Senior Network Engineer; Hybrid - Seattle, WA

Position: Senior Network Engineer (Hybrid - Seattle, WA)
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** Job Description
** We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join a high-performing network engineering team responsible for the design, deployment, and lifecycle management of enterprise-grade network infrastructure. In this role you will serve as a subject matter expert for Juniper routing and switching, Versa SD-WAN, and Juniper Mist wireless platforms, while championing observability excellence through New Relic. You will work autonomously on complex, high-impact initiatives, provide technical leadership to peers, and drive automation and infrastructure-as-code practices that measurably improve operational efficiency and reliability across the organization.##

A day in the life...
** Routing & Switching
*** Architect, deploy, and maintain Juniper EX/QFX switching platforms and MX/SRX routing infrastructure at scale across data center, campus, and branch environments.
* Define and enforce routing policy, BGP/OSPF design standards, VLANs, QoS, and security zone configurations.
* Conduct in-depth packet-level troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex, multi-layer network incidents.
** SD-WAN (Versa Networks)
*** Own the design, deployment, and day-2 operations of the Versa SD-WAN fabric, including Director and Analytics platform management.
* Develop and maintain SD-WAN policies for application steering, traffic prioritization, and security service chaining.
* Evaluate new Versa features and firmware releases; plan and execute controlled upgrades with minimal business disruption.
** Wireless (Juniper Mist)
*** Lead enterprise Wi-Fi deployments using the Juniper Mist AI-driven wireless platform, including RF planning, SSID design, and client SLA management.
* Leverage Mist AI and Marvis Virtual Network Assistant to proactively identify and resolve wireless anomalies before they impact users.
* Integrate Mist with identity and NAC solutions to enforce role-based wireless access policies.
** Observability, Alerting & Logging (New Relic)
*** Design and maintain comprehensive network observability dashboards, alert policies, and NRQL queries in New Relic to provide real-time visibility into infrastructure health.
* Instrument network devices for SNMP, syslog, flow telemetry, and synthetic monitoring ingestion into New Relic; tune alert thresholds to minimize noise while ensuring signal fidelity.
* Partner with NOC and application teams to build unified observability runbooks and on-call escalation playbooks.
** Scripting, Automation & Infrastructure as Code
*** Develop and maintain automation tooling using Python, Ansible, and/or Terraform to provision, configure, and validate network infrastructure at scale.
* Build and maintain version-controlled network-as-code repositories (Git); enforce peer review and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure changes.
* Evaluate and champion emerging automation frameworks (e.g., Nornir, NAPALM, Netmiko, Batfish) appropriate to team maturity and business outcomes.
** Leadership & Collaboration
*** Act as a technical mentor and escalation point for junior and mid-level engineers; conduct design and code reviews.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with security, systems, application, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable network solutions.
* Author and maintain clear, accurate technical documentation including design diagrams, runbooks, and post-incident reviews.
* Participate in change advisory board (CAB) reviews; champion risk-aware change management practices.
** Multi-Cloud Networking (AWS, Azure, OCI & GCP)
*** Design and manage cloud network connectivity across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring consistent security posture, routing policy, and performance SLAs across all providers.
* Architect and operate hybrid connectivity solutions including AWS Direct Connect, Azure Express Route, Oracle Fast Connect, and GCP Dedicated/Partner Interconnect, integrating cloud fabrics with on-premises and SD-WAN infrastructure.
* Design and manage cloud-native virtual network constructs: AWS VPCs and Transit Gateways, Azure VNets and Virtual WAN hubs, OCI VCNs and DRGs, and GCP VPCs and Cloud Routers;…