Senior Network Engineer

Technical Must-Haves

1. Cisco-Centric Networking (MOST IMPORTANT)

              •            Strong Cisco switching experience (Catalyst required).

              •            Cisco routers, access switches, building switch stacks.

              •            Ability to configure and monitor Cisco environments independently.

2. Network Fundamentals

              •            VLANs, trunking, routing basics.

              •            STP (Spanning Tree Protocol).

              •            Understanding of IP addressing / subnetting (IPv4).

              •            Ability to design/config small-scale monitoring setups.

3. Firewalls & SD-WAN

              •            Palo Alto firewall familiarity (not expert-level).

              •            Bonus: Silver Peak or SD-WAN experience (Palo Alto SD-WAN in future roadmap).

4. IPAM

              •            Experience with IP address management tools.

              •            Comfortable cleaning up outdated Excel-based inventories.

5. Tools & Platforms

              •            ServiceNow (ticketing).

              •            Cisco + Meraki + HP switches.

              •            Basic documentation (design docs, configuration records).

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              •            Manufacturing or lab/MCN/MCF environment experience.

              •            Experience supporting partially air-gapped networks.

              •            Comfort working in highly process-driven organizations.

              •            Ability to research and validate network configurations.

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What They Want Personality-Wise

              •            Highly accountable, takes ownership of tasks start → finish

              •            Can “run with it” once given direction

              •            Comfortable doing both small repetitive tasks AND project-based work

              •            Strong communicator who can collaborate across sites

              •            Someone who monitors, documents, and follows process

This is not an architect role — they want a Smart, mid-level engineer who is:

              •            Hands-on

              •            Reliable

              •            Process-oriented

              •            Easy to work with

              •            Cisco-strong

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Ideal Candidate Summary for Recruiters

A mid-level Cisco-focused Network Engineer with strong switching experience (Catalyst & Meraki), basic firewall skills (Palo Alto), solid IPAM/IP addressing fundamentals, and ability to execute repeatable project tasks (stack builds, IOS upgrades, wiring, racking, configs, monitoring setup). Process-oriented, accountable, and comfortable doing end-to-end work including documentation and vendor coordination.

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