Lead Network Designer

Lead Network Designer

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Lead Network Designer to join the team in Hazelwood, MO; El Segundo, CA; Huntington Beach, CA; Huntsville, AL; Long Beach, CA; Mesa, AZ; Seattle, WA; or Plano, TX.

This individual will be responsible for defining, designing, and validating large-scale, resilient, secure network architectures across enterprise and multi-region environments. This role blends deep technical expertise with cross-functional leadership to drive network strategy, standards, and complex solution delivery.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end network architecture and design for global, multi-site, data center, cloud, and hybrid network solutions
• Define high-level and detailed designs (logical and physical), including topology, routing, IP addressing, segmentation, resilience, capacity, and Quality of Service (QoS)
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, reference designs, design patterns, and best practices
• Perform capacity planning, traffic engineering, and scalability analysis
• Validate designs with modeling and lab testing
• Lead technology selection and vendor evaluations for routing, switching, Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization, Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Ethernet Virtual Private Network/Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (EVPN/VXLAN), WAN acceleration, and security integration
• Create and review solution documentation including design drawings, implementation runbooks, cutover plans, rollback procedures, and acceptance criteria
• Provide technical leadership during implementation and handover to operations
• Troubleshoot and resolve escalated design or deployment issues
• Drive cross-team collaboration with security, cloud, storage, compute, procurement, and operations to ensure cohesive solutions
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level network engineers and designers
• Participate in architecture governance, architecture review boards, and present designs and trade-offs to stakeholders and executives
• Ensure designs meet compliance, security, performance, availability, and cost objectives
• Keep up to date on industry trends and emerging technologies
• Recommend strategic adoption where appropriate
• Present complex designs to multiple audiences, including executives
• Lead cross-functional technical discussions
• Manage multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously
• Architect and document network reference designs and standards
• Deliver complex network projects on time and within scope
• Reduce incidents attributable to design issues
• Measure improvements in performance and availability
• Adopt and automate repeatable deployment practices

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise network design and architecture (or equivalent)
• 10+ years of experience designing and implementing solutions (e.g. client/server, storage, network, cloud, information security concepts, etc.)
• Experience with Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting of Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN)
• Experience with BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
• Experience developing Python and Ansible scripts for automation
• Experience with network devices including Routers, Switches, and Firewalls
• Experience with precedence development, generating operating/recovery plans, capacity analysis, and constraint-based analysis
• Experience writing proposals, Request For Information (RFIs) and/or Request For Proposal (RFPs)
• Willing to work flexible hours, including on call support as needed (including weekends and holidays)
• Willing to Travel Domestically and internationally as needed

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Cisco Certified Network Professional/ Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCNP/CCIE) (Service Provider, Enterprise) or equivalent expert-level certifications
• Cloud certifications: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced/Professional, Azure Architect, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Professional Cloud Network Engineer
• Network automation certifications or proven automation project experience