Senior Network Engineer

About the role

Crum & Forster Company is a leading travel insurance provider with over 25 years of experience. As part of the C&F Accident & Health Division Specialty Business Unit, Travel Insured International partners with agencies of all sizes to offer comprehensive travel protection and non-insurance assistance services. The company remains dedicated to providing reliable coverage, excellent value, and seamless customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure supporting hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
• Develop and support secure, scalable, and highly available network solutions across LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, wireless, and load balancing technologies.
• Lead the design and implementation of resilient network topologies that support redundancy, failover, and business continuity requirements.
• Administer and optimize network segmentation, routing, switching, and secure access controls across the enterprise.
• Configure, manage, and support firewall platforms, with a strong emphasis on Fortinet technologies.
• Evaluate existing network architecture and recommend improvements to increase performance, availability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure network designs and engineering practices comply with internal standards, regulatory obligations, and information security requirements.
• Implement, manage, and enhance enterprise network security controls across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Support and administer core security and network technologies, including: Fortinet firewalls, switching and wireless platforms, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), and Zero Trust networking solutions.
• Perform security hardening and maintain secure configuration standards for network infrastructure.
• Monitor network security posture and coordinate remediation of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and operational risks.
• Partner with Cybersecurity teams on incident response activities, threat analysis, containment, root cause analysis, and post-incident improvement efforts.
• Support audit, compliance, and governance activities related to network and security infrastructure.
• Design and support secure hybrid network connectivity with primary focus on Microsoft Azure, while maintaining integration with on-premises environments.
• Implement and support Azure networking services, including virtual networks, routing, ExpressRoute, VPN gateways, network security groups, and cloud-native firewall controls.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure teams to establish and enforce network guardrails, secure landing zone standards, and connectivity patterns.
• Support secure communication for distributed applications, APIs, and microservices across hybrid environments.
• Assist in the development of scalable network patterns that enable cloud adoption, modernization, and secure application delivery.
• Serve as a senior technical contributor and trusted partner to Infrastructure, Cloud, and Cybersecurity teams.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and operational support staff.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, project planning, and strategic technology initiatives.
• Demonstrate sound judgment, accountability, and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• Foster a collaborative, service-oriented, and security-focused approach to network engineering and operations.
• Own and enhance monitoring, observability, alerting and operational support processes for network and security infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues across multiple platforms, environments and technologies.
• Participate in on-call support rotation for critical infrastructure incidents and security-related events.
• Develop, maintain and improve technical documentation, operational procedures, architecture diagrams and support runbooks.
• Identify opportunities to improve service reliability, reduce operational complexity, and modernize network capabilities.
• Stay informed of emerging technologies, industry best practices, and evolving security threats relevant to enterprise networking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited institution in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in enterprise network engineering, including enterprise infrastructure design, implementation, and support.
• Demonstrated experience supporting hybrid cloud network environments, with strong expertise in Microsoft Azure networking.
• Hands-on experience configuring and administering Fortinet firewalls in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of routing, switching, VPNs, SD-WAN, wireless networking, load balancing, and network segmentation.
• Experience with high availability design, redundancy planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity concepts.
• Solid understanding of network security principles, including firewall policy management, IDS/IPS, Zero Trust, SASE, and secure access controls.
• Experience troubleshooting complex network performance, connectivity, and security issues in both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and contribute effectively within cross-functional teams.

Preferred Requirements

• Professional certifications such as: Fortinet NSE / FCP / FCSS, Cisco CCNP, Azure Network Engineer Associate, Palo Alto, Check Point, or comparable network/security certifications.
• Familiarity with cloud governance, landing zones, and infrastructure security frameworks.
• Experience with network automation, scripting, or infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Exposure to multi-cloud networking, including AWS.
• Knowledge of enterprise monitoring and observability platforms.

Pay

The annualized base pay for the advertised position, located in the specified area, ranges from a minimum of $91,100 to a maximum of $133,700. The actual compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to the market pay for the jobs at each level, the responsibilities and skills required for each job, and the employee's contribution (performance) in that role. To be considered within market range, a salary is at or above the minimum of the range. You may also have the opportunity to participate in discretionary equity (stock) based compensation and/or performance-based variable pay programs.

Schedule

This role is hybrid in our Glastonbury, CT, office 2-3 days per week. This role could also be remote with travel to Glastonbury, CT.