Senior Lead Network Engineer: Tier 4 & Automation Leader

AT&T; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Forged Fiber is seeking a Senior Lead Network Engineer to ensure reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence of enterprise network infrastructure and critical services.

You will specialize in Network Application Support and Tier 4 Operations, acting as the final escalation point for complex issues across authentication, logging, monitoring, name resolution, time synchronization, and IP address management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field desired.
• Required: 7+ years in network engineering, architecture, infrastructure engineering, or network services support roles.
• Preferred: Cisco ISE, Juniper Steel-Belted RADIUS, Portnox, Syslog applications, Splunk.

Responsibilities

• Lead Network Application Support for TACACS+, RADIUS, DNS, DHCP, NTP, Splunk platforms.
• Serve as Tier 4 escalation point for critical incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with architecture and engineering teams on operational readiness and supportability.
• Mentor engineers and drive automation and monitoring improvements.
• Manage network and infrastructure projects and support strategic roadmaps.

Skills

TACACS+

RADIUS

DNS

DHCP

NTP

Splunk

Cisco ISE

Juniper Steel‑Belted RADIUS

Portnox

Syslog applications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

TACACS+

RADIUS

DNS

DHCP

NTP

Splunk

Job description

Forged Fiber is seeking a Senior Lead Network Engineer to ensure reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence of enterprise network infrastructure and critical services.

You will specialize in Network Application Support and Tier 4 Operations, acting as the final escalation point for complex issues across authentication, logging, monitoring, name resolution, time synchronization, and IP address management.