Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer designs implements and supports Zillows network infrastructure to ensure secure reliable and scalable connectivity for employees customers and platforms. This role applies seasoned technical expertise to resolve moderately complex network issues collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver stable services and contributes to continuous improvement of network performance monitoring and automation.

Zillow Group is a strategic mission-driven organization focused on delivering exceptional experiences and measurable outcomes. Our work spans cross-functional partnership scalable programs and operational excellence in support of Zillows mission. We bring deep experience working across diverse teams in a dynamic high-growth environment balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution to drive meaningful business impact. We are seeking an experienced professional to support our workforce expansion in India.

We are recruiting a top-performing Senior Network Engineer to serve as the technical owner for Zillows on-prem network and employee access infrastructure. This role owns physical and logical on-prem network architecture corporate LAN/WAN and Wi-Fi the current Cisco SSL client VPN and has a meaningful technical stake in the design and deployment of next-generation Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) architectures.

The engineer will work in close partnership with engineers across a range of experience levels as part of a team that collectively owns corporate infrastructure outcomes. This role provides technical leadership through hands-on engineering collaboration and influencesuch as participating in design reviews pairing on complex work and leading incident responsewhile creating intentional opportunities to mentor and uplift more junior engineers. This mentorship is delivered through day-to-day engineering practices and shared problem-solving not people management.

This is a senior individual contributor role with significant autonomy influence and accountability but no people management.

This role has been categorized as an Office position. Office employees regularly work at the Zillow India office for approximately 80 to 100 percent of their time each month. Employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the office. Zillow has not defined a reasonable distance and expects employees will use judgment in determining this for themselves and understand the implications re: time commitment and cost of daily commute.

In addition to a competitive base pay employees in this role are eligible for incentive compensation subject to applicable laws and relevant Zillow policies. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience performance and location.

• Own the architecture standards and lifecycle of on-prem network infrastructure across Zillow offices

• Design operate and evolve LAN WAN and Wi-Fi networks

• Lead equipment refreshes obsolescence management and vendor strategy

• Design networking for new office builds expansions and relocations

• Own Wi-Fi architecture performance and user experience

• Own the Cisco SSL client VPN platform including reliability security and user experience

• Ensure secure and dependable employee remote access

• Partner with endpoint identity and security teams on the design and rollout of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

• Help guide architectural decisions during the transition from VPN-centric access to Zero Trust models

• Serve as senior escalation for complex incidents and outages

• Develop and maintain documentation standards diagrams and runbooks

• Mentor and uplift junior engineers through technical leadership and collaboration

• Make pragmatic cost-conscious decisions that balance reliability security and sustainability.

At Zillow were reimagining how people movethrough the real estate market and through their careers.

As the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S. Zillow helps millions of customers navigate buying selling financing and renting with greater ease and confidence. Our teams in India play a critical role in building and scaling the technology products and operations that power this experience.

Whether youre working in tech operations or shared services youll collaborate with global partners to solve meaningful problems and help more people make home a reality.

Zillow is honored to be recognized among the best workplaces in the U.S.. Zillow was named one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2025 and included on the PEOPLE Companies That Care 2025 list reflecting our commitment to creating an innovative inclusive and engaging culture where employees are empowered to grow.

No matter where you sit in the organization your work will help drive innovation support our customers and move the industryand your careerforward together.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender maternity status HIV status or veteran status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to candidates with disabilities in accordance with applicable policies.