Network Engineer Lead

About SILAC

SILAC Insurance Company is one of the fastest-growing insurance companies in the nation and continues to be a top contender in the industry. SILAC offers industry-leading annuity products that help individuals prepare for retirement. We align around a shared vision of providing clean, simple & competitive products for clients, delivering best-in-class service to agents & business partners, and propelling the success of our employees.

With a fast-growing team of more than 300 employees, we are committed to remaining adaptable, innovative, and trustworthy for our clients, agents, and employees.

• Adaptability & Continuous Improvement
• Transparency & Trust, Honesty & Integrity
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Gratitude & Compassion

At SILAC Insurance Company, we welcome and encourage diversity and are dedicated to creating an environment and culture that is respectful and inclusive for everyone.

The Network Engineer III serves as the lead engineer for the Network Infrastructure team and is responsible for the architecture, operation, and reliability of all network communications supporting business-critical services. As a key member of the IT Operations organization, this role oversees network monitoring, design, documentation, and coordination of day-to-day and project-based work. This position partners closely with IT Security, Infrastructure, Service Desk, and other business departments to maintain a secure, resilient, and highly visible network environment.

The Network Engineer III ensures proactive identification and resolution of issues, adherence to security best practices, and consistent delivery of high-quality network services.

Design, build, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure with a security‑first mindset, partnering closely with the IT Security team to ensure alignment with Zero Trust principles, segmentation standards, compliance requirements, and secure configuration baselines.

Serve as the technical lead for network initiatives, providing architectural guidance, establishing engineering standards, evaluating emerging technologies, and influencing long‑term roadmap planning across WAN, LAN, WLAN, cloud networking, and data center environments.

Provide expert input and leadership on all network‑related projects, including requirements gathering, solution design, capacity planning, vendor/product selection, and implementation oversight. Proactively identify necessary upgrades, optimizations, and risk areas, recommending improvements and providing clear budgeting insight to support planning, prioritization, and long‑term investment decisions.

Possess deep, hands‑on expertise with Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto platforms, including advanced routing (BGP, OSPF, EVPN), switching, firewalling, VPNs, and SD‑WAN. Experience with automation tooling (Ansible, Terraform, Python) is strongly preferred.

Create and maintain detailed network documentation, including Visio diagrams, architecture standards, CMDB entries, and asset inventories, ensuring accuracy and consistency across environments.

Oversee day‑to‑day operations of the network environment, lead response to high‑severity incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and ensure proactive maintenance, monitoring, and lifecycle planning.

Manage and provide technical oversight for third‑party network service providers, ensuring delivery within SLAs, reviewing solution quality, and influencing vendor performance and architecture decisions.

Prioritize, assign, and oversee network‑related service requests and incident queues, ensuring timely response and guiding junior engineers in troubleshooting and best practices.

Work closely with Service Desk, Infrastructure, Security, and BI&A teams to ensure consistent platform alignment, reduce manual processes, and support a simplified, resilient enterprise environment.

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