[Hiring] Senior Network Engineer @Motion

Role Description

As our Senior Network Engineer, you will design and own the network infrastructure that connects building controls, sensors, gateways, data centers, and other operational technology to Motion.cloud. Your mission is to make connectivity boring: reliable, observable, secure, and scalable across everything from a single building to complex campuses and distributed customer portfolios.

This is not an HVAC operations role. HVAC controls, building automation systems, meters, sensors, and other field devices are endpoints on the networks you will design and support. You will be responsible for making sure those endpoints can communicate reliably through local networks, fiber, cellular, Starlink, LoRaWAN, wireless backhaul, and other communications infrastructure.

You will design network topologies, develop connectivity and redundancy strategies, plan fiber and wireless links between facilities and data centers, troubleshoot difficult RF and WAN issues, and establish the standards we use to deploy and support connected infrastructure at scale.

You will work closely with Motion.cloud Engineering, customer IT teams, controls contractors, installers, carriers, and technology partners to ensure that data can reliably move from the field to Motion.cloud.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ Years of Network Engineering: Proven experience designing, deploying, and supporting production networks across distributed environments.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching, subnetting, VLANs, DHCP, DNS, NAT, VPNs, firewalls, and network segmentation.
• Ability to design and document networks spanning buildings, campuses, remote facilities, and data centers.
• Experience planning fiber connectivity, switching infrastructure, uplinks, redundant paths, and physical network topology.
• Experience designing or supporting point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless links where wired infrastructure is impractical.
• Ability to design primary, secondary, and failover connectivity strategies based on the operational requirements of a site.
• Hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting LTE/5G routers, modems, SIMs, carriers, APNs, antennas, and data plans.
• Experience with Starlink or similar satellite WAN technologies, including deployment considerations, failover, and performance monitoring.
• Strong understanding of signal strength, interference, attenuation, antenna placement, line-of-sight, and the effects of building construction on wireless performance.
• Working knowledge of LoRaWAN architecture, gateways, device joins, RSSI, SNR, packet loss, coverage planning, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using telemetry and network monitoring tools to identify latency, packet loss, outages, degraded links, and other connectivity problems.
• Experience connecting controls, sensors, meters, gateways, or other operational technology to IP networks.
• Understanding of how building automation and controls systems communicate. Experience with technologies such as BACnet/IP and Modbus TCP is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting networks with large numbers of sensors, gateways, edge devices, or other distributed endpoints.
• Ability to work effectively across customer IT environments and operational systems while maintaining appropriate segmentation and security boundaries.
• Ability to determine whether a communication failure originates at the field device, RF layer, gateway, LAN, WAN, upstream provider, or cloud platform.

Requirements

• Design network architectures for customer buildings, campuses, data centers, and distributed portfolios.
• Develop network topologies incorporating Ethernet, fiber, cellular, Starlink, LoRaWAN, Wi-Fi, and wireless backhaul technologies.
• Plan connectivity between buildings, facilities, and data centers using fiber or wireless backhaul where appropriate.
• Define primary and backup connectivity strategies based on uptime requirements, available carriers, site conditions, and cost.
• Establish repeatable standards for addressing, segmentation, equipment selection, redundancy, monitoring, and documentation.
• Advise project teams during system design to ensure connectivity solutions are reliable, maintainable, and scalable.
• Own the operational health of network and communications infrastructure after deployment.
• Monitor connectivity, availability, latency, packet loss, signal quality, gateway health, and other indicators of network performance.
• Lead diagnosis and resolution of connectivity incidents affecting customer data, controls communications, or Motion.cloud visibility.
• Manage cellular and satellite connectivity, including modems, routers, carriers, SIMs, APNs, antennas, service plans, and failover configurations.
• Own gateway performance, coverage quality, RF health, device connectivity, and communications reliability.
• Diagnose interference, attenuation, coverage gaps, poor antenna placement, line-of-sight limitations, and environmental impacts on wireless networks.
• Track network equipment health, age, support status, capacity, and replacement requirements.
• Use network telemetry and performance trends to identify potential failures before they become customer-impacting incidents.
• Own the communications layer connecting HVAC controls, building automation systems, sensors, meters, gateways, and other operational technology to Motion.cloud.
• Validate end-to-end communication from field devices through gateways, customer networks, WAN infrastructure, and Motion.cloud.
• Identify and resolve data gaps, dropouts, latency, abnormal communication patterns, and intermittent connectivity.
• Validate network performance, RF coverage, redundancy, and telemetry paths during commissioning and project handoff.
• Work with Motion.cloud Engineering to diagnose issues involving gateways, firmware, integrations, platform connectivity, or communications infrastructure.
• Partner with customer IT and security teams on addressing, firewall rules, VPNs, segmentation, routing, and other requirements needed to connect operational systems.
• Serve as the primary escalation point when connectivity issues span multiple systems, vendors, or network layers.
• Create and maintain network topology diagrams, IP plans, fiber routes, wireless links, gateway locations, WAN configurations, and other as-built documentation.
• Document cellular, Starlink, LoRaWAN, fiber, and wireless connectivity strategies for customer sites.
• Maintain accurate records of routers, switches, gateways, antennas, modems, communications hardware, and associated service providers.
• Recommend infrastructure improvements based on reliability, capacity, scalability, lifecycle, and operational risk.
• Help define the network architecture and deployment standards Motion.cloud uses across its customer portfolio.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible work hours and remote work options.
• Professional development opportunities and training.
• Generous vacation and paid time off policy.

Company Description

Motion.cloud is dedicated to providing innovative solutions for operational technology connectivity. We aim to simplify complex networking challenges and deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure for our clients.