{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"c47d4271d3671287daa4022c","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/c47d4271d3671287daa4022c","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/c47d4271d3671287daa4022c","title":"Senior Network Engineer","description":"Who we are\n\nAurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.\n\nThe Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.\n\nAt Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.\n\nWhat we are looking for\n\nAurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all.\n\nWe're searching for a Senior Network Engineer (P6) to join our Network Engineering team. This is a senior individual contributor role for an experienced engineer who can own network architecture and operations end to end. You'll design, build, and scale the networks that keep Aurora running — from corporate offices to third-party factories and Aurora Truck Terminal facilities.\n\nYou'll set technical direction for the environments you own, lead complex deployments, resolve the hardest connectivity challenges at scale, and raise the bar for engineers around you.\n\nIn this role you will\n\nDesign, deploy, and operate network infrastructure (switches, routers, wireless access points, and firewalls) across Aurora's offices, third-party manufacturing sites, and Aurora Truck Terminal facilities, owning projects from architecture through implementation.\n\nLead enterprise network security implementations, including 802.1X and ClearPass Policy Manager (or equivalent NAC solutions), network segmentation, and firewall policy design.\n\nOwn monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning for the network, and drive incident response, root cause analysis, and follow-through on complex connectivity issues.\n\nArchitect and scale LAN, WLAN, and VPN environments, making design decisions across routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), switching, and VLAN and segmentation strategy.\n\nBuild and maintain network automation and Infrastructure as Code using Python, CI/CD pipelines, and source of truth tooling to eliminate manual work and enforce configuration consistency.\n\nEstablish and maintain network standards and documentation, including reference architectures, diagrams, IP address management (IPAM), and operational runbooks.\n\nPartner with IT, Security, and other engineering teams to scope and deliver network requirements for new sites, launches, and terminal buildouts, often on aggressive timelines.\n\nMentor engineers earlier in their careers, review designs and change requests, and help shape the technical direction and operational standards of the team.\n\nParticipate in an on-call rotation and support planned maintenance windows in support of a 24/7 operation.\n\nRequired qualifications\n\n8+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating enterprise or campus networks in production environments.\n\nDeep expertise in networking fundamentals and protocols: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, subnetting, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, spanning tree, and QoS.\n\nHands-on experience with enterprise network hardware and platforms (e.g., Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet) at scale.\n\nProven experience with enterprise wireless design and network access control (802.1X, RADIUS, NAC).\n\nStrong automation skills with Python, and experience applying Infrastructure as Code and version control to network operations.\n\nDemonstrated ownership of complex, cross-functional network projects from design through deployment, including vendor and carrier management.\n\nExcellent troubleshooting skills on ambiguous, high-severity issues, and the communication skills to work with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nWillingness to travel occasionally to Aurora facilities and partner sites, and to participate in an on-call rotation.\n\nDesirable qualifications\n\nProfessional or expert-level certifications (e.g., Cisco CCNP or CCIE, Juniper JNCIP or JNCIE, JNCIA-DevOps, PCNSE).\n\nExperience with network monitoring and source of truth tooling (e.g., LibreNMS, Nautobot, TIG stack, or similar).\n\nProduction cloud networking experience on a major platform (e.g., AWS, GCP), including VPC design and hybrid connectivity such as Direct Connect or Cloud Interconnect.\n\nExperience supporting manufacturing, industrial, or logistics facilities, including OT and IIoT segmentation.\n\nExperience with CI/CD for network changes and Infrastructure as Code tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, Terraform, Spacelift).\n\nExperience supporting high-bandwidth data ingest or large-scale data transfer environments.\n\nFor roles based in Mountain View, CA or San Francisco, CA: The salary range for this position is $127,000 - $204,000 per year.\n\nFor roles based in Pittsburgh, PA: The salary range for this position is $115,000 - $184,000 per year.\n\nAurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.\n\nWorking at Aurora\n\nAt Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.\n\nWe believe in-person work increases collaboration, empathy and our ability to lead effectively. As a result, we operate in a hybrid work environment where Aurorans are in office at least 3 days per week.\n\nOur Careers page provides insight into what it is like to work at Aurora, and you can find all the latest updates in our Newsroom.\n\nOur commitment to safety\n\nAt the core of everything we do is our commitment to safety. Building best-in-class self-driving technology will take time, and we believe that each employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. Aurora expects commitment to our safety policies from every employee, and seeks candidates who take an active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization’s long-term success by prioritizing working safely, no matter what.\n\nOur commitment to inclusion\n\nAurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at careersiteaccommodations@aurora.tech.\n\nFor California applicants, information collected and processed as part of your application and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Aurora’s California Employment Privacy Policy.","company":"Aurora","rawCompany":"aurora","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T08:32:25.749Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"15-1241.00","title":"Computer Network Architects","slug":"computer-network-architects"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541513","title":"Computer Facilities Management Services","slug":"computer-facilities-management-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Network Engineer","description":"Who we are\n\nAurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.\n\nThe Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.\n\nAt Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. 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As a result, we operate in a hybrid work environment where Aurorans are in office at least 3 days per week.\n\nOur Careers page provides insight into what it is like to work at Aurora, and you can find all the latest updates in our Newsroom.\n\nOur commitment to safety\n\nAt the core of everything we do is our commitment to safety. Building best-in-class self-driving technology will take time, and we believe that each employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. 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If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at careersiteaccommodations@aurora.tech.\n\nFor California applicants, information collected and processed as part of your application and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Aurora’s California Employment Privacy Policy.","datePosted":"2026-09-15T08:32:25.749Z","dateModified":"2026-09-15T08:32:25.749Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Aurora","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Millbrae","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"c47d4271d3671287daa4022c"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/c47d4271d3671287daa4022c"}}