Senior Network Engineer

About the role

Sr. Network Engineer

What you’ll do

• Design, configure, and maintain enterprise-level network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless access points.
• Implement and manage complex BGP routing solutions, including iBGP/eBGP peering, route reflectors, and policy-based routing.
• Lead the design and management of MDFs and IDFs, ensuring structured cabling, cable management, power distribution, cooling, and physical security.
• Deploy and manage Juniper Mist AI-driven platform, including Mist Access Points, Mist Edge, and Mist Cloud dashboard.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Palo Alto Networks' SD-WAN and firewalls, including policy creation, threat prevention, VPN configuration, and performance tuning.
• Architect and manage secure AWS network solutions, including Transit Gateway, Gateway Load Balancer, VPC Peering, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, Direct Connect, Security Groups, and Network ACLs.
• Implement and manage Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) solutions, including IdP integrations, PSEs, and Business Continuity Plans.
• Lead network infrastructure projects from conception to completion, including requirements gathering, design, planning, execution, and post-implementation support.
• Monitor network performance using tools like Marvis, identify and resolve complex network issues, and implement proactive measures to prevent outages.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive network documentation, including diagrams, configurations, IDF/MDF layouts, Zscaler policy, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate and communicate with cross-functional teams (Security, Systems, Applications, DevOps, Facilities).
• Perform network capacity planning and recommend upgrades and enhancements.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for after-hours support and respond to critical network incidents, providing 24x7 operational support.

What you’ll bring

• 8+ years' total experience
• Design, configure, implement, and maintain enterprise-level network infrastructure, including routers, switches (campus and data center), firewalls, wireless access points, and related services.
• Design, implement, and manage complex BGP routing solutions, including iBGP/eBGP peering, route reflectors, policy-based routing, traffic engineering, and troubleshooting BGP convergence and stability issues.
• Lead design, build-out, and ongoing management of MDFs and IDFs, ensuring structured cabling standards, optimal cable management, power distribution, cooling, and physical security.
• Design, deploy, and manage Juniper Mist AI-driven platform, including Mist Access Points, Mist Edge, Mist Cloud dashboard, Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Wi-Fi, Wired, and WAN Assurance.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Palo Alto Networks' SD-WAN, firewalls, including policy creation, threat prevention, VPN configuration, and performance tuning.
• Architect, build, and manage secure and scalable network solutions within AWS cloud environments, including Transit Gateway architectures, Gateway Load Balancer, VPC Peering, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, Direct Connect, Security Groups, and Network ACLs.
• Implement, configure, and manage Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) solutions, including IdP integrations (e.g., SAML, SCIM), PSEs, Business Continuity Plans, traffic forwarding, security policies, and application segments.
• Lead network infrastructure projects from conception to completion, including requirements gathering, design, planning, execution, and post-implementation support.
• Monitor network performance and integrity using tools like Marvis for proactive insights, identify and resolve complex network issues, and implement proactive measures to prevent outages and performance degradation.

Nice to have

• Stay current with emerging network technologies, security threats, and industry best practices.
• Mentor junior network engineers and provide technical guidance and support, fostering their communication and technical skills.
• Relevant industry certifications: CCNP, CCIE, JNCIP-ENT, Juniper Mist AI Specialist (JNCIS-MistAI), PCNSE, AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty, Zscaler Certified Cloud Professional (ZCCP-PA, ZCCP-IA), Zscaler Certified Cloud Administrator (ZCCA-PA, ZCCA-IA).
• Experience with scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Ansible) for network tasks, including AWS CloudFormation or Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Knowledge of SD-WAN technologies.
• Familiarity with other cloud platforms (Azure, GCP).
• Experience with network segmentation and micro-segmentation strategies.

Skills