Staff Engineer, Network
Join Sila as a Staff Engineer to enhance network resilience and performance in a cutting-edge battery materials company.
Posted by employer 2 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Create network diagrams and documentation
- Deploy and manage multiple sites
- Maximize network performance
- Design and maintain configuration management
- Build monitoring and resiliency mechanisms
Must have
- 8+ years of experience with firewalls, routers, and switches
- Deep Layer 2 knowledge
- Experience with MPLS, VPLS or SD-WAN
Nice to have
- Infrastructure as code
- AWS Transit Gateway and Direct Connect
- Experience with High Bandwidth Storage Networks
- Operational Technology in a Manufacturing environment
Practical constraints
- Pass a respirator fit test
- Wear personal protective equipment
- Enter spaces narrower than 3 feet
- Walk miles a day on facility
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff Engineer for Network at Sila Nanotechnologies focuses on designing, managing, and maintaining resilient network systems across multiple sites, ensuring high availability and performance. Key skills include expertise in dynamic routing, network infrastructure protocols, and experience with firewalls and switches, alongside a familiarity with AWS services. This position is ideal for seasoned professionals with over eight years of relevant experience, particularly those with a background in data center environments. The role requires a hands-on approach, as physical presence is necessary for equipment management.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze October 25, 2026. Last confirmed on Sila Nanotechnologies's careers page October 25, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$129,582).
- Starts above 23% of 94 comparable staff other roles in United States we track (median $172,000 across 39 companies).
- SD-WAN appears in 0.4% of 272 comparable staff other roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Engineer, Network role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in Moses Lake, WA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Sila Nanotechnologies lists $146,000–$185,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Engineer, Network role.
- Where is the role based?
- Sila Nanotechnologies is hiring for this position in Moses Lake, WA, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS VPC, MPLS, SD-WAN, VPLS, firewalls, routers.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Sila Nanotechnologies targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Engineer, Network role at Sila Nanotechnologies.
From the original posting
About Us
Who You Are
You are a seasoned Network Engineer with years of relevant data center experience delivering highly available and resilient networks in multi-office or data center environments. You are open to being based primarily in Moses Lake, with a physical presence required for equipment management. You have a passion for finding dropped packets and understanding why they occur. Dynamic routing is a skill you’ve developed and feel comfortable with. You’re a team player who looks forward to tackling the next challenge with your teammates. Curiosity describes you and your approach to your work.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
- Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols and SD-WAN
- Ability to create accurate network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems.
- Ability to deploy and manage multiple sites, environments and work to achieve network redundancy.
- The ability to think through problems and visualize complex solutions
- Maximize network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with other Data Systems teams.
- Design, manage, and maintain centralized configuration management of Networking Gear
- Build monitoring, supervision, and resiliency mechanisms to observe, react to, and maintain platform health, performance, and security.
- Develop and support processes to maintain uptime, SLAs, security, and availability of critical platform components.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- 8+ years of experience with administering, monitoring, and securing firewalls, routers and switches.
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Deep Layer 2 knowledge and troubleshooting
- Infrastructure as code a plus
- Configuration Management
- AWS VPC, Transit Gateway and Direct Connect is a plus
- Experience with High Bandwidth Storage Networks
- Experience working with MPLS, VPLS or SD-WAN
- Experience with virtual switches in cluster computing environments
- Experience supporting Information Security policies, controls, and initiatives
- Experience with Operational Technology in a Manufacturing environment a plus
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
- Pass a respirator fit test and be able to wear respiratory protection on a daily basis
- Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes
- Enter spaces narrower than 3 feet
- Walk miles a day to work on various parts of the facility.
The starting base pay for this role is between $146,000 and $185,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. LI-#RS1 LI-#Onsite
Working at Sila
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