Top Network Engineer Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

As a Staff Network Engineer at D-Wave, you'll design, implement, and maintain networking infrastructure, manage AWS environments, and ensure network security, while mentoring junior team members.

Designs, deploys, and operates high-performance InfiniBand and RoCE networking fabrics for GPU clusters, customer connectivity, and multi-site WANs. Manages routing, switching, BGP peering, public IPs, DDoS protection, automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, capacity planning, and security audits. Partners with the NOC and supports customer network architectures across layers 1 through 7.

Support application teams by designing, configuring, and operating F5 and cloud application delivery platforms. Configure BIG-IP and F5 Distributed Cloud, manage DNS/GTM, tune WAF, troubleshoot connectivity and performance, onboard applications, automate repeated work with AI-assisted tooling, maintain runbooks, respond via ServiceNow, and participate in on-call rotation.

Leads the design and implementation of enterprise network automation across on-premises and multi-cloud environments. Develops Infrastructure as Code using Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, and CI/CD pipelines; automates provisioning, configuration, monitoring, compliance, and lifecycle management. Supports routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers, troubleshoots incidents, performs root cause analysis, and drives network upgrades and cloud adoption. Establishes testing and engineering standards, mentors junior engineers, creates documentation, and participates in on-call support and frequent travel.

Support and operate enterprise application delivery platforms (F5 BIG-IP, F5 Distributed Cloud), onboard and configure applications, manage DNS/GTM, troubleshoot connectivity and performance, support WAF and edge protections, automate platform tasks, maintain documentation, and participate in on-call rotation.

The Network Engineer will support WAN refresh and Call Manager, focusing on Cisco Voice, Route, and Switch engineering. International travel is required.

Design, implement, and maintain data center, campus LAN, internet edge, and branch networks for hybrid cloud and SDDC environments. Automate deployments with CI/CD, configure firewalls/load balancers/routers/switches, perform capacity planning and monitoring, troubleshoot L2/L3 issues, support escalations, produce reports and documentation, coordinate with project teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Design, implement, and maintain data center, campus LAN, internet edge, and branch networks across hybrid cloud and SDDC platforms. Automate deployments, configure firewalls/load balancers/routers/switches, perform capacity planning and monitoring, manage escalations, produce operational documentation and KPIs, and mentor junior engineers while supporting 24/7 operations.

Design, deploy, and operate large-scale RDMA/RoCE network fabrics for OCI AI/HPC customers. Lead lifecycle and incident management, perform root cause analysis, develop automation and tooling, collaborate with product and vendor teams, and mentor junior engineers to improve reliability and operational readiness.

Design, automate, and maintain datacenter, cloud, and office networks. Develop automation (Ansible, scripts), troubleshoot connectivity, implement security, manage network OSes, participate in 24/7 on-call, and collaborate with engineering teams.

Design and maintain large-scale networks, automate network management with Go and Python, and collaborate with engineering teams to optimize performance.

Perform Layer 1 activation and restoration for carrier circuits, dark fiber, wavelengths, Ethernet handoffs, and cloud interconnects. Reconcile as-builts, troubleshoot optical faults, guide remote hands and carrier technicians, verify service acceptance, own tickets and handoffs, and automate the circuit bring-up lifecycle with scripts, APIs, and LLM-assisted diagnostics.

Design end-to-end datacenter network architectures for AI training and inference: topology, IP/routing, RDMA/lossless fabrics, physical integration (rack, power, cabling), and comprehensive HLD/LLD documentation. Collaborate with hardware, operations, cabling, software, and validation teams to produce deployable, scalable, and performance-validated designs.

Operate and maintain IP networking in a 24/7 SaaS environment. Troubleshoot network issues, manage service providers and equipment, perform capacity planning, execute network changes, assist with network activations, and participate in projects to improve WAN/connectivity and integrate partners and acquisitions.

Lead design, implementation, automation, and security operations for Azure cloud networking in FedRAMP High/IL4 environments. Build modular IaC (Terraform, ARM, Bicep), implement advanced networking and firewall controls, mentor team members, participate in on-call support, and translate compliance controls into enforceable guardrails.

The role involves designing and operating networking systems for AI infrastructure and optimizing performance across various technologies, requiring strong systems fundamentals.

Design, implement, and maintain on‑prem and cloud network infrastructure for HQ and global standards. Lead Zero Trust, firewall and VPN deployments, collaborate with engineering and lab teams, produce documentation, and troubleshoot network incidents to ensure availability and security.

Deploys, configures, and supports large-scale production and corporate networks and server infrastructure across data centers and POPs. Specifies and qualifies optical components, develops test procedures and performance models, creates rack/floor plans and vendor SOWs, manages assets and RMAs, troubleshoots network and circuit issues, documents and automates processes, and coordinates with internal teams and vendors to ensure successful network turn-up and customer satisfaction.

The Network Deployment Engineer II designs and supports optical systems and large-scale networks, collaborates with teams, and manages network deployments.

Operate, monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize global network infrastructure across datacenters and telco partners. Diagnose complex network incidents, drive root-cause analysis, implement long-term fixes, document configurations and procedures, coordinate cross-team remediation, and support network architecture, routing, and peering for LAN/WAN/wireless environments.

Design, deploy, and manage multi-cloud network and VDI infrastructure; implement VPN and Zero Trust security; monitor and tune network performance; troubleshoot connectivity; maintain documentation; train and mentor junior staff; provide on-call support and collaborate with security and engineering teams.

Support, maintain, and improve enterprise LAN/WAN/wireless, SD-WAN, VPN/remote access, and firewall environments. Troubleshoot connectivity, monitor network health, execute upgrades and changes, maintain documentation, collaborate with stakeholders and vendors, and provide occasional on-call and voice system support.

Design, implement, and support enterprise cloud network infrastructure across Azure, OCI, and GCP. Manage firewalls, Cisco devices, VPNs, VPCs, and virtual networking; deploy configurations with Terraform (including AWS security groups); enforce STIG/IAVM compliance; monitor performance; provide Level-2/3 troubleshooting and participate in 24/7 on-call rotation.

Partners with enterprise and MSP customers to identify network automation opportunities, analyze network environments and ITSM data, and architect automation solutions using NetBrain Runbooks, Qapps, Dataviews, and integrations. Trains customer engineers to maintain and expand automation capabilities, collaborates with vendor partners, researches automation content, and delivers reliable troubleshooting and network operations solutions.

Operate and lead data-center LAN infrastructure in a 24/7 SaaS environment. Own troubleshooting, incident response, and change management across Cisco Nexus, Palo Alto, and F5 platforms. Drive projects, architecture (VXLAN/EVPN), automation (Ansible, Terraform, Python), observability (Prometheus, Grafana, SolarWinds), and cloud networking (AWS, GCP). Mentor junior engineers, participate in on-call rotation, and define operational standards, reliability metrics (SLI/SLO), and preventive engineering.