Senior Network Engineer at RISE
Cebu City
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Jun 29, 2026
Cebu City
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level network engineering role requiring around five or more years of hands-on experience, focused on designing, operating, and troubleshooting a large carrier IP network. Day-to-day work spans BGP routing, MPLS, and related protocols, alongside mentoring junior engineers, reviewing change procedures, and managing complex projects. Suits someone with deep IP networking knowledge and demonstrated technical leadership.
Senior level · 5+ years · National · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $99,130 (middle half $78,010–$126,640).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This role is based in the Philippines (Cebu, Manila, or Davao) — US compensation benchmarks do not apply.
The title 'Network Engineer III' maps to a Senior-level individual contributor; the JD explicitly equates the required knowledge to roughly JNCIP level with 5+ years of experience.
The networking technologies (BGP, MPLS, OSPF, RSVP, L2VPN, L3VPN, DHCP, PPP, STP/MSTP, GPON, IPv6) are listed in a requirements section framed as 'experience with all, some or any of the following' — the 'some or any' qualifier makes these contextual rather than strict individual gates, but they collectively represent the required technical domain and are marked required as a group.
Linux-based application experience (BIND, RADIUS, ISC-DHCP, Cacti, Smokeping, Nagios) and configuration management tools (Chef/Puppet/Ansible) appear in a section without a clear 'Required' heading and read as preferred/contextual experience.
Vendor certifications (JNCIA/JNCIS/CCNA/CCNP) are explicitly called 'a plus' and are preferred.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role involves both operating/maintaining a live carrier network (15-1244) and network architecture/design work (15-1241); the day-to-day operational and support duties tip the balance toward 15-1244.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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