Senior Networking Technician

Senior Networking Technician

We are looking for a Senior Networking Technician to support high-profile and complex infrastructure projects for Fortune 100 hyperscale customers. This role is ideal for a seasoned field engineer who is ready to step into a senior-level position—leading onsite delivery, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring exceptional execution across enterprise, retail, and data center environments. This position requires extensive travel, strong technical expertise, and a commitment to high-quality work. Position Summary: The Senior Networking Technician will take the lead on field deployments, structured cabling work, rack-and-stack projects, wireless installations, documentation updates, and cross-functional coordination with engineering and delivery teams. This role offers the opportunity to build advanced technical skills while contributing to process improvements and team development.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead infrastructure projects across data centers, enterprise environments, and retail locations
• Pull and terminate Cat6/6a and various fiber structured cabling systems
• Rack and stack network devices; decommission old hardware and patching
• Deploy fully built racks into data centers, including installation of cross-connect cabling
• Install and test Wireless Access Points; terminate and dress cabling to high standards
• Collaborate with local partners or internal field engineers on complex assignments
• Mentor and train junior field engineers to support team development
• Ensure customer standards and internal standards are consistently met and exceeded
• Provide lessons learned and feedback to improve overall execution quality
• Submit redline documentation updates and ensure accuracy for engineering review
• Deliver accurate As-Built documentation for final customer turnover
• Maintain professional communication with internal teams and customers
• Review upcoming project scopes and BOMs; identify gaps and escalate when needed
• Demonstrate eagerness to expand knowledge in routing, switching, WiFi, firewalls, compute, storage, AV, and power
• Travel regularly to customer sites (up to 100% travel required)
• Represent the organization with professionalism and strong customer-facing skills

Skills & Experience Required:

• Minimum 5 years of field experience deploying infrastructure projects for large enterprise customers (VAR or SI experience preferred)
• Cabling certifications desirable (CNCI, BTEC, City & Guilds, BICSI)
• Proficient with copper and fiber testing tools: OTDR, Fluke, network analyzers, wire map
• Strong ability to read and interpret MOPs, cable run lists, patch plans, and schematics
• Experience with installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of infrastructure components in mission-critical environments
• Ability to analyze wireless survey results (Ekahau, Airmagnet, Hamina) and recommend corrections
• Experience with logical network configuration including firmware installation, configuration pushes, CLI/GUI troubleshooting (Arista, Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto)
• Excellent communication, organizational skills, and professionalism
• Self-motivated, disciplined, and able to deliver projects to industry-leading standards
• Strong customer-facing and hands-on technical skills
• CCNA/CWNA or equivalent knowledge strongly preferred