Principal Infrastructure Engineer- Network

The role

This individual contributor and technical leader is accountable for the engineering direction, reliability, and modernization of enterprise network and telephony services. The role shapes technical direction, leads high-impact initiatives, and establishes standards for connectivity and communication capabilities.

What you will do

• Leads engineering direction, reference implementations, standards, and multi-year roadmaps for enterprise network and telephony services.
• Designs and leads delivery of complex network transformations, WAN and wireless modernization, and cloud-connectivity programs.
• Establishes reusable enterprise patterns for segmentation, routing, secure connectivity, and automation.
• Leads resolution of high-impact connectivity, performance, voice, carrier, and operational problems.
• Defines network and telephony engineering measures for availability, performance, security, and compliance.
• Serves as a technical advisor to leaders and strategic vendors.
• Mentors senior engineers.
• Influences investment, vendor, carrier, sequencing, resilience, and lifecycle decisions.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, cybersecurity, telecommunications, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 10 or more years of progressive experience in network engineering, telecommunications, infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, technology operations, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success defining and leading enterprise-scale network and telephony strategy, modernization, automation, migrations, resilience improvements, and lifecycle initiatives.
• Expert-level experience with routing, switching, wireless, WAN, cloud connectivity, network services, telephony, unified communications, carrier services, automation, observability, security, technica
• Valid driver's license required.

Nice to have

• Professional or expert level Cisco, Juniper, Aruba, Arista, or comparable network and telecommunications certifications
• Experience shaping enterprise adoption of software-defined networking, cloud networking, network observability, infrastructure-as-code, or unified communications and contact-center technologies
• Experience in a regulated financial-services environment or with audit, risk, and control requirements
• Experience defining enterprise service-level objectives and indicators, network performance measures, capacity baselines, and availability reporting
• Experience leading enterprise-scale wireless, carrier, contact-center, or multi-site network transformation initiatives

Benefits

• Hybrid model – up to 50% work from home
• Flexible schedules including ample flexibility in the summer months
• Up to 9% towards 401k (3% fixed Compeer contribution plus up to 6% match)
• medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life & AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness program & EAP
• Vacation, sick leave, holidays/floating holidays, parental leave, and volunteer paid time off
• Learning and development programs
• Mentorship programs
• Cross-functional committee opportunities
• Professional membership/certification reimbursement

Before you apply

• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States
• Compeer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time

About the company

Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They provide financial services to support agriculture and rural communities.