Lead Network Engineer – Design & Engineering Irving, TX
We are seeking a Lead Network Engineer to join the Network Design and Engineering team. This role serves as a technical authority and hands-on leader, responsible for designing, validating, and delivering enterprise network solutions that are secure, scalable, and operationally resilient.
The Lead Network Engineer partners closely with engineering peers, operations, security, cloud teams, and delivery partners to ensure network solutions are well-architected, thoroughly tested, documented, and production-ready. This role is critical to sustaining the Network Design and Engineering team's reputation as a trusted advisor to units and technology partners.
Position Description Key Accountabilities
Act as a technical lead for the design and delivery of enterprise network infrastructure initiatives
Design, test, and document complex network solutions aligned to business, security, and operational requirements
Lead implementation of network changes, upgrades, and expansions, ensuring stability and minimal operational impact
Provide deep technical oversight during delivery, validating designs, configurations, and deployment approaches
Identify technical risks and design gaps early, and drive engineering led mitigation strategies
Architect and deliver solutions leveraging software defined (SDx) principles and modern network architectures
Work across technologies including Aruba (CX), Cisco (Viptela, Meraki), InfoBlox, and Palo Alto
Serve as a last-tier escalation engineer, providing asrequired afterhours support for critical incidents
Analyze complex and diverse environments, developing repeatable, standardized solutions
Mentor and guide engineers, raising technical depth, design rigor, and operational readiness across the team
Collaborate closely with security, cloud, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure holistic and secure designs
Participate in technical reviews, design forums, and stakeholder discussions, clearly articulating risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations
Minimum Requirements
Typically 10+ years of experience in network engineering, infrastructure, or technical network service
Qualifications
Advanced experience architecting, implementing, and troubleshooting complex enterprise networks
Proven technical leadership on large scale network initiatives in enterprise environments
Deep expertise in LAN, WAN, routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, and VPN technologies
Strong experience with detailed network design, validation, and documentation
Handson experience applying automation and scripting within software defined networks
Familiarity with public cloud networking constructs (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience working with vendor delivered and partner supported network solutions
Solid understanding of delivery lifecycles, change management, and operational readiness
Minimum 2 years' experience with automation, software development, or virtualization technologies
Additional Experience
Experience in healthcare, distribution, or software environments is a plus
Strong technical curiosity with the ability to rapidly learn and evaluate new technologies
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical and executive audiences
Demonstrated technical thought leadership and innovation
Strong interpersonal skills to build trust across engineering, operations, and business teams
Proven ability to exercise sound professional judgment and security first engineering practices
Experience supporting always on, highly available enterprise environments
Strong understanding of how people, systems, and processes behave during incidents or crisis situations
Track record of working across organizational boundaries to resolve complex, high impact technical challenges
Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Numbers & Facts
Location
Irving, TX
Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Automation Systemsunmatched
Change Managementunmatched
Channel Supportunmatched
Cisco Network Systemsunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Firewallsunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
Healthcareunmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
Local Area Network (LAN)unmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Network Administration/Managementunmatched
Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
Network Configuration Managementunmatched
Network Designunmatched
Network Routingunmatched
Network Supportunmatched
Network Switchingunmatched
Operations Security (OPSEC)unmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Public Cloudunmatched
Risk Analysisunmatched
Software Developmentunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Standards Developmentunmatched
Technical Deliveryunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
Test Designunmatched
Thought Leadershipunmatched
VPN (Virtual Private Network)unmatched
Validation Documentationunmatched
Virtualizationunmatched
Wide Area Network (WAN)unmatched
Wireless Communicationsunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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