Senior Network Engineer

Humana

Senior Network Engineer responsible for evaluating remote site solutions throughout Humana. Involves SDWAN design, performance optimization, and cloud network support.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • Florida, Kentucky, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $97,900 - $133,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudFirewallsSwitching

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Senior Network Engineer (Remote Solutions) is responsible for developing and evaluating remote site solutions throughout Humana and its subsidiaries.
This role prepares analyses of short-term and long-term capacity requirements for switching, routing, transmission, and signaling.
Conducting SDWAN network design and testing, as well as feasibility and cost studies.
Develop standard solutions and establish the required sequence of network activities.
Conduct evaluations to determine the impact on remote services.
Participate in departmental strategy and make decisions on moderately complex to highly complex technical issues related to project components.
Work performed independently, with considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
Participation in on-call and implementation duties during nights and weekends, as needed.
Deliver solutions for multi-platform network connectivity.
Optimize all aspects of the remote network ecosystem, such as performance, resiliency, availability, resource utilization, and innovation.
Provide cloud network design, engineering, and administrative support for both physical and virtual networking devices within multi-platform environments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS/BA, preferably in a technical or scientific field or in lieu of BS/BA, 4+ years industry experience + industry certifications
4+ years of experience working with SDWAN architecture network designs, implementations, and support
Network engineering certification such as CCNP, Fortinet NSE or equivalent
4+ years of technical network engineering experience, and 3+ years of project leadership experience
4+ years of Layer 2/ Layer 3 network architectural design (WAN/Cloud/Data Center) and engineering experience
4+ years of experience working with BGP and other WAN technologies
Strong experience supporting large-scale environments and remote sites
Experience with Cisco networking equipment
Experience with Palo Alto Firewalls
Experience in Site-to-Site VPN technologies
Knowledge of QoS and network security functions (firewalls, VPN, IPS, etc)
Ability to manage complex multi-organizational projects
Experience with implementing and operating software-defined network environments (Cisco, Aruba, Fortinet, Meraki etc)
Vendor management skills (hardware/software security vendors as well as third party vendors)
Experience working with Data Center Colocation facilities and virtual network fabric provided by vendors such as Equinix and Mega-Port.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision benefits
401(k) retirement savings plan
time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
short-term and long-term disability
life insurance and many other opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

SDWAN architecturenetwork designnetwork engineeringLayer 2 network designLayer 3 network designBGPSite-to-Site VPNQoSnetwork securitysoftware-defined networking

Soft Skills

project leadershipvendor managementindependent workstrategic decision makingcomplex problem solving

Certifications

CCNPFortinet NSE