Network Engineering Lead
Listed on 2026-03-01
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Engineering
Systems Engineer -
IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, IT Consultant
Overview
Requisition | Relocation Authorized:
None | Telework Type:
Part-Time Telework |
Work Location:
Glendale, AZ
Bechtel is searching for a Network Engineering Lead for our Central Network Services group. This team is responsible for all aspects of enterprise network engineering services, including WAN, LAN, Wireless and Datacenter Network design and standards as well as gateway technologies such as outbound access to Internet and inbound access to applications hosted in datacenters. This position is designated as part-time telework per our global telework policy and may require at least three days of in-person attendance per week at the assigned office or project.
Weekly in-person schedules will be determined by the individual and their supervisor, in consultation with functional or project leadership.
- Lead implementation and design projects in a global environment with team members in many countries around the world
- Provide regular status updates and metrics of work and projects
- Create and maintain operational standards, procedures and diagrams
- Design, implement and support network designs that meet security guidelines and follow industry standards and best practices for both wired and wireless networks
- Follow Change Management procedures and adhere to security guidelines
- Troubleshoot application and network performance issues in a multi-vendor environment with key elements of the architecture provided by Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Aruba, Silver Peak, Fortinet and others
- Provide third level technical support for complex connectivity and application access issues
- Train and support team members in new and emerging technologies
- Recommend solutions based on standards as well as proprietary solutions to complex networking requirements based on fitness for purpose and lifecycle cost, not single vendor approach
- Work with technology vendors to improve overall network performance and reliability
- Requires bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related curriculum of study
- 13 years of experience in IT Network Operations, with knowledge of and experience configuring network equipment and supporting user/application connectivity requirements
- 2 or more recent years of experience with either Juniper SRX or Palo Alto firewalls
- CCNP or JNCIP certification Preferred
- US Citizenship required
- Ability to analyze complex connectivity and application problems to find root cause of failure
- Ability to adapt to new technologies and complex infrastructures
- Advanced understanding of routing protocols and standards including BGP, OSPF and PIM and knowledge of proprietary protocols like EIGRP and DMVPN
- Advanced understanding of Layer 2 Switching technologies including STP, Port-Channel, VTP, VPC, VSS etc.
- Advanced knowledge of network monitoring SNMP management solutions like Whats Up Gold or Solarwinds Orion
- Advanced Knowledge of enterprise Wireless technologies and troubleshooting
- Intermediate Knowledge of automation tools such as Ansible and scripting experience (e.g. Python or Power Shell)
- Experience analyzing traffic flows looking for performance issues with tools like Wire Shark or Fiddler
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