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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Onsite
At MGIC, we take pride in knowing that what we do matters. As pioneers of private mortgage insurance, we help people achieve homeownership sooner - making affordable low-down-payment mortgages a reality. Our efforts have helped more than 14 million people get the keys to their own homes sooner than otherwise possible. Every position is critical to our company's success - from the analytical to the technical; from the innovative to the operational. The customer-facing roles to behind-the-scenes experts, we're all part of one team. We're an organization with a national footprint that's large enough to never lack for a new challenge, but small enough for an opportunity to make an impact and influence decisions. Come make a difference at MGIC.
Position Summary
The Senior Platform Engineer, Network, plays a key role in designing, building, and continuously improving the secure, reliable, and automated network services that support our business. This position spans campus, WAN, wireless, data center connectivity, and cloud environments, and works closely with architecture, infrastructure, security, and application teams to turn approved designs into thoughtfully engineered, supportable solutions. In addition to engineering work, this role provides technical leadership, mentors fellow engineers, and helps shape the long-term direction of our network platform.
Key Responsibilities
· Engineer, maintain, and improve core, campus, wireless, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, firewall, load balancing, data center connectivity, and cloud network services with a strong focus on security, performance, and resilience.
· Translate approved architecture into detailed designs, automation, and clear documentation, delivering solutions that operations teams can confidently support.
· Strengthen reliability through effective observability, disciplined operational practices, incident response and root cause analysis, participation in the on-call rotation, and thoughtful lifecycle management.
· Proactively identify risks, capacity needs, technical debt, and modernization opportunities, and use those insights to inform service roadmaps and future investments.
· Partner with teams across Technology Services, mentor and develop other engineers, share knowledge openly, and influence technical decisions through expertise and trust rather than direct authority.
Qualifications
Qualifications
· 7+ years of progressive experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, network operations, or a closely related field.
· Advanced knowledge of routing, switching, wireless, network segmentation, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, firewalls, load balancing, and packet analysis, along with BGP and other relevant routing protocols.
· Proven experience supporting complex campus, WAN, data center, cloud, and hybrid network environments.
· Practical experience with Python or comparable scripting languages, APIs, Git, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD or GitOps practices.
· Experience implementing and using monitoring, telemetry, logging, and alerting tools, as well as defining and tracking meaningful network performance measures.
· Ability to translate approved architecture into detailed, practical solutions and to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues that span multiple platforms and teams.
· Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills, with a demonstrated ability to mentor others and provide technical leadership.
· Genuine curiosity and a commitment to continuous learning, with a habit of staying current on emerging network, cloud, and automation technologies and applying new knowledge to improve the platform.
Preferred Skills
· Experience with Arista networking, BlueCat DNS/DHCP/IPAM, Palo Alto firewalls, Kemp load balancers, Aruba wireless, or Citrix networking technologies.
· Experience designing or supporting network connectivity in AWS, Azure, GCP, or comparable cloud environments.
· Experience with network automation, configuration compliance, automated testing, and operating practices focused on reliability.
· Experience working in regulated or highly available environments, along with an understanding of ITIL, Agile, Lean, or SRE principles.
· Relevant industry certifications in networking, cloud, security, or automation.
Pay Range:
$105,590.00 - $179,510.00
This range aligns with current market data and reflects our commitment to competitive and equitable compensation. Salary offers are based on factors such as experience, skills, education, and training. The range may vary in certain locations to reflect local market conditions. It is not typical to initiate pay at the top of the range to account for internal equity and allow for future and continued salary growth
Enjoy these benefits from day one:
• Competitive Salary & pay-for-performance bonus
• Financial Benefits (401k with company match, profit sharing, HSA, wellness program)
• On-site Fitness Center and classes (corporate office)
• Paid-time off and paid company holidays
• Business casual dress
For additional information about MGIC and to apply, please visit our website at www.mgic.com/careers.
Note to all recruitment agencies:
MGIC does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Any unsolicited resumes sent to MGIC, directly or indirectly, will be considered MGIC property. MGIC is not responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. A recruiting agency must have a valid, written and fully executed agency agreement to assist with a requisition.