Senior Network Engineer

About the role

Our client needs a senior network engineer to keep its corporate, store, and cloud networks running through the holiday season. You will be the hands-on owner for network operations and escalations across its Jersey City and Manhattan offices, and you will support early planning for a network modernization program.

Type: 90-Day Contract (W-2). Location: Jersey City, NJ and Manhattan, NY (hybrid; travel between both offices). Duration: 90-day contract, approved through the holiday season. Extension possible. Start Date: ASAP. Hours / On-Call: 40 hours/week. On-call rotation during the holiday period. After-hours work is paid as approved overtime or offset with comp time.

Responsibilities

• Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain the LAN, WAN, and wireless networks across corporate offices and retail locations.
• Configure and support Cisco routing and switching and Palo Alto Networks firewalls (rules, policies, and threat prevention).
• Support enterprise wireless (Aruba and/or Cisco Meraki) and network access control (Aruba ClearPass or similar).
• Maintain secure cloud connectivity to Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.
• Support store connectivity, including POS and in-store wireless.
• Lead or support network incident response during the holiday period, including on-call coverage.
• Identify end-of-life equipment and legacy design issues; help plan segmentation and SASE readiness.
• Keep network diagrams, configurations, and change records current.

Requirements

• 8+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on Cisco routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, QoS).
• Hands-on Palo Alto Networks firewall administration (Panorama a plus).
• Enterprise wireless experience (Aruba, Meraki, or Cisco).
• Experience connecting on-premises networks to public cloud (GCP and/or Azure).
• Comfortable working onsite and moving between two office locations.
• Strong troubleshooting and documentation habits.

Skills

• CCNP, PCNSE, or Aruba certifications.
• Experience with SD-WAN, network segmentation, or SASE (Zscaler, Prisma Access, or similar).
• Retail network experience (stores, POS, distribution centers).

Schedule

Hybrid - Onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Remote the other 2 days.