Senior Network Engineer & Automation Lead (Hybrid)

Florida Blue Group; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid time off

Well-being days

Disability coverage

Job summary

Florida Blue is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate our enterprise network across campus, data center, cloud, and remote-user environments. This hands-on role also influences strategy, mentors juniors, and partners with security and application teams to deliver resilient networking outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of network infrastructure experience, a related Bachelor's degree, and strong leadership and communication skills in a fast-changing

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network infrastructure design and administration.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT/related field.
• Extensive network operations knowledge and experience.
• Ability to manage tasks independently and own responsibilities.
• Strong communication of complex technical information to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate enterprise network infrastructure across campus, data center, cloud, and remote users.
• Lead fleet of engineers and mentor junior team members.
• Develop automation and IaC (Python, Ansible, Terraform) for config management and change deployment.
• Collaborate with security, cloud, and application teams to ensure resilient, high-performance networks.
• Create and maintain network diagrams, runbooks, standards, and as-built records.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for network issues.

Skills

Network design

Cloud networking

Automation

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Datadog

ThousandEyes

SolarWinds

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Florida Blue is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate our enterprise network across campus, data center, cloud, and remote-user environments. This hands-on role also influences strategy, mentors juniors, and partners with security and application teams to deliver resilient networking outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of network infrastructure experience, a related Bachelor's degree, and strong leadership and communication skills in a fast-changing