Senior Network Engineer

About the role

The Senior Network Engineer will work on a broad range of business initiatives and objectives for new and current locations. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leveraging a wide range of technologies and tools to build intelligent infrastructure systems, scalable automation, and managing our centralized networking, server and cloud based systems. The candidate will be focused and driven to continuously improve our network delivery, monitoring systems, and automation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Work on a broad range of business initiatives and objectives for new and current locations.
• Leverage a wide range of technologies and tools to build intelligent infrastructure systems, scalable automation, and manage our centralized networking, server and cloud based systems.
• Design, develop, build, and maintain network architecture for a multi-tenant enterprise that is both corporate and customer facing.
• Partner with both internal and external teams to automate provisioning for new clients and other basic tasks.
• Aid in projects that lead to network improvements including network equipment code upgrades, network hardware upgrades, and network/server application software improvements.
• Work with various vendors and service providers to ensure the production environment is always operating at peak proficiency.
• Build, maintain, and improve a network automation platform.
• Build, maintain, and improve cloud based and server based compute platforms using Virtualization, K8s, and containerization.
• Maintain and improve on an AWS based Cloud Networking environment.
• Actively monitor network health across locations, identify and propose solutions to problems before they occur.
• Participate in day to day network operations, when needed as well as an on-call rotation.
• Innovate, never accept the status quo, explore new technologies and have fun finding the best tools.
• Identify and implement process improvements.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with deploying, maintaining, and managing enterprise-scale networks.
• A deep understanding and knowledge of core networking concepts.
• Experience with layer 2 and 3 routing protocols, multi-site VPN, WiFi networks, and cloud networking typically used in any enterprise WAN architecture.
• Technical background in a hosted services environment including infrastructure networks, hardware, software and telecommunications.
• Hands-on experience in Juniper JunOS, including SRX, EX, and QFX platforms.
• Familiarity with WiFi based (802.11ax/802.11be) architecture, technologies, and day to day operations.
• Ability to develop, deploy, and maintain wide area network architecture through a varying degree of technologies such as SD-WAN, MPLS, VPLS, and L2L VPN tunnels.
• Experience using automated network monitoring tools, including building and maintaining a full network automation platform using tools such as Ansible.
• Previous experience in troubleshooting Wireless (WiFi) networks, sufficient knowledge of latest WiFi technologies & IEEE 802.11 standards along with RADIUS and AAA accounting.
• Excellent attention to detail, testing and documentation.
• Well-versed in Network design concepts that include WAN Architecture, network security engineering principles and system design.
• Experience with Jira or other issue tracking systems.
• Collaboration and adaptability - you’re comfortable wearing many different hats.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in Cisco IOS and ASA.
• Linux server-based operating system experience (RHEL based ideal).
• Experience with KVM based virtual environments.
• Experience with Jira or other issue tracking systems.
• Collaboration and adaptability - you’re comfortable wearing many different hats.

Skills

• Juniper JunOS, including SRX, EX, and QFX platforms.
• Cisco IOS and ASA.
• Linux server-based operating system experience (RHEL based ideal).
• KVM based virtual environments.
• Jira or other issue tracking systems.

Benefits

Health & Wellness: Day-one health coverage for you and your family, 24/7 virtual care, emotional well-being support, and fertility & family planning benefits.

Time Off & Balance: Generous PTO, your birthday off (because, of course!), paid parental leave, and a year-end holiday closure to recharge.

Financial Growth: 401K with company match and support for education, courses, and certifications. We invest in you so you can grow personally and professionally.

Development & Recognition: Ongoing career growth opportunities plus recognition programs to celebrate milestones.

Community & Impact: Volunteer and give-back opportunities, and the chance to make a real impact in the work you do.