Senior Staff Network Engineer

PacBio; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

PacBio is seeking a Sr. Staff Network Engineer to own architecture across enterprise, lab, and data center networks. You’ll drive multi-year roadmaps, design high-throughput paths, and lead network automation and security standards. Collaboration with IT, Security, Engineering, and Manufacturing is essential.

Role requires 10+ years of experience, a BA/BS in a related field, and strong Cisco/Arista/Juniper skills. On-site presence at PacBio locations is expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of network engineering experience in multi-site enterprises.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• Advanced routing and switching with Cisco/Arista/Juniper.
• Experience with data center spine-and-leaf, EVPN-VXLAN, and interconnects.
• Hands-on firewall, VPN, and zero-trust networking experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year LAN/WAN/SD-WAN and cloud connectivity roadmap.
• Design high-throughput paths from instruments to on-prem and AWS/Azure.
• Lead network standards, routing, DNS, IPAM, and reference designs.
• Own hybrid-cloud networking: Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPCs.
• Mentor engineers and communicate risks and investments.

Skills

Network engineering leadership

Architecture ownership

Network automation

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Cisco

Arista

Juniper

Palo Alto / Fortinet firewalls

Okta

AWS Direct Connect

Transit Gateway / VPC

Terraform / Ansible / Git

Job description

PacBio (NASDAQ PACB) is a premier life science technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures advanced sequencing solutions to help scientists and clinical researchers resolve genetically complex problems. Our mission is to enable the promise of genomics to better human health. Genomics is core to all biological processes, and our advanced genomics tools provide scientists and clinical researchers the insights to better understand biology and health. We are now entering the century of biology and genomics is at the heart of the next revolution. Become part of the new paradigm in gene sequencing and help shape the future of genomic study by joining the PacBio team.

Position Summary

The Sr. Staff Network Engineer is the senior technical authority for PacBio’s enterprise, lab, manufacturing, data center, and cloud networks. This individual contributor owns network architecture, long-term reliability, and technical standards across sites; enables high-throughput movement of sequencing data; strengthens segmentation and security for regulated environments; and advances network automation. The role provides technical leadership across IT, Information Security, Engineering, R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year network roadmap for LAN, WAN/SD-WAN, wireless, data centers, colocation, and cloud connectivity.


• Design resilient, high-throughput network paths from sequencing instruments to on-premises storage and AWS/Azure compute; address capacity and performance bottlenecks.


• Architect data center and colocation networks, including spine-and-leaf designs and redundant LAG/MLAG server, storage, and uplink connectivity.


• Define network standards for hardware, topology, addressing, BGP/OSPF routing, DNS, IPAM, and reference designs.


• Lead hybrid-cloud networking designs, including AWS Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPCs, and relevant Azure connectivity.


• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex incidents; lead root-cause analysis, post-incident reviews, observability, availability objectives, and capacity planning.


• Plan network lifecycle refreshes, site and colocation build-outs, and laboratory/data center moves with minimal business disruption.


• Own enterprise Wi-Fi performance and reliability across corporate, laboratory, and manufacturing facilities, including coverage, capacity, roaming, interference, authentication, monitoring, and wireless optimization.


• Manage the technical performance of ISPs and network carriers, including circuit inventories, utilization, service levels, outage escalations, redundancy, and connectivity improvements; partner with IT leadership on renewals and cost optimization.


• Partner with Information Security on Palo Alto Networks and other firewall policies, network segmentation, NAC/802.1X, and identity-integrated zero-trust access.


• Segment instrument, operational technology, and manufacturing networks; support validated-system change controls, audits, and ISO/SOX evidence.


• Integrate network and firewall logs with security monitoring and incident investigations.


• Advance network-as-code, configuration management, source control, and automated compliance using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and vendor APIs.


• Mentor engineers, review technical designs, assess vendors and MSPs, and communicate technical risks and investments to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of network engineering experience, including 3+ years owning architecture in a multi-site enterprise.


• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.


• Advanced routing and switching expertise (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, LAG/MLAG, spanning tree, QoS) using Cisco, Arista, or Juniper.


• Experience with data center spine-and-leaf architecture, EVPN-VXLAN, colocation cross-connects, and carrier/cloud interconnects.


• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting enterprise Wi-Fi performance and managing ISP/carrier services, circuit reliability, and vendor escalations.


• Hands‑on experience with next‑generation firewalls (Palo Alto Networks or Fortinet), VPN, network segmentation, and zero‑trust network access.


• Experience with identity‑integrated network access using Okta and enterprise wireless and SD‑WAN solutions.


• Experience with AWS networking (Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPC design, hybrid routing).


• Network monitoring and logging expertise (SNMP, telemetry, NetFlow/sFlow, syslog) and SIEM integration.


• Scripting and automation using Python and Ansible, with Git‑based workflows.


• Strong troubleshooting, packet analysis, technical documentation, and cross‑functional project leadership.


• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE, PCNSE, or AWS Advanced Networking certification.


• Experience in biotechnology, life sciences, medical devices, or regulated environments (GxP/ISO 13485).


• HPC/genomics data networking, 25/100 GbE, jumbo frames, RDMA, and research storage.


• OT/ICS segmentation, ZTNA/SASE platforms, and NAC tools such as Cisco ISE or Aruba ClearPass.


• Terraform, NetBox, or similar source-of-truth tools, and network observability platforms.


• Azure networking, international site deployments, or M&A network integrations.

Candidates must have current authorization to work in the United States without the need for present or future sponsorship.

This role is expected to be onsite approximately 80% of the time.

You may be required from time to time to visit and work at PacBio locations and for such times as the Company considers necessary for the proper performance of your duties.

All listed tasks and responsibilities are deemed as essential functions to this position; however, business conditions may require reasonable accommodations for additional tasks and responsibilities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

Salary Range

$170,400.00 - $255,600.00

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 650-521-8000, or [e-mail] for assistance.

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