Lead Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate the current enterprise network infrastructure and security architecture.
• Develop strategic recommendations to simplify, modernize, and optimize network services.
• Create scalable, secure, and resilient network solutions that support current and future business requirements.
• Establish and promote networking standards, best practices, and governance frameworks.
• Create network roadmaps that align technical investments with organizational objectives.
• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for Palo Alto firewalls, Panorama, VPN technologies, security policies, and advanced threat prevention capabilities.
• Review existing firewall architectures and implement improvements to enhance performance, security, and manageability.
• Lead network security initiatives, including segmentation, access control, traffic inspection, and policy optimization.
• Support compliance, risk management, and cybersecurity initiatives through secure network design.
• Provide advanced engineering support for routing, switching, wireless networking, WAN, SD-WAN, and network security environments.
• Lead complex infrastructure projects including network refreshes, upgrades, migrations, and technology implementations.
• Troubleshoot and resolve escalated network issues across enterprise environments.
• Maintain high levels of network availability, performance, and reliability.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations for adoption where appropriate.
• Partner closely with network engineers, infrastructure teams, security teams, and business stakeholders.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers on network architecture, design principles, and best practices.
• Contribute to project planning, budgeting, and technology decision-making processes.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive network documentation, diagrams, standards, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise networking roles.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing complex network architectures.
• Deep hands-on expertise with:
• Palo Alto Networks Firewalls
• Panorama Management
• IPSec and SSL VPN Technologies
• Network Segmentation and Security Architecture
• Strong experience with:
• Enterprise Routing and Switching
• LAN/WAN Design
• Wireless Networking
• Network Performance Optimization
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery Architectures
• Expert knowledge of networking protocols including:
• OSPF
• GRE
• VLANs
• QoS
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management abilities.