Network Engineer I

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere. Network Engineer I Are you passionate about large-scale networks and modern infrastructure? Ready to kick-start your career in travel tech keeping business-critical systems connected and secure? Join Expedia Group’s Infrastructure & Enterprise Engineering team, which designs, builds and runs the global networks and core platforms that power our brands worldwide. We provide secure, reliable connectivity across data centers, cloud, offices and remote users, partnering closely with security and platform teams to keep travel moving. As a Network Engineer I, you’ll join an experienced group of engineers to support the design, deployment and operation of our enterprise and cloud networks. You’ll take on well-defined tasks within larger projects, help troubleshoot production issues, and learn how we design for scale, reliability and security while being encouraged to ask questions, propose ideas, and challenge the status quo. What You’ll Do Support the day‑to‑day operation of our enterprise and data center networks following established runbooks. Assist with implementing and validating network changes and new designs in production. Perform periodic LODO tasks such as software upgrades, resource patching, failover testing and network health audits. Monitoring intake channels and responding or escalated as required. Troubleshoot basic connectivity issues, gathering data and escalating when needed. Help maintain network documentation, diagrams and runbooks. Continuously learn our infrastructure, tools and standards and stay curious about new network technologies. Who You Are If you meet the Must criteria and are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every “Helpful” box. Must 0–2 years in network engineering, infrastructure or a related technical role. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field. Certifications such as Arista ACE Level 1, Cisco CCNA, AWS foundational or other networking/cloud certs. Experience contributing to a network implementation or deployment into production (project, internship or role). Exposure to public or hybrid cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure or GCP). Ability to configure enterprise‑grade network hardware with guidance. Basic skills in routing and switching (e.g., OSPF, BGP, VLANs, subnets, ACLs, NAT). Understanding of physical vs. virtual networking and how they interoperate. Familiarity with at least one scripting/programming language (e.g., Python, Go, PowerShell). Comfortable following standard processes and procedures and collaborating with others to resolve issues. Helpful Technical degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT or similar. Experience with cloud networking (VPCs, security groups, gateways, load balancers). Exposure to network observability tools and applications (e.g., NetFlow/IPFIX, SNMP, Datadog, Logic Monitor, Catchpoint). Exposure to network automation tools (e.g., APIs, Terraform, Ansible). Demonstrated interest in emerging networking and cloud trends and growing your expertise over time. Accommodation requests Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation. About Expedia Group Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease. Important notice Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never share sensitive personal information unless you are confident of the recipient. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official place to find and apply for roles is https://careers.expediagroup.com/jobs/. Equal Opportunity Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.