Senior Network Engineer

## Senior Network Engineer Apply locations:
Saint Paul, MN:
Hopkins, MNtime type:
Full time posted on:
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End Date:
August 8, 2026 (25 days left to apply) job requisition :
At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career.

Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.##
** Job Description
** U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Network Engineer with multi-network technologies and technical leadership experience to contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives.
** About the team
** The Network Test & Certification team provides pre-production validation, certification, automation, and lab engineering services that help ensure network hardware, software, security updates, and infrastructure changes are thoroughly tested before deployment. We support all of the Network Technology Services groups.
** What you will do**
* ** Design, implement, and support enterprise network infrastructure including routing, switching, SD-WAN, wireless, security, and cloud networking solutions**.
* Develop, maintain, and manage network lab environments to
** support testing, validation, certification, and proof-of-concept initiatives**.
* Evaluate and validate
** network hardware, software, firmware, and infrastructure upgrades
** prior to production deployment.
* Create and execute test plans to ensure network performance, scalability, reliability, security, and compliance requirements are met.
* ** Troubleshoot complex network issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve stability and availability.
*** Drive
** network automation and orchestration initiatives
** using modern tools and scripting technologies to improve operational efficiency and scalability.
* ** Collaborate with architects, engineers, security teams, vendors, and business stakeholders
** to design and deploy enterprise networking solutions.
* Support i
** ncident management, problem resolution, and escalation activities
** for critical network services and infrastructure.
* Research, prototype, and implement emerging technologies including
** cloud networking, software-defined networking (SDN), network automation, and AI-driven operations.
*** Develop technical standards,
** architecture documentation, operational procedures, and reusable engineering frameworks to support enterprise network initiatives**.
* Partner with technology vendors to evaluate new products, influence roadmap decisions, and ensure alignment with business requirements.
* Provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to engineering best practices, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement efforts.
** Basic Qualifications
*** Associate's degree or equivalent work experience
* At least 5 years experience within a total Information Technology (IT) environment.
* At least 5 years experience with managing day-to-day delivery of satisfactory network services to clients.
** Preferred Skills/Experience
*** Expertise in
** enterprise networking technologies
** including Routing & Switching, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VXLAN, EVPN, LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, and Wireless.
* Strong hands-on experience with
** Cisco networking platforms
** including Catalyst, Nexus, ACI, Identity Services Engine (ISE), DNA Center, and Meraki.
* Experience designing, validating, and supporting
** high-availability, large-scale enterprise network infrastructures**.
* Knowledge of
** network security technologies
** including Firewalls, VPNs, NAC, Zero Trust, Segmentation, IDS/IPS, and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).
* Proficiency in
** network automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
** using Python, Ansible, Terraform, APIs, Git, and CI/CD methodologies.
* Experience with
** cloud networking and hybrid…