Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Location: Middle Tennessee / Greater Nashville Area

Employment Type: FTE direct hire with full company benefits

Work Arrangement: Primarily remote/flexible with onsite availability required as needed

Currently seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer for a permanent opportunity with an established organization in Middle Tennessee. This position will serve as a senior technical resource responsible for the design, administration, optimization, and support of enterprise network and infrastructure services across multiple locations. The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on experience with enterprise networking, Palo Alto firewalls, routing and switching, wireless infrastructure, VMware, Citrix, and storage technologies. This role will also provide senior-level troubleshooting, technical guidance, and escalation support while contributing to infrastructure projects, security initiatives, and network architecture improvements.

*Important: This opportunity requires candidates to reside in the Middle Tennessee area and have the flexibility to work onsite when business or project needs require it.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, administer, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN/WAN infrastructure across multiple locations.
• Configure, patch, support, and lifecycle-manage routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, and related network technologies.
• Administer and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewalls, including firewall rules, policies, performance, and connectivity.
• Lead root-cause analysis for complex network performance, availability, and connectivity issues.
• Maintain and support VMware virtual environments, Citrix VDI, and enterprise storage systems.
• Administer and optimize enterprise wireless network services.
• Support and troubleshoot VoIP and telecommunications systems.
• Serve as a senior escalation resource and provide technical guidance and mentoring to Help Desk and infrastructure team members.
• Lead or participate in network upgrades, infrastructure projects, incident response, and change-management activities.
• Maintain network diagrams, technical documentation, standards, and support procedures.
• Partner with infrastructure, cybersecurity, operations, and business teams to maintain secure, scalable, and highly available technology environments.
• Recommend improvements to network architecture, monitoring, security, resiliency, and operational processes.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive enterprise network/infrastructure experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls.
• Strong experience with enterprise routing, switching, wireless networking, and multi-site network environments.
• Experience supporting virtualization and storage infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex network and infrastructure issues through root-cause resolution.
• Experience working within established change-management, security, documentation, and compliance processes.
• Network+, CCNA, or equivalent professional experience.
• High school diploma or GED required; bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Networking, or a related discipline preferred.

Preferred Experience

• VMware and Citrix
• Enterprise storage platforms, including PURE Storage
• Microsoft Azure, including virtual networking, identity services, and cloud-hosted workloads
• Hybrid cloud environments
• VoIP/telecommunications
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP), cybersecurity, and data protection technologies
• High-availability or regulated enterprise environments
• CCNP, Palo Alto, VMware, Azure, or Citrix certifications