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What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
Magna is more than one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.
We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer – Cloud & Hybrid Networking to strengthen our global networking capabilities across manufacturing (OT), enterprise IT, and hybrid cloud environments.
This role emphasizes hands-on engineering and deep operational understanding in environments where IT and OT requirements intersect. The Senior Network Engineer will work closely with network architects, controls/OT teams, security, and regional IT to design, implement, and support scalable, secure, and operationally sound network solutions across plants, corporate locations, and cloud platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud & Hybrid Networking
- Design, implement, and operate hybrid network solutions connecting manufacturing plants, enterprise networks, and public cloud environments.
- Engineer and support cloud networking components including VPC/VNET design, routing, NAT, connectivity, and security integration across AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba.
- Support secure access and edge networking patterns where required.
Manufacturing & OT / IT Alignment
- Support standardized plant-to-enterprise connectivity aligned with OT segmentation, resiliency, and operational safety requirements.
- Partner closely with controls/OT teams and plant IT to ensure solutions are deployable and aligned with manufacturing realities.
- Translate enterprise network standards into implementable, plant-ready designs.
Design Execution & Engineering Standards
- Act as a senior technical contributor and design reviewer.
- Develop and maintain engineering reference designs and documentation.
- Review vendor and internal designs for long-term supportability.
Operations & Escalation
- Serve as an escalation point for complex hybrid, plant, and cloud-networking issues.
- Work with vendors for deep troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
Required Skills & Competencies
- Minimum 7+ years of hands-on network engineering experience in enterprise and/or manufacturing environments.
- Direct responsibility for design, build, change, and operational support of production networks.
- Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, routing design, segmentation, IPSEC and NAT.
- Experience with hybrid connectivity across plants, datacenters, and cloud.
- Experience supporting IT/OT environments and controls teams.
- Practical exposure to SD-WAN and SASE technologies (Fortinet preferred).
- Hands-on automation/IaC experience (Terraform, Ansible, Python).
- Strong collaboration and communication skills; able to work effectively with network architects, security, OT/controls teams, and regional IT.
- Team-oriented mindset with the ability to mentor and support peers while driving work to completion.
- Analytical and detail-oriented approach to troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement in complex environments.
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Certifications preferred: Fortinet NSE4+, Microsoft AZ-700, AWS Advanced Networking (plus).
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure
As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.
Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.
If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.
Regular / Permanent
Magna Corporate