Network Engineer

Not open for 3rd party, sponsorship not available Location: Hybrid with 2x a week needed in SOLU offices. Tuesdays are all hands/Team meetings. Contract Duration: Until the end of 2026, with potential extension depending on the 2026 budget Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join their fast-paced, highly collaborative IT team. This role is crucial in taking network operations to the next level by building a network roadmap, integrating best practices, and providing highly available, secure, and scalable network services. This position is critical to maintaining and enhancing the network infrastructure. What You Will Do: Architect and design network services across global offices, co-location facilities, and multi-cloud infrastructure. Design, implement, enhance, and support secure, scalable network architecture based on Cisco technologies. Assess existing network services and develop a long-term roadmap. Integrate proactive fault and problem detection, correction, and recovery processes into IT operations. Develop quarterly network reports to identify trends, improve security, and reduce service disruptions. Implement best-practice configuration management across the enterprise. Collaborate with engineering and product development teams to meet new business requirements. Build and maintain positive relationships and open communications across the organization. Skills and Experience: Senior network engineering skills, specifically with Cisco and Meraki equipment. Strong documentation and communication skills. Experience in network architecture and design, including re-architecting a network to minimize service interruptions. Familiarity with integrating on-premises networks with public cloud services like AWS and Azure. Proven track record identifying and championing appropriate new technologies that enhance network services. Experience in the implementation and maintenance of core networking including routing, switching, firewalls, ACLs, VLANs, S2S VPN, and P2S VPN. Solid understanding of routing protocols and network topologies such as BGP, EIGRP, MPLS, VPLS, BFD, HSRP. Experience implementing networking infrastructure for private cloud/hypervisor environments (mostly VMware). Understanding of Microsoft Active Directory-based security and Windows network security technologies, including DNS, DHCP. Desirable Qualifications: Professional Cisco Certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP or higher). Cloud certifications (Azure, AWS). VMware VCenter and ESXi knowledge. Windows systems engineering and administration knowledge. Prime Team Partners is an equal opportunity employer. Prime Team Partners does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy status, gender, age, marital status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by applicable state or federal civil rights laws. For contract positions, hired candidates will be employed by Prime Team for the duration of the contract period and be eligible for our company benefits. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision. Employees are covered at 75%. We offer a 401K after 6 months; we do not provide paid holidays or PTO. Sick time is offered in accordance with local laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr