Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer — Greater Richmond VA Region

A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully.

Calling on network engineers who like to solve hard problems, not just monitor them.

We're conducting a confidential search for a Senior Network Engineer to join a growing Virginia-based digital infrastructure and connectivity provider. The company owns and operates its own fiber network and provides enterprise-grade connectivity, colocation, and network management services supporting businesses, schools, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, and other critical infrastructure customers.

We're looking for someone who has worked in a large, complex production network environment and wants the opportunity to have greater ownership and influence over how solutions are designed and delivered.

This is a fast-paced, self-directed engineering role. You won't just inherit a ticket queue. You'll work across backbone infrastructure, customer connectivity, new site turnups, network expansions, and complex troubleshooting.

Why Consider It?

This is an opportunity to take experience gained in a larger network environment and apply it somewhere your technical judgment and ideas can directly influence the network.

You'll join a close-knit, energetic team supporting local businesses, critical infrastructure, and innovative projects with visible real-world impact.

The company offers a flexible environment with meaningful autonomy, strong internal support, minimal travel, and unlimited PTO.

What You'll Own

• Support and operate a large-scale production network, including backbone infrastructure and customer connectivity.
• Troubleshoot complex routing, transport, performance, and service issues.
• Support new site turnups, expansions, commissioning activity, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Work directly with customers and internal technical teams to develop solutions around specific customer requirements rather than a one-size-fits-all offering.
• Improve network reliability, operational processes, documentation, and service delivery.
• Take ownership of technical problems from diagnosis through resolution.

What We're Looking For

• Senior-level, hands-on network engineering experience in a production environment.
• Background within a telecom, carrier, ISP, service provider, managed network, or large enterprise network environment.
• Experience supporting both network infrastructure and customer-facing connectivity.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, and DNS.
• Experience with Cisco and/or Ciena infrastructure is highly preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to independently work through complex network issues.
• Collaborative and relationship-oriented, with the ability to work effectively with customers and internal teams.
• Comfortable taking initiative and operating with meaningful autonomy.

If you're interested in learning more, send me a message or a Word-formatted resume. xhyhwjd I'm happy to start with a casual, confidential conversation.