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Here, “impossible” isn’t part of our vocabulary. You’ll face some of the toughest but most rewarding challenges of your career. They’re worth it. Channeling your inner grit will accelerate your growth, help us win as a team, and create unforgettable moments for our customers.
The Crown Is Yours
As a Lead NetOps Engineer, you’ll design and evolve the network infrastructure that keeps our global platform fast, resilient, and ready to scale. You’ll lead complex solutions across data centers, remote sites, and hybrid cloud environments while partnering across the organization to deliver secure, reliable network systems. In this role, you’ll shape the future of our infrastructure through automation, cloud networking, and technical leadership that strengthens how our teams build and operate at scale.
What You’ll Do
Design and lead complex network solutions across data centers, remote sites, and hybrid cloud environments, including AWS, GCP, advanced firewall, routing, switching, VPN, and BGP technologies.
Implement advanced infrastructure as code patterns, including remote state, modules, and workspaces.
Design automation and infrastructure as code solutions for multi-vendor network platforms, including FortiGate, Aruba, and Juniper.
Triage, debug, and resolve complex production issues while driving a culture of accountability and operational excellence.
Act as a technical mentor and coach, providing guidance and feedback that helps engineers grow and deliver their best work.
Play a critical role in shaping the team’s technical roadmap and engineering direction while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous learning.
Join the on-call rotation, taking ownership of incident resolution and providing senior-level escalation support for critical outages.
Maintain the health, performance, and security of our global infrastructure across hybrid environments using observability tools such as Datadog.
What You’ll Bring
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or any suitable combination of education, experience, and training.
At least 5 years of network administration experience with routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, and routing and switching protocols, including at least 3 years of cloud networking experience across AWS, GCP, and hybrid data center connectivity.
Proven ability to architect, build, and scale complex network infrastructure.
A strong track record of mentoring engineers, leading change and design reviews, and driving high-impact technical decisions across cross-functional teams.
Hands-on experience with Aruba switching and FortiGate firewalls, along with a strong understanding of BGP, routing, switching, VPNs, firewalls, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
Proven experience with infrastructure as code, Git-based workflows (GitOps), and advanced scripting in Python and Bash.
Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog and hands-on familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools, including Claude, Codex, and Gemini.
Strong communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills, with the ability to influence technical roadmaps, align cross-functional teams, explain complex infrastructure concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and develop engineering talent through coaching and technical guidance.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to remain composed while leading the resolution of critical production issues.
Ready To Own What’s Next? We know finding a new job can be intimidating. Don’t let imposter syndrome stop you from applying! Even if you don’t think you tick off every box in this job description, we’d still love for you to apply or join our Talent Community. DraftKings is proud to be an equal-opportunity empl
