Lead Engineer - Dallas, TX

· Partner with the Architecture team to translate high-level designs into standardized, consumable engineering artifacts.

· Review project designs for compliance with published standards and documentation requirements.

· Serve as a subject matter expert on documentation quality, consistency, and architectural adherence.

· Evaluate emerging technologies and vendor solutions from a standardization and documentation perspective.

· Assess impacts to existing standards, materials, and architectural documentation before adoption.

· Establish review and approval processes for network documentation and standards updates.

· Track lifecycle changes, deprecations, and version control for all published standards and materials.

· Audit network projects and deployments for documentation completeness and standards compliance.

· Develop and maintain a roadmap for documentation improvements, standards evolution, and materials updates.

· Perform impact analyses and cost/benefit assessments related to standards changes and material transitions.

· Coordinate standards rollout and adoption across internal teams and partner organizations.

• Network architecture documentation.

• Engineering standards and governance

• Bills of Materials (BOMs) and material specifications

• Cross-functional collaboration

• Technical writing and documentation systems

• Standards lifecycle and version control

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) in Engineering, Information Systems, or related field desired.

• Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

· 4+ years in network engineering, architecture, or infrastructure-focused roles.

· Proven experience developing and governing network architecture documentation, standards, and reference designs.

· Direct ownership of engineering standards, including hardware, materials, and network topologies.

· Experience managing BOMs, approved product lists, and material specifications.

· Strong collaboration with Architecture, Engineering, Operations, and vendors to ensure standards compliance.

· Experience translating architectural designs into standardized engineering artifacts.

· Exposure to technology and vendor evaluation and lifecycle impact assessments.

· Background establishing or scaling documentation and standards governance in large environments.

· Experience with standards alignment, rollout, and cross-team adoption.

If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements.

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