Senior Network Engineer — Enterprise LAN/WAN & WLAN

Lower Colorado River Authority; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lower Colorado River Authority seeks a Sr Network Engineer to support its enterprise network team across campus and remote sites, including LAN, WAN, wireless, and VoIP services. You will maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize a multi-vendor environment and contribute to documentation and on-call incident response.

The role requires extensive network experience, Cisco/Aruba/Palo Alto/Arista expertise, and a focus on reliability, security, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Nine or more years of experience in designing and/or operating networks or relevant experience.
• A degree(s) in information technology, computer science or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure efficient network performance by maintaining core administrative and support functions for LCRA's enterprise network.
• Design, install, investigate and respond to network problems involving routers, multilayer switches, firewalls, load balancers and wireless access points.
• Participate in change management procedures when implementing system changes to minimize operational disruption.
• Maintain detailed documentation for network configurations, mapping, processes and configuration standards.
• Proactively monitor, analyze and review multi-platform networking environments and implement problem avoidance practices to maintain a high level of reliability and availability.
• Assist in the development of less experienced members within the team.

Skills

Network design & operation

On-call 24/7 support

Python/Ansible automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or CS

Tools

Cisco devices

Aruba devices

Palo Alto

Arista devices

Job description

Lower Colorado River Authority seeks a Sr Network Engineer to support its enterprise network team across campus and remote sites, including LAN, WAN, wireless, and VoIP services. You will maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize a multi-vendor environment and contribute to documentation and on-call incident response.

The role requires extensive network experience, Cisco/Aruba/Palo Alto/Arista expertise, and a focus on reliability, security, and continuous improvement.