Senior Network Engineer

Eleven Recruiting; La Mirada (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Eleven Recruiting represents a nonprofit technology and networking organization in La Mirada, CA, seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and evolve a high-performance network infrastructure. The role emphasizes strategic planning and collaboration with multiple technical teams.

The ideal candidate will lead backbone and edge network design, mentor engineers, and drive architecture roadmaps while partnering with security, operations, and program management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Advanced expertise in IP networking, including BGP, OSPF, and/or IS-IS.
• Strong knowledge of MPLS and Segment Routing.
• Extensive experience with VPN technologies, including L2VPN and IPVPN.
• Strong understanding of network traffic engineering, capacity planning, and backbone network architecture.
• Experience configuring, operating, and evaluating networking equipment from major vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and/or Nokia.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership through mentoring, peer reviews, architectural guidance, and adoption of engineering best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate with engineers, senior leadership, external partners, and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work a flexible 4x10 schedule, including days, evenings, weekends, or holidays when required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of backbone and access networks under the direction of the Principal Engineer.
• Develop and maintain strategic and tactical engineering goals, project plans, and network roadmaps.
• Establish and maintain architectural standards, design templates, configuration policies, and engineering best practices.
• Conduct traffic analysis, capacity planning, and network performance assessments to guide long-term infrastructure decisions.
• Evaluate emerging networking technologies and industry trends.
• Participate in industry conferences and technical events as needed.
• Serve as a senior technical authority and architectural decision-maker for backbone and member-facing networks and services.
• Translate organizational objectives into technical roadmaps supporting long-term infrastructure and service strategies.
• Represent the organization in technical partnerships, industry initiatives, alliances, and external engagements.
• Identify systemic technical challenges, risks, and opportunities and drive coordinated solutions across teams.
• Partner closely with Network Operations, Security, Program Management, and other technical teams on network design, deployment, optimization, and complex troubleshooting.
• Act as a technical resource and mentor to network engineers across the organization.
• Provide guidance on complex network architecture, engineering, and troubleshooting issues.
• Participate in technical design reviews, peer reviews, training, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Promote consistent engineering practices, documentation, and operational standards.
• Identify opportunities to automate network provisioning, configuration, monitoring, testing, and operational workflows.
• Help evaluate, select, and improve network visibility, monitoring, and performance-management tools.
• Support the development and adoption of automation practices that improve network reliability and operational efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Flexibility (4x10 schedule)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or related

Tools

Cisco hardware

Juniper hardware

Arista hardware

Nokia hardware

Cisco NSO

NetBox

Python

Job description

We are a specialized technology staffing agency supporting professional and financial services companies. Why do we stand out in technology staffing? We listen and act as advisors for our candidates on how they can best add value, find interesting projects, and pave a path for career advancement. We advocate for the best pay, diversity in tech, and the best job fit for every candidate we place.

Our client, a non-profit technology and networking organization, is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join their team in La Mirada, CA!

The ideal candidate will play a strategic and highly technical role in the design, implementation, evolution, and long-term planning of a sophisticated, high-performance network infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Network Planning & Design

• Lead the design and evolution of optical and Layer 2/Layer 3 backbone and access networks under the direction of the Principal Engineer.
• Develop and maintain strategic and tactical engineering goals, project plans, and network roadmaps.
• Establish and maintain architectural standards, design templates, configuration policies, and engineering best practices.
• Conduct traffic analysis, capacity planning, and network performance assessments to guide long-term infrastructure decisions.
• Evaluate emerging networking technologies and industry trends.
• Participate in industry conferences and technical events as needed.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as a senior technical authority and architectural decision-maker for backbone and member-facing networks and services.
• Translate organizational objectives into technical roadmaps supporting long-term infrastructure and service strategies.
• Represent the organization in technical partnerships, industry initiatives, alliances, and external engagements.
• Identify systemic technical challenges, risks, and opportunities and drive coordinated solutions across teams.
• Partner closely with Network Operations, Security, Program Management, and other technical teams on network design, deployment, optimization, and complex troubleshooting.
• Act as a technical resource and mentor to network engineers across the organization.
• Provide guidance on complex network architecture, engineering, and troubleshooting issues.
• Participate in technical design reviews, peer reviews, training, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Promote consistent engineering practices, documentation, and operational standards.

Automation & Network Tooling

• Identify opportunities to automate network provisioning, configuration, monitoring, testing, and operational workflows.
• Help evaluate, select, and improve network visibility, monitoring, and performance-management tools.
• Support the development and adoption of automation practices that improve network reliability and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Advanced expertise in IP networking, including BGP, OSPF, and/or IS-IS.
• Strong knowledge of MPLS and Segment Routing.
• Extensive experience with VPN technologies, including L2VPN and IPVPN.
• Strong understanding of network traffic engineering, capacity planning, and backbone network architecture.
• Experience configuring, operating, and evaluating networking equipment from major vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and/or Nokia.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership through mentoring, peer reviews, architectural guidance, and adoption of engineering best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate with engineers, senior leadership, external partners, and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work a flexible 4x10 schedule, including days, evenings, weekends, or holidays when required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DWDM/optical networking, particularly Cisco NCS 2006 and/or NCS 1010 platforms.
• Experience with network automation for configuration, monitoring, testing, and provisioning.
• Proficiency or working knowledge of Python, Cisco NSO, NetBox, or similar network automation and management platforms.
• Experience designing and implementing IP peering with cloud providers, content providers, telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers, or other network operators.
• Experience working with large-scale research, education, Internet backbone, service provider, or high-availability network environments.
• Familiarity with emerging networking technologies and architectures.

The Position Follows a Unique Hybrid Schedule

• First two weeks of each month: Onsite.
• Last two weeks of each month: Remote.
• Four 10-hour shifts per week.
• Employees must be flexible to work any four days of the week, including all three shifts, weekends, and holidays when required by business or network operations.

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