Network Engineer, Consultant

Network Engineer, Consultant

We are seeking a highly skilled Network Engineer, Consultant to implement, support, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments. This role is part of the Network Engineering team and is responsible for executing network designs, maintaining standards, and ensuring the operational health of critical network services. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on expertise across routing, switching, security, and data center technologies, with the ability to operate independently in complex environments and support both engineering and operational activities.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Implement network designs and architecture defined by Principal Engineers
• Own lifecycle management for assigned network domains (deployment, upgrades, decommissioning)
• Execute network builds, upgrades, and enhancements across WAN, LAN, data center, and cloud environments
• Handle escalated incidents and perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide operational support for critical services
• Execute SD-WAN, hybrid connectivity, and infrastructure deployment activities
• Translate technical requirements into detailed configurations and deployment plans
• Ensure adherence to established network standards and best practices
• Maintain and enforce configuration standards and operational procedures
• Document system design, operational processes, and maintenance activities
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency
• Execute complex changes in production environments with minimal disruption
• Partner with operations teams to ensure service stability and performance
• Support network implementation for data center, cloud, and application migration efforts
• Work with cross-functional teams to deliver network components of larger initiatives
• Serve as a technical liaison between engineers, operations teams, and vendors
• Provide guidance to junior engineers and support knowledge sharing
• Act as the domain owner for assigned technologies, ensuring operational health and consistency

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience:

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in enterprise networking
• Requires strong hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching (Catalyst, Nexus), Cisco Wireless networking (Cisco APs and Cisco Catalyst 9800), network security (Palo Alto, Cisco Firepower, VPN technologies), load balancing (F5 or equivalent), cloud networking experience (Azure, AWS), and automation, Scripting, and IAC (Ansible, Terraform, Python)
• Requires deep understanding of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), network segmentation (VRF, VLANs), and WAN connectivity and design,
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex network issues in production environments
• Experience executing changes with minimal service impact
• Strong documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Preferred experience with Cisco ACI
• Preferred experience with Infoblox (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)
• Preferred experience with network monitoring tools (e.g., SolarWinds)

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

About Us

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus' vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus' objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California's vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model:

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.