Senior Network Engineer & Automation Leader

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior technical specialist to design and optimize data-driven solutions for complex network and data center environments. You will mentor teammates, analyze data, and lead cross-functional initiatives with engineering, IT, and operations.

The role emphasizes Python-based automation, LLM API integration, and building scalable workflows to replace manual processes while maintaining critical services and vendor coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of equivalent work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience (technical facilities planning, facility engineering, Network Systems or a related technical discipline).
• Power, Space, and Cooling design and/or construction experience in a telecommunications or data center environment.
• Experience with Python for data analysis, automation, and model development.
• Hands-on experience integrating or building with LLM APIs (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, or equivalent).
• Experience building automated workflows, bots, or scripts that replace or augment manual operational processes.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and presenting complex data; proficiency with SQL, Oracle, and SQL Server for data modeling, and visualization tools including Looker and Tableau.
• Experience leading through influence in a cross-functional team environment across engineering, IT, and operations.
• Basic understanding of electrical systems, DC power design, and telecommunications network architecture.

Responsibilities

• Developing resolutions to complex problems that require the frequent use of creativity.
• Conducting analysis of situations or data requiring an in-depth evaluation of variable factors and exercising judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Providing mentoring to other team members on networking, application design, engineering and automation while acting as the final escalation point to support production service issues.
• Leading performance meetings with the vendor, planning and maintenance engineering and creating detailed project plans.
• Finishing projects independently and meeting tight timelines without impacting critical services.
• Developing excellent working relationships with and working as a partner with other departments and vendors.

Skills

Python

LLM APIs

Automation scripts

SQL

Oracle

SQL Server

Looker

Tableau

Cross-functional leadership

Electrical systems basics

Telecom network design

Power/Space/Cooling design

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior technical specialist to design and optimize data-driven solutions for complex network and data center environments. You will mentor teammates, analyze data, and lead cross-functional initiatives with engineering, IT, and operations.

The role emphasizes Python-based automation, LLM API integration, and building scalable workflows to replace manual processes while maintaining critical services and vendor coordination.