Network Engineer

About the role

GGP is a leading retail real estate company headquartered in Chicago, IL, with a portfolio of 95+ high-performing retail assets spanning over 95 million square feet across the United States. As an owner-operator, GGP creates vibrant destinations that bring people and brands together, employing over 1,200 professionals.

Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, SD-WAN, and cloud network infrastructure.

• Support Cisco and Arista switching environments including deployment, configuration, optimization, code upgrades, and vulnerability remediation.

• Manage Prisma SD-WAN, Aruba Central, Aruba wireless infrastructure, and Aruba ClearPass including 802.1X, guest access, device profiling, and role-based access policies.

• Provide operational support in a ticket-based environment using ServiceNow with compliance to company standards and operational procedures.

• Configure, administer, and optimize SolarWinds monitoring platforms including NPM, NCM, and SAM, while developing dashboards, alerting, reporting, and observability solutions.

• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Python, Ansible, and PowerShell to support configuration management, compliance validation, provisioning, operational tasks, and CI/CD-based network deployments.

• Create reusable automation frameworks and operational runbooks for vulnerability remediation and other projects.

• Identify, prioritize, and remediate cybersecurity vulnerabilities through firmware upgrades, secure configuration standards, patch management, NAC, segmentation, and Zero Trust initiatives.

• Implement secure network configurations and hardening standards aligned with enterprise security policies.

• Participate in security assessments, penetration test remediation, and risk mitigation activities.

• Maintain documentation of remediation activities, patch compliance, and security exceptions.

• Administer, configure, and support Aruba Central cloud-managed environments and Aruba wireless infrastructure including APs and controllers.

• Manage Aruba ClearPass policies including but not limited to NAC authentication, Role-based access, Guest access, Device profiling, and 802.1X integration.

• Support secure wired and wireless access initiatives.

• Maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, operational procedures, and remediation records while participating in incident response, root cause analysis, and problem management activities.

• Collaborate with vendors, property management teams, cybersecurity, architecture, systems, and application teams on operational and project initiatives.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.

• Minimum 5 years of enterprise network engineering experience, including hands-on work in multi-vendor, multi-site environments.

• Hands-on experience with Cisco switching and routing (IOS, NX-OS), Cisco Catalyst Center, and SolarWinds Observability Suite (NPM, NCM, SAM).

• Experience with network automation and network operations practices, including scripting with Python, Ansible, and/or PowerShell for configuration management, compliance validation, and CI/CD-based deployments.

• Experience with cybersecurity vulnerability remediation, patch management, and secure network configuration standards.

• Strong working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS/DHCP, VLANs, and network security principles.

• Experience with enterprise wireless networking and NAC solutions.

• Proficiency with network diagnostic and monitoring tools including Wireshark, SNMP, Syslog, and NetFlow.

• Strong technical writing skills, including the ability to produce clear operational runbooks, network diagrams, and remediation documentation.