Senior Network Engineer (Hybrid), No C2C

Our client is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to own the design, operation, and continuous hardening of the enterprise network and perimeter security environment. This role leads day-to-day network operations across LAN, WAN, and Wi-Fi, administers and optimizes firewalls and site-to-site VPNs, and partners closely with Cybersecurity and Operations. The ideal candidate is hands-on with troubleshooting, performance tuning, and automation, while shaping standards and guardrails that keep the environment resilient and compliant.

• Design, implement, and maintain secure network architectures across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments
• Own capacity planning, high availability, and performance optimization using advanced monitoring and telemetry
• Lead complex troubleshooting across routing, tunnels, NAT, BGP, OSPF, EVPN, QoS, VLAN segmentation, Wi-Fi, internet circuits, inter-site connectivity, and remote access
• Administer enterprise firewalls and VPN gateways; maintain secure configurations that deny all inbound traffic unless by approved exception
• Oversee the full firewall rule lifecycle including intake, business justification, review, approval, implementation, logging, monitoring, and periodic recertification
• Ensure all administrative access is logged and monitored; remediate findings in partnership with Cybersecurity
• Partner with Cybersecurity and GRC to align controls with cybersecurity policy, contribute to risk assessments, and support incident response
• Drive disciplined change, configuration, and release processes with rollback planning and post-change validation
• Automate repetitive tasks (configuration baselines, ruleset checks, backups) using infrastructure-as-code and scripting (Ansible, Terraform, Python)
• Build actionable dashboards, runbooks, and diagrams; maintain complete and auditable network inventories and rule repositories
• Operate and tune enterprise firewall platforms (Palo Alto experience strongly preferred)
• Manage carrier and OEM relationships; evaluate and implement cost-effective network and security enhancements
• Provide mentorship, lead incident bridges, and communicate clearly during planned changes and outages

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 7–10+ years of enterprise networking experience with hands-on ownership of firewalls and site connectivity
• Deep expertise in routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, EVPN), VPNs (IPsec, SSL), NAT, segmentation, and network security architectures (zero trust/perimeter controls)
• Proven experience managing large firewall environments including rule governance, logging/SIEM integration, and audit/compliance cycles
• Proficiency with network automation and scripting (Ansible, Terraform, Python)
• Experience with observability tools such as SolarWinds, NetFlow, SNMP, synthetic monitoring, and packet capture
• Strong incident leadership, root cause analysis, and stakeholder communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as CCNP/CCIE, PCNSE (Palo Alto), JNCIP/JNCIE, NSE (Fortinet), or equivalent
• Experience in multi-site data center environments
• Background in regulated or critical infrastructure environments with formal change and configuration management

Key Competencies

• Ownership and accountability under pressure
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Cybersecurity and Operations
• Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Sick time
• 401k

Pay Range: $50.00 - $70.00 per hour (Depending on experience and qualifications)

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