Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Job Category: Engineering & Infrastructure Requisition Number: SENIO002476

Full-Time Indianapolis, IN 46268, USA

Description

Essential Functions:

• Design, develop, and manage enterprise network architecture for datacenter, campus, branch, cloud, and multi-tenant environments.
• Create scalable, secure, reliable, and reusable network solutions.
• Lead engineering efforts from design through implementation and operational support.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and develop strategic recommendations.
• Manage complex multi-vendor, multi-protocol network environments.
• Design routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN, security, and cloud networking solutions.
• Define standards for network infrastructure and operational consistency.
• Lead major network transformations and modernization projects.
• Serve as escalation point for critical network incidents.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Develop proactive monitoring and observability strategies.
• Drive reliability, availability, and performance improvements.
• Design and implement network automation solutions.
• Develop tools, scripts, and workflows that eliminate manual effort.
• Improve service delivery through orchestration and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
• Drive efficiency initiatives across engineering and operations teams.
• Design and implement network security architectures.
• Lead remediation efforts related to vulnerabilities and compliance requirements.
• Provide guidance on segmentation, access control, encryption, and zero-trust initiatives.
• Support audit and governance programs.
• Mentor Network Engineers and Operations personnel.
• Provide technical leadership during projects and service reviews.
• Develop best practices, standards, and engineering documentation.
• Participate in technical roadmap planning and strategic discussions.
• Interface with executive leadership, project teams, vendors, and customers.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Lead customer design sessions and technical reviews.
• Support business development and solution architecture activities.
• Identify opportunities for service expansion or optimization and support upsell initiatives where applicable.
• Other duties as assigned.

  Required Education, Knowledge, and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree or qualification in an IT related discipline or equivalent technical and business experience.
  • 7+ years of enterprise networking experience.
  • CCNP certification or equivalent experience.
  • Other experience or certifications valued:
  • Cisco CCDE
  • Cisco CCIE
  • Fortinet NSE or higher
  • Juniper JNCIA or higher
  • Palo Alto PNSA or higher
  • Strong expertise in routing, switching, wireless, and network design principles
  • Strong experience supporting firewalls and VPN technologies.
  • Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, STP, OSPF, and BGP.
  • Experience with Azure, AWS, or hybrid cloud networking.
  • Experience with SD-WAN technologies.
  • Experience with network automation (Powershell, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
  • Experience in a managed services or service provider environment.
  • Network device firmware management.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across OS, storage, and network layers
  • Experience with the following is valued but not required:
  • Monitoring technologies (LogicMonitor, Azure, Nectus, SolarWinds, etc.)
  • Network security technologies

  Abilities and Skills:

  • Ability to adapt to a changing technical environment.
  • Ability to coach other members of team in their area of expertise.
  • Ability to communicate clearly with all team members and end-users.
  • Ability to work with a sense of urgency.
  • Customer-facing presentation and consulting skills.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Ability to explain technical procedures in business terms.
  • Able to solve complex technical problems through sound and methodical troubleshooting.
  • Excellent written, oral and presentation skills.

  Physical, Mental Requirements and Work Environment:

  • Candidates local in Indianapolis, work hybrid onsite work schedule, generally 3 days a week, and have dependable transport for any on-site visits required.
  • Will be on-call and expected to provide after-hours support as needed.
  • Must be able to work on a computer for long periods.
  • Travel to customer sites as needed. Not more than 25%.

  Equipment Used:

  • Computer.
  • Headset.

  Conditions of Employment:

  • Must pass post-offer, pre-employment background check and drug test.
  • Due to customer, contractual, regulatory, and/or export-control requirements, candidates must be U.S Citizens.
  • Must maintain required certification levels.

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