Senior Network Engineer

*This role does not offer visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship, including CPT, OPT, TN, or H-1B. **This is a hybrid position with onsite requirements. Candidates should live within a reasonable commuting distance (approximately 50 miles) of Rancho Cordova, CA , and will be expected to work onsite 1-2 days per week.

The Senior Network Engineer will be responsible for support of the enterprise network infrastructure to ensure that computer/telephony communications for all Delta Dental locations are functional, operational and optimized to provide highly available network services to the Delta Dental enterprise. This includes network infrastructure engineering and maintenance of all network equipment to support a broad range of communication services to include, but not limited to disciplines such as Network LAN, WAN, MAN, SAN, Wireless, VPNs, Firewalls, Security, VoIP, Video Conferencing, Load Balancers, etc.

Plans, designs and implements enterprise network infrastructure equipment upgrades/changes, IT equipment refreshes as well as incorporate large facility relocations & office moves Plans, coordinates, implements and configures various types of network infrastructure (switches, routers, firewalls, out-of-band equipment, load balancers, wireless controllers, VPN, etc.)

Responsible for plan and design of F5 Load Balancer infrastructure and creates and maintains application related VIPs Plans, designs and implements Cisco firewall infrastructure and ability to create ACL’s Troubleshoots network infrastructure equipment and circuits as it relates to application and performance issues Works with technical teams to design and implement new or advanced technologies Designs, plans and implements highly technical and complicated changes Designs, plans and provides network support for new applications Participates in an on-call rotation and performs after-hours network changes and support as needed.

4+ years of professional network engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience. Experience with firewall infrastructure and management. Experience with F5 load balancers.

Experience with routing and switching, including Cisco and/or Arista network devices. Ability to understand business plans and apply that information into the development of an IT business case. Anticipates problems, resistance or likely objections and takes action to resolve them. Ability to lead and manage small to large enterprise network implementations or changes.

Ability to guide, train and mentor associate engineers. Highly skilled in developing quantitative cost/benefit analysis to measure improvements. Proficient in organizational processes as well as capable of assessing and initiating change of such processes. Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge and application of competency and can consult as well as lead others in its application.

Experience with network monitoring tools such as Solar. Winds and/or Datadog is nice to have. Base Pay Information The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental’s assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications.

Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity. Pay Grade 21. $81,265 - $176,073