Senior Network Services Engineer

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP); Buena Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP) is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design and evolve large-scale network infrastructure while supporting long-term network planning and collaborating with engineering and operations teams to ensure reliable, scalable connectivity across critical systems.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring of engineers, and involvement in network architecture, automation, and capacity planning within a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of experience designing and supporting large-scale network infrastructure.
• Expertise with routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, or IS-IS; knowledge of MPLS or VPN services.
• Experience with enterprise or carrier-grade networking platforms such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, or similar vendors.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and contribute to network architecture, automation, and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve large-scale network infrastructure.
• Support long-term network planning and capacity.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to ensure reliable, scalable connectivity across critical systems.

Skills

Large-scale network design

BGP/OSPF/IS-IS routing

MPLS & VPN services

Cisco/Juniper/Arista platforms

Technical leadership & mentoring

Tools

Cisco

Juniper

Arista

Job description

We are working with a growing tech organization that is looking to add a Senior Network Engineer to their team. This role will focus on designing and evolving large-scale network infrastructure, supporting long-term network planning, and collaborating with engineering and operations teams to ensure reliable, scalable connectivity across critical systems.

Desired Skills

• 8-10+ years of experience designing and supporting large-scale network infrastructure
• Strong expertise with routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, or IS-IS and technologies including MPLS or VPN services
• Experience working with enterprise or carrier-grade networking platforms such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, or similar vendors
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and contribute to network architecture, automation, and capacity planning

This hybrid role offers the opportunity to work on high-performance network infrastructure while helping guide technical direction and long-term network strategy within a collaborative engineering environment.