Infrastructure Engineer-Network Automation Focused

Associated Bank is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to design, automate, monitor, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure in a secure, highly available banking environment. The role develops network automation solutions and supports reliable, scalable, and compliant network operations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and support enterprise network infrastructure across branch, campus, data center, and cloud environments
• Develop and maintain network automation solutions using tools and technologies such as:
• Build and maintain reusable scripts, playbooks, workflows, and automation pipelines to streamline network provisioning, configuration management, compliance validation, and operational tasks
• Integrate network systems and tools through APIs and automation frameworks
• Configure, troubleshoot, and optimize routing, switching, firewall, and wireless infrastructure
• Monitor network performance, availability, and capacity; proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact business operations
• Implement infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and optimization strategies for high availability and performance
• Participate in network architecture planning, modernization initiatives, and infrastructure lifecycle management
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, systems engineering, cloud, and application teams to ensure secure and efficient network operations
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, standards, diagrams, procedures, and runbooks in Confluence
• Utilize Jira to manage tasks, projects, change requests, sprint activities, and operational workflows
• Support change management, incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity initiatives
• Ensure network infrastructure adheres to banking security, compliance, and regulatory requirements

Preferred

• Experience working in banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industries
• Industry certifications such as: + CCNA / CCNP + Network+ + DevNet + AWS/Azure networking certifications
• Experience with SD-WAN, cloud networking, or hybrid infrastructure environments
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments
• Experience with firewall platforms and network security technologies
• Banking Industry Experience
• Financial Services Experience
• Regulated Industry Experience
• CCNA
• CCNP
• CompTIA Network+
• Cisco DevNet Certification
• AWS Networking Certification
• Azure Networking Certification
• SD-WAN
• Cloud Networking
• Hybrid Infrastructure
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Infrastructure Deployment
• Firewall Platforms
• Network Security Technologies

Benefits

• Remote work
• Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans
• Paid time off to volunteer in your community
• Opportunities to connect with others through diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups
• Professional development and advancement opportunities
• Well-being programs and incentives
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Military benefits
• Personal banking, loan, investment and insurance benefits

Company

• Retail and commercial banking with deposit and loan products.
• Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
• http://associatedbank.com/
• Founded in 1874
• 1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering or infrastructure operations
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols, including: + TCP/IP + BGP + OSPF + VLANs + STP + DNS + DHCP + VPN technologies + Routing and switching concepts
• Hands-on experience with network automation and scripting using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Ansible
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Network as Code methodologies
• Familiarity with Terraform and API integrations for infrastructure automation
• Experience using GitHub or similar version control platforms for infrastructure and automation code management
• Experience working in banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industries
• Industry certifications such as: + CCNA / CCNP + Network+ + DevNet + AWS/Azure networking certifications
• Experience with SD-WAN, cloud networking, or hybrid infrastructure environments
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments
• Experience with firewall platforms and network security technologies
• 2+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering or infrastructure operations.

Required skills

• Enterprise Network Engineering, Network Automation, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Network as Code (NaC), GitHub, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF

Experience

• 2+ years