Network Engineer
Summary
Network Engineer at Textron in Fort Worth builds, operates, and improves global enterprise networks — LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, Wi-Fi, VPNs, firewalls, and voice — including secure cloud connectivity to Azure and AWS, plus incident ownership, automation, and on-call rotation.
Textron is a renowned global multi-industry company with a diverse portfolio spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care, and fuel systems. Our brand lineup includes leading names like Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, E-Z-GO, Lycoming Engines and many others. With a strong worldwide presence and a workforce of 34,000 individuals across 25 countries, we prioritize attracting top talent.
Job Summary
Keep a global enterprise connected—and build what’s next. As a Network Engineer at Textron, you’ll solve complex connectivity challenges, deliver network improvements, and help keep services reliable and secure. Your work will span routing, switching, wireless, voice, security, and cloud connectivity. You’ll collaborate with IT and business teams, bring ideas for smarter ways of working, and grow your skills alongside experienced network professionals.
What You'll Do
- Build, operate, and improve enterprise networks, including LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, Wi-Fi, VPNs, firewalls, and voice services.
- Connect on-premises infrastructure securely to cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), supporting routing and integration.
- Move network improvements from plan to production through upgrades, deployments, migrations, and modernization projects.
- Find smarter ways to work by automating network operations and simplifying processes.
- Use performance and capacity trends to spot issues early and improve network availability and reliability.
- Take ownership of complex incidents across routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, wireless, VPNs, and network security—and drive them to resolution.
- Work with IT security teams to put secure access, network segmentation, and firewall policies into practice.
- Work closely with service providers, vendors, and internal IT teams to keep network services running reliably.
- Review network changes and apply enterprise standards that support security, architecture, and change-management requirements.
- Translate business connectivity needs into practical network solutions, providing technical guidance throughout each project.
- Keep network diagrams, technical standards, procedures, and support documentation clear and up to date.
- Share in the on-call rotation and lead service restoration when critical network incidents occur.