Engineering & IT · Seattle, WA

Network Engineer jobs in Seattle, WA

Network engineers design, build, and maintain the networks that connect an organization — routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, and increasingly cloud and software-defined networking.

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Senior Network Engineer - EPC / 5G Core

Bellevue, WA · Temporary

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Network Engineer - EPC/5G Core in Bellevue, WA. Summary: We are seeking experienced Network Engineers to support the testing, deployment, upgrade, optimization, and troublesho…

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Network Developer

Oracle · Seattle, WA · Full-time

We are the AI Infrastructure - Network Operations team at OCI. We support and operate the RDMA/RoCE network fabrics for OCI's largest... ...running the RDMA network underneath your workload. A Senior Network Engineer on…

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Staff Network Engineer, Backbone

CoreWeave · Bellevue, WA
$207k - $270k

March 2025. Learn more at What You'll Do: The Backbone & Edge team is responsible for the engineering and operational excellence of CoreWeave's global backbone network. As a Staff Network Engineer, you will drive the des…

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$225k - $275k

that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. About this Role Crusoe Cloud is seeking a Senior Staff Network Deployment Engineer to serve as the technical owner of how we deploy network infrastructure across…

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HPC Network Engineer

Hudson River Trading · Seattle, WA
$200k - $275k

Hudson River Trading’s High Performance Computing (HPC) Network Engineering team designs and engineers the low-latency communications infrastructure that underpins our incredibly large GPU and CPU compute clusters. Our m…

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What network engineers earn in Seattle

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $35–$49 $72k–$102k
Mid level $49–$67 $102k–$140k
Senior $65–$87 $135k–$181k

Adjusted for the Seattle market from national ranges.

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What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

Routing and switching (BGP, OSPF)Cisco or Juniper platformsFirewalls and VPNsTCP/IP deep knowledgeWireless networkingNetwork monitoring toolsCloud networking (VPC, SD-WAN)Automation (Python, Ansible)Documentation and diagrams
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Interview questions worth rehearsing

With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for

Users at one site report intermittent connectivity. How do you troubleshoot?

Work the layers: physical, then switching, routing, and upstream — using monitoring data to narrow scope. Intermittent issues test patience and method, so show both.

Explain what happens at each OSI layer when a user loads a website.

Keep it crisp and accurate through the layers; this is a fluency check. Tie each layer to a real troubleshooting tool you would use there.

How would you design the network for a new office?

Ask about size and needs first, then cover segmentation, redundancy, wireless coverage, and internet failover. Mentioning documentation and future growth rounds it out.

When would you use BGP versus OSPF?

External versus internal routing in essence — explain it through where each lives in a real network you have run rather than textbook definitions alone.

Tell me about a change you made that caused an outage, and what you learned.

Everyone in networking has one. Show the discipline that came out of it: change windows, peer review, rollback configs staged in advance.

How are you using automation in network operations?

Config templating, compliance checks, or Python/Ansible scripts — even small examples count. The field is moving this way and interviewers check for the trajectory.

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Resume tips that move the needle

For network engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here

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State network scale: sites, users, devices, and bandwidth managed — it is the first credibility check.

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List certifications prominently (CCNA, CCNP) since networking still hires heavily on them.

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Name specific platforms (Cisco IOS/NX-OS, Meraki, Palo Alto, Fortinet) rather than 'networking equipment'.

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Quantify reliability wins: uptime improved, outage minutes reduced, failover designs that worked when tested.

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Include automation and cloud networking experience — it distinguishes you from config-only candidates.

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Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 Network Technician
02 Network Engineer
03 Senior Network Engineer
04 Network Architect
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