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Lead Escalation Engineer (San Jose, CA)

San Jose, California, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-10-28 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead resolution of complex, high-severity customer escalations for enterprise wireless, cloud-managed, and AI-native networking solutions, driving permanent fixes and automation.

Role type

Senior IC escalation engineer (networking)

Builds

Troubleshooting tools, automation, playbooks, and AI-assisted diagnostic workflows

Domain

Networking (Wireless/Wi-Fi 6/6E/7, Cloud, AI-native networks)

Required skills

Enterprise WLAN troubleshooting, Layer 2/3 networking, TCP/IP, Wireshark/tcpdump, Linux, Python, REST APIs, automation, telemetry analysis, AI/LLM tool usage

Preferred skills

CCNA/CCNP/CWNP, Wi-Fi 7 familiarity, Generative AI workflows, cloud environments (AWS/Azure)

Technologies

Wireshark, tcpdump, Linux, AWS, Azure, Python, REST APIs, LLMs, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, GitHub Copilot

Responsibilities

Own complex customer escalations from triage to root-cause resolution; lead technical investigations and war rooms; analyze telemetry, logs, and packet captures; drive defects through engineering with clear RCA; build automation and AI-assisted diagnostic workflows; mentor teams on proactive operations

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC