Remote Senior Network Engineer - Lead Design & Reliability

swa; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Sr Network Engineer to design, build, and protect our network across airports, data centers, and cloud environments. You will lead research, design, and implementation of enterprise solutions while mentoring other engineers and guiding projects inside change windows.

The role requires deep networking expertise, strong collaboration with Enterprise Architecture and vendors, and the ability to deliver reliable connectivity for employees, customers, and operations.

Qualifications

• Ability to analyze and resolve problems of high complexity.
• Expert knowledge of hardware components, systems, software, and networking technologies.
• Ability to mentor/guide others to perform troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, solution development, and implementation within specific technology areas.
• Skilled in expert partnering, negotiation, and communication with Business Customers and Technology support.
• Expert knowledge of software development methodologies, practices, concepts, and technologies obtained through formal training and or work experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee vendor management, partner governance, and oversight to deploy systems which are complete, designed and managed over life cycles while also guiding others
• Identify problems proactively, plan solutions, recommend software and systems, and coordinate developments in an orderly manner to meet business requirements
• Monitor and test performance and capacity for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with partners to implement fixes
• Provide innovative solutions to proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability in order to resolve escalations of high complexity
• Create the platform strategy and road map in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture
• Identify opportunities proactively to adopt emerging industry trends in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture
• Meet commitments and deliverables as related to leading projects and/or project oversight
• Provide technical development, mentoring, and guide the work of others
• Create and follow Network/Traffic flow Diagrams
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Skills

Networking expertise

Vendor management

Mentoring

Problem solving

Communication

Project leadership

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Sr Network Engineer to design, build, and protect our network across airports, data centers, and cloud environments. You will lead research, design, and implementation of enterprise solutions while mentoring other engineers and guiding projects inside change windows.

The role requires deep networking expertise, strong collaboration with Enterprise Architecture and vendors, and the ability to deliver reliable connectivity for employees, customers, and operations.