Senior Network Engineer & Automation Leader

Ukg-6; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Network, to lead design, automation, and operation of our global network infrastructure. You will shape architecture, drive automation, and mentor engineers across data centers and cloud environments.

You will work with Architecture, Security, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable networking solutions, participate in on-call rotations, and ensure compliance with governance standards.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional network engineering experience.
• 7+ years developing or operating network automation using Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Experience leading design and delivery of network solutions across multiple teams or complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, route redistribution, and first-hop redundancy protocols (HSRP/VRRP).
• Experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting LAN/WAN environments (VLANs, trunking, STP, LACP, segmentation).
• Experience building CI/CD workflows to test or deploy infrastructure code or network configurations.
• Experience with public cloud networking (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Willingness to participate in on-call and after-hours work.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, automation, and operation of network infrastructure across data centers and cloud environments.
• Set technical direction for complex network initiatives and ensure long-term maintainability.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines that test and deploy network configurations and infrastructure code.
• Mentor engineers and drive automation for network provisioning and compliance validation.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Cloud Infrastructure and Product teams to align solutions with business needs.
• Investigate and resolve high-impact network issues using diagnostic tools.

Skills

12+ years experience in network eng

Network automation

Network solution design

Routing protocols

LAN/WAN

CI/CD for infra

Public cloud networking

On-call readiness

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Cisco

Juniper

Palo Alto

F5

Job description

UKG is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Network, to lead design, automation, and operation of our global network infrastructure. You will shape architecture, drive automation, and mentor engineers across data centers and cloud environments.

You will work with Architecture, Security, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable networking solutions, participate in on-call rotations, and ensure compliance with governance standards.