Network Engineer 5

Discover Financial
Plano
Full timeUSD 209,000 - 238,500 annuallyFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Experience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Analytical and troubleshooting","Communication","Interpersonal skills","Mentoring"]

Architect and design end-to-end enterprise and cloud network connectivity, security, and automation frameworks, defining standards across vendor, cloud, and in-house systems. Drive protocol implementation patterns across campus WAN/SD-WAN, data centers, colocation, and SaaS fronted services. Partner with Cloud, Security, and SRE teams on observability/telemetry and self-healing automation, lead critical incident response with root-cause analysis, and mentor engineers on reliability and networking best practices.

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Network Engineer 5

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Job Summary

Architect and design end-to-end enterprise and cloud network connectivity, security, and automation frameworks, defining standards across vendor, cloud, and in-house systems. Drive protocol implementation patterns across campus WAN/SD-WAN, data centers, colocation, and SaaS fronted services. Partner with Cloud, Security, and SRE teams on observability/telemetry and self-healing automation, lead critical incident response with root-cause analysis, and mentor engineers on reliability and networking best practices.
Location: Plano
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect and design end-to-end connectivity systems with security and operational frameworks for network transformation.
  • •Structure and design how upstream systems interact with running systems, building end-state configuration frameworks for deploy, change, and maintenance.
  • •Define standards and implementation patterns for protocol frameworks across campus WAN/SD-WAN, colocation facilities, data centers, cloud, and SaaS fronted services.
  • •Own the architecture and lifecycle of enterprise and cloud network ecosystems across connectivity, security, and automation layers.
  • •Lead critical incident response, drive root-cause analysis for durable reliability improvements, and partner with Cloud/Security/SRE teams on observability and self-healing automation.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 209,000 - 238,500 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or at least 8 years of network engineering experience, including management of network systems.
  • •8+ years of experience with routing protocols including BGP, link-state protocols, and tunneling protocols.
  • •8+ years of experience with network encapsulation technologies including LANs, virtual LANs, overlay networks, and network fabrics.
  • •8+ years of experience with physical network devices and designing, implementing, and maintaining network infrastructure.
  • •Experience/proficiency designing, deploying, and managing complex hybrid cloud environments and applying SRE principles for reliability, availability, and performance.
Experience:8+ years
Skills:Analytical and troubleshootingCommunicationInterpersonal skillsMentoring
Certifications:CCNP EnterpriseJNCIPAWS Advanced Networking Specialty
Tech Stack:BGPLink-State ProtocolsTunneling ProtocolsLANsVirtual LANsOverlay networksNetwork fabricsDeployment automationTerraformAnsiblePuppetChefKubernetesService meshesObservabilityTelemetrySelf-healing automationAWSSOC 2ISO 27001

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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