We are seeking a Lead Network Development Engineer to provide technical thought leadership for Whole Foods Market next-generation network. As we look to the future, our networks will support an ecosystem of robotics, industrial IoT, sensors, drones, and mobile devices. As an engineer, you need to be comfortable with taking risks, and iterating on designs that may fail at the outset to ultimately deliver robust systems that elegantly scale. Information security and network reliability are at the core of your thought processes, and you are respected as an influencer. A passion for working with new technologies and pushing the envelope on existing technology is required. High level of ownership and bias-for-action is required to be successful in this role.

Key job responsibilities
* Be responsible for the design and build of the global network
* Drive innovation and simplification of network services to meet the demand of our customers
* Create simple processes and pipelines for end to end deployment and testing of network services
* Work closely with our engineering teams to help alleviate customer problems through self service network solutions
* Work on new scalable, reliable, and secure designs/solutions, bringing them from concept to in life operations
* Create and update our network standards and ensure that the network adheres these standards
* Review and implement changes on the network through automation and orchestration solutions
* Drive operational excellence projects to drive improvements in our network quality and reliability
* Troubleshoot complex problems and develop innovative solutions day to day on our network
* Work with a wide range of complex technologies including optical engineering
* Highly autonomous, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and time management skills
* Successful track record of designing simple, solutions and troubleshooting complex network problems and delivering innovative solutions
* The desire and ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment.

A day in the life
Our engineers, managers and leaders are innovators and builders at heart; come join us and become integral to the technology company that is the past, present and future of technology.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Atlanta, GA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Chicago, IL, USA