What Senior Network Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 32 open Senior Network Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are automation, networking, firewall.
Updated October 27, 2026
32 open Senior Network Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 32 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| automation | 81% |
| networking | 78% |
| firewall | 66% |
| bgp | 63% |
| cisco | 63% |
| cloud | 63% |
| ai | 59% |
| linux | 53% |
| ospf | 53% |
| aws | 50% |
| python | 47% |
| ansible | 44% |
| wan | 41% |
| vlan | 38% |
| arista | 34% |
| dns | 34% |
| network-security | 34% |
| tcp-ip | 34% |
| terraform | 34% |
| evpn | 31% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 31% |
| observability | 31% |
| api | 28% |
| fortinet | 28% |
| vpc | 28% |
| vxlan | 28% |
| azure | 25% |
| ccnp | 25% |
| vpn | 25% |
| gcp | 22% |
| git | 22% |
| root-cause-analysis | 22% |
| dhcp | 19% |
| machine-learning | 19% |
| udp | 19% |
| ci-cd | 16% |
| gpu | 16% |
| hpc | 16% |
| kubernetes | 16% |
| sd-wan | 16% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Network Engineering levels
Most Network Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- networking 79
- firewall 71
- automation 71
- cisco 59
- bgp 57
- cloud 55
- ai 50
- python 47
- ospf 40
- linux 39
- wan 38
- aws 37