Network Engineer
Strategic Employment
Brea, CA · Posted October 27, 2026
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Where Brea, CA ranks
Where Brea, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #5Best cities for junior jobs in California37% · of 54
- #7Best cities for junior jobs in the West Coast37% · of 71
- #23Best cities for director and executive jobs in the West Coast20% · of 71
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 68 open network engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $98,500 to $150,000 and the median is $124,500.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among network and computer systems administrators, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for network and computer systems administrators: 34% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
We are working with a technology-focused organization that is looking to add a Network Operations Engineer to their team. This role will focus on monitoring network infrastructure, troubleshooting inc