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Network Engineer II
FIVE9 INC · 🇺🇸 United States (Remote) · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 12 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 7 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What FIVE9 INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Network Engineer” (Computer Network Architects) in CA: $98k–$98k, median $98k. Most were filed at wage level II (100%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — FIVE9 INC
The US Department of Labor certified 12 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 7 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Join us in bringing joy to customer experience. Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide. Living our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together. We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves. To complement our rapid growth, we are sourcing a Network Engineer II to operate in a 24/7 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environment, taking ownership of complex LAN infrastructure initiatives and driving operational excellence across Cisco Nexus, Palo Alto, and F5 platforms. You will lead projects, own end-to-end troubleshooting, drive automation strategy, and provide technical leadership during incidents — while mentoring junior engineers and representing the network domain to senior stakeholders. Troubleshooting & Incident Response • Own end-to-end troubleshooting of complex LAN connectivity, firewall policy, and load balancer issues, and drive resolution with customers and internal teams. • Conduct in-depth analysis of network incidents, identify root causes, and implement preventive measures to reduce repeat occurrences. • Lead and coordinate responses to network and security incidents, ensuring timely resolution and minimizing potential impacts. • Participate in on-call rotation following the Sun Model schedule; provide technical leadership during outages and lead post-incident root cause analysis and corrective action planning. • Lead the review, analysis, and execution of network change requests within the data-center fabric domain, ensuring adherence to change management and risk-mitigation standards. Projects & Architecture • Lead and drive LAN infrastructure projects involving Cisco Nexus switching, Palo Alto firewalls, F5 load balancers, and NDFC fabric management . • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to design and deliver next-generation data-center fabric architectures, leveraging VXLAN, Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Kubernetes networking (Calico), and AI/ML-enabled networking . • Manage and operate data-center fabric services across hybrid and multi-cloud environments — on-premises Cisco Nexus infrastructure, GCP, and AWS . • Perform traffic engineering and capacity planning to guide long-term infrastructure investments. • Develop and maintain technical roadmaps, architecture standards, and configuration policies for LAN, firewall, and load balancer environments. • Manage and maintain existing network infrastructure (Nexus, Palo Alto, F5), ensuring reliability, performance, and equipment lifecycle planning. Monitoring & Observability • Develop and report operational and performance metrics using observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, and SolarWinds . • Define, measure, and report site reliability using SLI/SLO • Maintain operational focus on the data-center fabric while coordinating cross-team efforts with network security and load balancing functions to ensure end-to-end service reliability. • Analyze historical network incidents to identify systemic issues and inform preventive engineering. Automation • Drive automation strategy and execution using Ansible, Terraform, Python, and CI/CD pipelines for provisioning, configuration, and monitoring. • Implement automated remediation to prevent recurrence of known issues. • Demonstrate and scale a culture of automation across engineering and operations teams. • Track and manage projects, processes, and technology initiatives across the team, ensuring alignment, visibility, and timely execution. • Maintain runbooks, topology diagrams, and SOPs. Security • Manage overall network security including routing