Senior Network Engineer

Job Details: Senior Network Engineer
Location: Palo Alto, CA Hybrid
Duration:  6 Months (Possible extension)
Employment Type: Contract
Work Schedule: Hybrid, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Travel Requirement: Up to 30%

• Design, organize, modify, install, configure, and maintain LAN/WAN network hardware and software—including Cisco Nexus 9K switches, routers, access points, and FortiGate firewalls.

• Manage network security end-to-end utilizing FortiGate firewalls, Cisco equipment, and Cisco Wireless systems (including Cisco ISE and DNA Center setup and troubleshooting).

• Dedicated to collaborating directly with external vendors to establish, test, and maintain secure VPN tunnels connecting vendor locations facilities.

• Serve as an expert escalation point capable of troubleshooting, analyzing, and diagnosing complex hardware, software, and routing issues under pressure.

• Analyze incoming support tickets and operational requests, prioritizing them effectively based on business impact and urgency.

• Develop positive, productive working relationships with remote IT team members, internal business units, and functions involved in downstream technical processes.

• Act as a true self-starter by actively seeking out impactful tasks, network optimizations, and continuous improvements during periods of low ticket volume.

• Support hybrid routing between physical facility networks and AWS environments using AWS Transit Gateway.

• Assist in deploying and maintaining AWS PrivateLink and Private VPC Endpoints to route sensitive vendor and facility traffic off the public internet.

• Support unified cross-environment DNS resolution between local facilities and AWS using Amazon Route 53 (Hosted Zones and Resolvers).

• Basic usage of AWS Network Monitoring tools (VPC Flow Logs, CloudWatch Metrics, Transit Gateway Network Manager) to isolate cross-environment latency or connectivity bottlenecks.