent) are a plus.