Sr. Network Engineer
Motion Recruitment · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
HybridInformation TechnologyContract
About the role
This individual will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, offsite, and cloud environments. In this role, you'll work on complex networking initiatives involving routing protocols, firewalls, SD-WAN, wireless networking, VoIP, DNS, DHCP, and cloud connectivity while supporting critical business operations.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, manage, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure
- Work on complex networking initiatives involving routing protocols, firewalls, SD-WAN, wireless networking, VoIP, DNS, DHCP, and cloud connectivity
- Support critical business operations
- Contribute to infrastructure modernization efforts
- Provide technical leadership
- Ensure highly available, secure, and scalable network services across the organization
Requirements
- 5+ years of network engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or 8+ years of relevant experience with equivalent education/certifications
- Strong knowledge of routing protocols, ACLs, firewall policies, SD-WAN, WAPs, web application firewalls, DHCP, DNS, and VoIP/SIP technologies
- Experience designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining enterprise network infrastructure
- Ability to troubleshoot complex network and data communication issues
- Comfortable performing cabling, lifting, racking, and maintaining physical network hardware
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations and work onsite as needed
Desired Skills & Experience
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud and multi-site network environments
- Strong project planning, documentation, and implementation skills
- Experience developing test plans and network implementation strategies
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide recommendations and communicate infrastructure changes to stakeholders
- Experience with network modeling, analysis, and capacity planning