Staff Network Engineer: Hyperscale WAN & Automation

Insight Global; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 200,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading networking solutions provider is looking for a Staff Network Engineer (WAN) in Austin, Texas. This role involves designing and managing a global network backbone for data centers and GPU clusters, focusing on secure and reliable WANs. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in network infrastructure engineering, with advanced knowledge of routing protocols and automation tools. Competitive full-time position with an emphasis on collaboration across teams to ensure high-performance connectivity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in network infrastructure engineering with experience designing and operating global WANs.
• Deep knowledge of routing protocols and traffic engineering.
• Strong Linux system administration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design global WAN infrastructure for hyperscale datacenter interconnects.
• Monitor and optimize routing and bandwidth utilization.
• Implement redundancy and disaster recovery strategies.

Skills

Network infrastructure engineering

Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF)

MPLS

Linux networking

Automation tools (Ansible, Terraform)

Fiber optics

Monitoring stacks (Grafana, Prometheus)

Documentation skills

Communication skills

Tools

DWDM

Fiber optic transport

NetBox

Nlyte

Job description

A leading networking solutions provider is looking for a Staff Network Engineer (WAN) in Austin, Texas. This role involves designing and managing a global network backbone for data centers and GPU clusters, focusing on secure and reliable WANs. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in network infrastructure engineering, with advanced knowledge of routing protocols and automation tools. Competitive full-time position with an emphasis on collaboration across teams to ensure high-performance connectivity.