Senior Factory Network Engineer — IT/OT & Security Lead

NOKIA; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Nokia seeks a Senior Network Engineer to lead design, modernization, and lifecycle management of Fabrinet plant network infrastructure. You will own end-to-end architecture, drive modernization, and ensure reliable, secure connectivity for production operations.

The role requires 5+ years in complex network environments, hands-on experience with routers, switches, SD-WAN, firewalls, and IT/OT segmentation, with strong English communication and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or engineering degree in Telecommunications, IT, CS or related field.
• More than 5+ years of experience managing complex network environments.
• Hands-on experience with routers, switches, SD-WAN, enterprise wireless, firewalls, remote access, virtualization, load balancers.
• Strong understanding of IT/OT segmentation, high-availability design, disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture and technical roadmap for Fabrinet plant network.
• Design and implement highly available LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, internet, DNS/DHCP, firewall, remote access, and load-balancing solutions.
• Lead network implementation, migration, validation, and cutover with minimal production impact.
• Establish redundancy, failover, backup, recovery, and capacity measures per availability goals.
• Coordinate with manufacturing site team and global IT to deliver integrated solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor teams; identify automation opportunities.

Skills

Network design

SD-WAN

Firewall

IT/OT segmentation

TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications/Information Technology/CS

Tools

FortiGate

Palo Alto

Zscaler SASE

Network management platforms

Job description

Nokia seeks a Senior Network Engineer to lead design, modernization, and lifecycle management of Fabrinet plant network infrastructure. You will own end-to-end architecture, drive modernization, and ensure reliable, secure connectivity for production operations.

The role requires 5+ years in complex network environments, hands-on experience with routers, switches, SD-WAN, firewalls, and IT/OT segmentation, with strong English communication and leadership.