Senior Network Engineer

About the role

We are recruiting a top-performing Senior Network Engineer to serve as the technical owner for Zillow’s on-prem network and employee access infrastructure. This role owns physical and logical on-prem network architecture, corporate LAN/WAN and Wi-Fi, the current Cisco SSL client VPN, and has a meaningful technical stake in the design and deployment of next-generation Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) architectures.

The engineer will work in close partnership with engineers across a range of experience levels as part of a team that collectively owns corporate infrastructure outcomes. This role provides technical leadership through hands-on engineering, collaboration, and influence—such as participating in design reviews, pairing on complex work, and leading incident response—while creating intentional opportunities to mentor and uplift more junior engineers. This mentorship is delivered through day-to-day engineering practices and shared problem-solving, not people management.

This is a senior individual contributor role with significant autonomy, influence, and accountability, but no people management.

Primary Responsibilities

Own the architecture, standards, and lifecycle of on-prem network infrastructure across Zillow offices

Design, operate, and evolve LAN, WAN, and Wi-Fi networks

Lead equipment refreshes, obsolescence management, and vendor strategy

Design networking for new office builds, expansions, and relocations

Own Wi-Fi architecture, performance, and user experience

Own the Cisco SSL client VPN platform, including reliability, security, and user experience

Ensure secure and dependable employee remote access

Partner with endpoint, identity, and security teams on the design and rollout of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

Help guide architectural decisions during the transition from VPN-centric access to Zero Trust models

Serve as senior escalation for complex incidents and outages

Develop and maintain documentation, standards, diagrams, and runbooks

Mentor and uplift junior engineers through technical leadership and collaboration

Make pragmatic, cost-conscious decisions that balance reliability, security, and sustainability.

This role has been categorized as an Office position. “Office” employees regularly work at the Zillow India office for approximately 80 to 100 percent of their time each month. Employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the office. Zillow has not defined a reasonable distance, and expects employees will use judgment in determining this for themselves and understand the implications re: time commitment and cost of daily commute.

In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role are eligible for incentive compensation subject to applicable laws and relevant Zillow policies. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.

Who you are

We’re Looking for Someone Who

Is a builder and owner, not just an operator

Takes pride in stable, well-run, and well-documented environments

Thinks holistically about employee experience

Communicates clearly and calmly, especially during incidents

Leads through influence and technical credibility

Values mentoring and developing more junior engineers

Balances security, reliability, and cost with sound judgment

Seeks to understand business context and user needs

Non-Negotiable Skills

Deep experience designing and operating enterprise on-prem networks

Strong expertise with Juniper switching, routing, and wireless (EX, QFX, SRX, Mist)

Strong understanding of physical network infrastructure (MDF/IDF design, cabling, optics, circuits)

LAN/WAN fundamentals: TCP/IP, VLANs, BGP, OSPF, VRFs

Enterprise Wi-Fi architecture and troubleshooting

Experience operating enterprise remote access solutions (e.g., SSL VPN)

Solid grounding in network security and identity-aware access concepts

Network monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Skills We’re Willing to Be Flexible On

Prior hands-on implementation of specific ZTNA products

Cloud/AWS networking (owned by a separate team)

Container or microservices networking

Heavy automation experience (nice-to-have, not required)

Get to know us

At Zillow, we’re reimagining how people move—through the real estate market and through their careers.

As the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., Zillow helps millions of customers navigate buying, selling, financing, and renting with greater ease and confidence. Our teams in India play a critical role in building and scaling the technology, products, and operations that power this experience.

Whether you’re working in tech, operations, or shared services, you’ll collaborate with global partners to solve meaningful problems and help more people make home a reality.

Zillow is honored to be recognized among the best workplaces in the U.S.. Zillow was named one ofFORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2025, and included on thePEOPLE Companies That Care® 2025list, reflecting our commitment to creating an innovative, inclusive, and engaging culture where employees are empowered to grow.

No matter where you sit in the organization, your work will help drive innovation, support our customers, and move the industry—and your career—forward, together.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, maternity status, HIV status, or veteran status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to candidates with disabilities, in accordance with applicable policies.