Senior Network Engineer — WAN, SD-WAN & Mesh Networks

State of Oklahoma; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 95,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation leave

Sick leave

Holidays

Benefits package

Job summary

State of Oklahoma's OMES is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise WAN, SD‑WAN, and wireless mesh networks. The role focuses on secure, resilient networking across distributed sites in Oklahoma City and beyond, with on‑call responsibilities and collaboration with cybersecurity teams.

The position is on-site in Oklahoma City, offers competitive salary up to $105,000 and a comprehensive benefits package, plus generous leave and holidays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on enterprise network engineering experience.
• Focus on WAN technology and SD-WAN.
• Strong analytical, documentation and cross-functional communication skills.
• Experience with SD-WAN platforms and network automation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure and optimize enterprise WAN solutions (MPLS, broadband, LTE/5G, SD WAN).
• Lead deployment and optimization of wireless mesh networks (node placement, RF optimization, failover).
• Collaborate with network architects on strategy, standards and reference architectures.
• Implement routing technologies (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP) and dynamic path selection.
• Support secure remote access, VPN architectures and hybrid connectivity.
• Provide Tier 3/4 escalation support for WAN and wireless issues.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation and after-hour production support.
• Conduct capacity planning and resiliency testing across WAN and mesh environments.
• Develop network documentation, topology diagrams and standards.
• Work with cybersecurity to enforce segmentation and zero trust.

Skills

Enterprise network engineering

WAN technology

Analytical & communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or related field

Tools

SD-WAN platforms

Routing protocols (OSPF/BGP/EIGRP)

Cloud networking (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Job description

State of Oklahoma's OMES is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise WAN, SD‑WAN, and wireless mesh networks. The role focuses on secure, resilient networking across distributed sites in Oklahoma City and beyond, with on‑call responsibilities and collaboration with cybersecurity teams.

The position is on-site in Oklahoma City, offers competitive salary up to $105,000 and a comprehensive benefits package, plus generous leave and holidays.