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Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support, design, and maintain our enterprise network infrastructure. This role owns day-to-day network operations while also driving architecture and configuration work for new deployments and upgrades. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on expertise with Layer 2/Layer 3 switching, enterprise firewalls, and VPN technologies, and can troubleshoot complex issues across multi-vendor environments with minimal supervision. Security experience is a strong plus.

Responsibilities include:

Network Operations & Support

Serve as an escalation point for complex network incidents, performing root cause analysis and driving issues to resolution within SLA

Monitor network health, capacity, and performance; proactively identify and remediate bottlenecks before they impact users

Troubleshoot connectivity issues across VLANs, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, and WAN/ISP links

Use packet capture and network monitoring tools to diagnose latency, packet loss, and application performance problems

Manage firmware upgrades, patching, and configuration backups following established change management procedures

Participate in an on-call rotation and support scheduled maintenance windows

Network Design & Architecture

Design scalable, resilient LAN, WAN, and remote-access solutions that support business growth

Develop network diagrams, IP addressing schemes, VLAN plans, and routing designs

Evaluate and recommend hardware, software, and circuits; participate in vendor selection and technical evaluations

Lead network components of infrastructure projects — site build-outs, migrations, refreshes, and cloud connectivity

Define and maintain network standards, baseline configurations, and technical documentation

Configuration & Implementation

Configure and maintain Layer 2/Layer 3 switches, including VLANs, trunking, spanning tree, port security, link aggregation, and inter-VLAN routing

Configure and maintain routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, static routing) across the enterprise WAN

Administer enterprise firewalls: security policies, NAT, application control, and access control rules

Build and maintain site-to-site IPsec VPN tunnels between offices, data centers, and third-party partners, including troubleshooting Phase 1/Phase 2 negotiation, rekeying, and tunnel stability issues

Deploy and support remote-access VPN (SSL/IPsec) for end users, including authentication integration and client troubleshooting

Implement network segmentation and access control between environments

Collaboration & Documentation

Maintain accurate network documentation, runbooks, and as-built diagrams

Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers and help-desk staff

Work with systems, application, and security teams on cross-functional initiatives

Communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders during outages and project planning