Network Engineer, Senior

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead network engineer, providing technical direction and hands-on leadership across all aspects of the enterprise network.
• Design, implement, and support complex Cisco-based campus, core, and wireless network architectures.
• Act as the primary escalation point for advanced network issues, performing deep-dive troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Engineer, deploy, and maintain Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including policy design, advanced security features, and VPN services.
• Design, deploy, and support enterprise wireless networks, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and seamless client connectivity.
• Administer and enhance Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for network access control, authentication, authorization, and profiling.
• Utilize Cisco Catalyst Center to support network automation, assurance, configuration management, and operational visibility across wired and wireless environments.
• Define and enforce network engineering standards, best practices, and design patterns.
• Lead network lifecycle activities including upgrades, migrations, expansions, and hardware refreshes.
• Create, maintain, and continuously improve standard operating procedures (SOPs), runbooks, and technical documentation.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level network engineers.
• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure stable and secure network integration.
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide expert-level support during critical network incidents.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of Cisco enterprise networking technologies.
• Extensive experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls in production environments.
• Strong operational experience with Cisco ISE, including NAC policy design and troubleshooting.
• Proficiency with Cisco Catalyst Center for wired and wireless network operations.
• Proven proficiency with enterprise wireless networking, including design, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Advanced understanding of: Routing and switching protocols, Wireless RF fundamentals and client behavior, Network resiliency and high availability, Network security architecture and segmentation.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-domain network issues independently.
• Strong documentation skills, with experience authoring SOPs, standards, and operational guides.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives end-to-end with minimal oversight.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCIE (Enterprise, Security) or CCNP Enterprise, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Palo Alto Networks certifications (PCNSE preferred).
• Experience with enterprise wireless platforms (Cisco Wireless, including controller-based or SDA environments).
• Experience with network automation and scripting (Python, REST APIs, Ansible).
• Experience supporting large-scale or mission-critical enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with SD-Access and advanced campus architectures.