Sr. Network Engineer

About The Role

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, and support of the enterprise network infrastructure, ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performance connectivity across on-premises and cloud environments. This role provides end-to-end ownership of network architecture with a strong focus on routing, switching, security, and availability. The Senior Network Engineer may supervise junior staff and provide technical leadership within the team. This position defines and evolves enterprise network standards and architecture, aligning network solutions across on-premises data centers, VMware-based environments, and Microsoft Azure to meet business and operational requirements.

Company Overview

With roots dating to 1891 and 8,500+ employees, MYR Group Inc. (MYR Group) is a publicly traded holding company of specialty electrical construction companies. MYR Group subsidiaries work on large-scale electrical construction projects throughout the U.S. and Canada. We contribute to a clean energy future while fostering a safe, supportive, and inclusive work environment. Our culture is built on shared values and mutual respect, where teamwork and collaboration occur naturally. Throughout our rich history, we have partnered with utilities, municipalities, commercial clients, and developers to deliver some of the largest and most complex projects, including new construction, upgrades, maintenance and repair for transmission, distribution and substation facilities, commercial and industrial electrical construction, emergency and storm restoration, clean energy, pre-construction services, and engineer-procure-construct (EPC) methods of project delivery.

Essential Functions

• Perform the role of lead and may perform supervisory duties; assigning work, distributing workload, authorizing timesheets, approving vacation requests, and assisting in recruitment and evaluation processes
• Ensure the health, reliability, and security of the Company’s local and wide-area networks by monitoring and analyzing network hardware, software, utilization, and availability logs taking corrective actions as required
• Plan resource allocation and develop work plans for the network group
• Manage multiple and simultaneous complex technology projects with a significant impact to the Company
• Manage new services, business solutions, service delivery, and/or migration to new systems
• Participate and contribute in the strategic plan for the Company’s enterprise network
• Resolve escalated complex network system limitations and access problems for all enterprise systems
• Review network policies and deliver recommendations based on current and future needs and industry best practices
• Provide consultation to executive management
• Design, implement, and support enterprise LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, VPN, internet edge, and data center networking
• Manage and optimize routing/switching infrastructure (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, QoS, multicast)
• Administer enterprise firewalls, segmentation, and secure remote access solution
• Lead network security initiatives aligned with zero trust architecture and cybersecurity best practices
• Support cloud networking in Azure including ExpressRoute, VPN gateways, and hybrid connectivity
• Maintain high availability and disaster recovery networking strategies
• Maintain network monitoring, alerting, configuration backup, and performance management platforms
• Manage network lifecycle activities including upgrades, patching, hardware refreshes, and capacity planning
• Create and enforce network standards, diagrams, and operational documentation
• Effectively oversee junior staff and vendors/suppliers

Required Qualifications

• Enterprise Networking (CCNP-level) 7+ years of enterprise network engineering experience
• Strong understanding of: Routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), Switching technologies (VLANs, STP, trunking, EtherChannel), IP subnetting and scalable network design
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting multi-site enterprise networks
• Network Security: Solid understanding of core network security fundamentals, Hands-on experience with firewall policy and rule management, Knowledge of network segmentation (DMZ, internal zones, guest networks), Familiarity with VPN technologies (site-to-site and remote access), Basic IDS/IPS concepts and troubleshooting, WAN / Enterprise Connectivity Experience with WAN design and troubleshooting, Understanding of internet edge connectivity, Familiarity with load-balancing concepts (hands-on F5 not required)
• Hybrid Networking (Critical): Practical Azure networking experience, including: VNets, subnets, NSGs, VPN Gateway or ExpressRoute fundamentals, Understanding of hybrid routing and on-prem ↔ cloud connectivity, VMware Networking: Understanding of virtual networking concepts: vSwitches and distributed switches, Port groups and VLAN tagging, Ability to troubleshoot network issues within VMware environments
• Operational Excellence: Strong troubleshooting skills using packet captures (Wireshark or similar), Experience supporting production environments and participating in incident response, Ability to participate in an escalation and on-call rotation

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Azure networking experience, including: ExpressRoute design, Hub-and-spoke architectures, Azure Firewall, routing tables, UDRs, Automation & Tooling: Experience with network automation using Python or PowerShell, Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with tools such as SolarWinds, PRTG, Dynatrace, Experience analyzing NetFlow / sFlow data
• Advanced VMware / Datacenter Experience with VMware NSX (if applicable), Advanced vSphere networking troubleshooting, Data center switching experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline; combination of relevant education and experience considered in lieu of degree, Certifications preferred (CCNA/CCNP, Fortinet, etc…)