Lead, Network Engineer - AI

The Lead, Network Engineer designs, analyzes, plans, and modifies network components supporting customer communication implementation activities. The role handles problems ranging from moderate to substantial complexity.

• Lead end-to-end design of multi‑vendor SD‑WAN solutions (Cisco SD‑WAN/Viptela, Meraki, Fortinet, Aruba, Palo Alto, etc.) across global branch and remote office locations.
• Design and maintain secure, scalable data center solutions that terminate SD‑WAN overlays, VPNs, and remote‑site connectivity.
• Develop robust WAN, campus, and data center routing designs using BGP and OSPF, including route redistribution, policy‑based routing, and traffic engineering.
• Design resilient, standardized remote LAN solutions (access/distribution) including VLANs, spanning‑tree strategy, link aggregation, and QoS.
• Build and test enterprise wireless solutions for remote and campus locations, including SSID design, authentication/authorization policies, RF design standards, and guest access.
• Own the design and lifecycle of RADIUS and TACACS+ solutions for network device access control, 802.1X, and Wi‑Fi authentication, including high availability and redundancy.
• Collaborate with the Lead Network Architect and Principal Network Architect to ensure designs align with enterprise architecture principles, target‑state roadmaps, and security standards.

• Lead deployment and configuration of SD‑WAN overlays, routing policies, segmentation, and security policies across multiple platforms.
• Oversee implementation of switching, routing, and wireless solutions for new sites, data center expansions, and network refresh projects.
• Serve as the highest‑level escalation point for complex incidents involving SD‑WAN overlays, routing instability, LAN/WLAN issues, and AAA (RADIUS/TACACS+) failures.
• Define and maintain network configuration standards, templates, and golden configurations for SD‑WAN, LAN, WLAN, and routing.
• Collaborate closely with security, platform, and applications teams to ensure network designs meet security, performance, and availability requirements.

• Participate in structured technical solution peer reviews with the Lead Network Architect and Principal Network Architect, presenting low‑level designs, implementation approaches, and migration plans for feedback and approval.
• Review and provide feedback on designs produced by other engineers to ensure consistency with standard guidelines and operational best practices.
• Develop and maintain detailed network diagrams, design documents, and runbooks for SD‑WAN, LAN/WLAN, data center, and AAA infrastructure.
• Contribute to or lead network automation efforts (Ansible, Python, APIs) to streamline configuration, compliance checks, and deployments across SD‑WAN and LAN.
• Define monitoring and observability standards (Net Flow/sFlow, SNMP, syslog, telemetry) for all network domains; work with NOC/operations on alerting and dashboards.
• Assist in capacity planning, performance analysis, and continual service improvement for WAN, LAN/WLAN, and data center connectivity.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to network engineers and operations staff; review designs and changes for quality and consistency.
• Work in close partnership with the Lead Network Architect and Principal Network Architect to translate high‑level architecture into implementable, supportable solutions.
• Participate in and sometimes lead cross‑functional solution reviews and present to the change advisory board (CAB).
• Engage with vendors and service providers for solution evaluation, design improvements, and problem escalation.
• Contribute to network strategy and roadmap planning, identifying opportunities for modernization, consolidation, and cost optimization.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, supportable network designs.
• Maintain strong documentation, communication, and presentation skills; comfortable discussing designs with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a leadership mindset with the ability to guide, mentor, and influence other engineers.
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