Senior Network Engineer — Automation & Modern Networking

American Family Insurance Group; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) contribution

Pension plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

American Family Insurance Group is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, operate, and evolve the enterprise network. You’ll work across a complex environment to deliver reliable, secure, scalable solutions while exploring automation and Infrastructure as Code.

You will collaborate across teams, optimize network services, and help modernize networking practices with a focus on security and performance. This role emphasizes hands-on engineering and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions or services.
• Basic knowledge of application architecture, design alternatives, and development standards.
• Experience communicating technical information clearly.
• Experience developing complex software/systems using one or more programming languages.
• Experience integrating applications, databases and technology platforms.
• Experience analyzing and estimating project size and work efforts for software solutions.
• Experience writing and modeling application system design and program specifications.
• Solid understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Solid understanding of integration and migration strategies and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement network solutions; lead LAN, WAN, VPN, routing, wireless design.
• Engineer modern network environments using Cisco SD-WAN, Meraki, ACI.
• Configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize network infrastructure.
• Manage DNS, DHCP, and IPAM including Infoblox DDI.
• Implement and manage network security practices.
• Develop network automation and IaC to improve consistency and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver effective solutions.
• Document network configurations and communicate with technical and nontechnical partners.

Skills

Customer-driven solutions

Technical communication

Programming language experience

Applications integration

SDLC knowledge

Estimation experience

System design modeling

Migration strategies

Tools

Infoblox DDI

Cisco Meraki

Cisco ACI

Cisco SD-WAN

Job description

American Family Insurance Group is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, operate, and evolve the enterprise network. You’ll work across a complex environment to deliver reliable, secure, scalable solutions while exploring automation and Infrastructure as Code.

You will collaborate across teams, optimize network services, and help modernize networking practices with a focus on security and performance. This role emphasizes hands-on engineering and continuous learning.