Posting Date
07/15/2026
2000 16th St, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5117, United States of America
Lead Network Engineer
DaVita is seeking a highly skilled and experienced
Lead Network Engineer (application integration) to join our IT Infrastructure Operations team. In this role, you will lead the in managing network support for application integration across multiple cloud and Saas environments. You will act as the senior technical escalation point for complex network issues, collaborate closely with Enterprise Architecture, Network Architect, Application Development teams, Server Administration, and Solutions Engineering teams, and ensure high availability, security, and performance across all on premise and cloud networks.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Complex Troubleshooting & Escalation: Serve as the top-tier escalation point for critical network incidents. Diagnosing and resolving complex routing issues (e.g., BGP peer failures), load balancer configurations, and complex multi-tier application connectivity problems.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., Server Admins, Solutions Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Application Development) to support physical server builds, VLAN/VPC provisioning, and secure connectivity across environments.
- Infrastructure Management: Manage and maintain firewalls, load balancers, network fabrics (e.g., Cisco, HP Synergy), and DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM via Infoblox) infrastructure.
- Process Improvement: Develop, document, and maintain network topologies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and operational guidelines for incident response and monitoring (e.g., PagerDuty, NNMi).
Qualifications & Experience
- Experience: 8+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise network engineering, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead capacity.
- Routing & Switching: Expert-level knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP) and complex datacenter switching architectures (LACP, vPC, VDS, tenant separation).
- Cloud Network: Integration experience with Google GCP, AWS Azure and connectivity to public service providers such as Workday, Service Now and the like.
- Security: Micro segmentation environments (Illumio) and Palo Alto Prisma .
- Load Balancing & Security: Proven experience configuring and troubleshooting Load Balancers (VIPs, SSL offloading) and Next-Generation Firewalls. Certificate management and application integration.
- Tools: Proficiency in IPAM solutions (e.g., Infoblox), monitoring tools (e.g., Micro Focus NNMi, PagerDuty), and ITSM platforms (ServiceNow).
- Skills: Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and manage cross-team coordination effectively.
Core Competencies
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills with a methodical approach to troubleshooting critical infrastructure in high-pressure situations.
- Teamwork: Collaborative mindset with a track record of successfully guiding cross-functional project execution.
- Accountability: Ownership of network stability and performance metrics, ensuring SLAs are consistently met or exceeded.
What We'll Provide:
More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.
- Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
- Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
- Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita's online training platform StarLearning.
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At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong." Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
This position will be open for a minimum of three days.
The Salary Range for the role is $115,000.00 - $183,000.00 per year.
If a candidate is hired, they will be paid at least the minimum wage according to their geographical jurisdiction and the exemption status for the position.
New York Exempt: New York City and Long Island: $66,300.00/year, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $66,300.00/year, Remainder of New York state: $62,353.20/year New York Non-exempt: New York City and Long Island: $17.00/hour, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $17.00/hour, Remainder of New York state: $16.00/hour
Washington Exempt: $80,168.40/year Washington Non-exempt: Bellingham: $19.13/hour, Burien: $21.71/hour, Everette: $20.77/hour, Unincorporated King County: $20.82/hour, Renton: $21.57/hour, Seattle: $21.30/hour, Tukwila: $21.65/hour, Remainder of Washington state: $17.13/hour
For location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates
Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits
Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. 
