What Senior Network Engineering Jobs Ask For
Across 203 open Senior Network Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are networking, cisco, firewall.
Updated November 1, 2026
205 open Senior Network Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 203 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| networking | 79% |
| cisco | 60% |
| firewall | 58% |
| bgp | 54% |
| cloud | 53% |
| automation | 50% |
| python | 47% |
| wan | 41% |
| linux | 41% |
| vpn | 40% |
| ospf | 35% |
| dns | 34% |
| ai | 34% |
| network-security | 33% |
| ansible | 31% |
| aws | 28% |
| terraform | 27% |
| tcp-ip | 25% |
| vlan | 24% |
| vxlan | 23% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 22% |
| bash | 21% |
| kubernetes | 20% |
| mpls | 20% |
| fortinet | 18% |
| azure | 18% |
| dhcp | 16% |
| ethernet | 16% |
| sd-wan | 16% |
| ipsec | 16% |
| vpc | 16% |
| ccna | 14% |
| cybersecurity | 14% |
| root-cause-analysis | 12% |
| api | 12% |
| saas | 11% |
| ios | 11% |
| openstack | 11% |
| sdn | 11% |
| gcp | 10% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 205 open Senior Network Engineering jobs →
Across all Network Engineering levels
Most Network Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- firewall 290
- networking 288
- cisco 256
- cloud 241
- wan 201
- bgp 190
- automation 188
- vpn 182
- python 181
- linux 140
- dns 136
- ospf 131