Senior Network Engineer / Architect
Posted 1 day ago by TechVirtue LLC
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Senior Network Engineer / Architect will oversee Blink's routing, switching, VPN, and firewall infrastructure across office locations and cloud environments. This role requires extensive experience in network management and design, particularly in cloud-based microservices. The engineer will also mentor service desk technicians and act as a technical escalation point for network issues. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential for working with IT leadership and other engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, monitor, and maintain Blink's network infrastructure, including Aruba & Meraki switches/WAP, Palo Alto firewalls/VPN, AWS VPC, and AWS Transit Gateway
- Serve as a technical architect and consultant to other engineering teams by assisting them with network design and troubleshooting in a microservices & container-based environment (AWS, Kubernetes)
- Work with IT leadership on projects, identify new products & solutions, and research solutions
- Promote good network design practices by emphasizing Secure & compliant implementations, Redundancy/high availability, and Automation
- Mentor and train service desk technicians to help them provide level 1 support
- Act as the technical escalation point for network issues
- Configure, harden, and patch network devices & services according to security best practices and recommendations
- Monitor security alerts and investigate security incidents
- Maintain technical documentation about the systems you manage
- Communicate with stakeholders by keeping them informed of incident progress, notifying them of upcoming changes or scheduled downtime
- Participate in on-call support rotation
- Duties will be primarily focused on Network administration while providing backup to the systems engineering colleagues for Windows and Linux server administration.
Key Skills:
- 12+ Years Senior Lead / Architect experience
- Meraki Switch expertise
- Palo Alto Networks Panorama knowledge
- AWS and Terraform experience
- Meraki & Palo Alto certification is a huge plus
- 5+ years of experience managing on-prem & cloud network environments
- Experience in network design and troubleshooting in a cloud-based microservices environment (AWS, Kubernetes)
- Expert-level knowledge of enterprise network protocols & platforms such as IPSec, VPN, DNS, SNMP, OSPF, BGP, AWS VPC, Security Groups, peering, and routing
- Deep understanding of cloud and virtualization technologies and how they impact network performance and design
- Ability to manage an integrated cloud-based (AWS) and physical office-based infrastructure
- Strong understanding of network security requirements & best practices, and ability to analyze & respond to security incidents
- Hands-on experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting tools, including Wireshark, tcpdump, Fiddler, PRTG, Nagios, NewRelic, Grafana, and nmap
- Mid-level Windows and Linux server administration capabilities
- Experience writing and documenting detailed project proposals
- Experience working with vendors to solve issues, discuss roadmaps, and implement improvements
- Ability to adapt and solve problems in a fast-paced environment
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills, and ability to collaborate with others
- Industry certifications are a plus (Cisco CCNP, Palo Alto PCNSE/PCNSA, Network+)
Salary (Rate): £52.50 hourly
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Role: Senior Network Engineer / Architect
Location: Remote
Looking for a Senior Network Engineer who will be responsible for managing Blink s routing, switching, VPN, and firewall infrastructure at our office locations and in the cloud.
Round 1 will be with Risebird. Please share candidate availability for Friday and Monday while submitting profiles.
Mandatory Skills 12+ Years Senior Lead / Architect
Meraki Switch
Palo Alto Networks Panorama
AWS Terraform
Meraki & Palo Alto certification is huge plus
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, monitor, and maintain Blink s network infrastructure, including Aruba & Meraki switches/WAP, Palo Alto firewalls/VPN, AWS VPC, and AWS Transit Gateway
- Serve as a technical architect and consultant to other engineering teams by assisting them with network design and troubleshooting in a microservices & container-based environment (AWS, Kubernetes)
- Work with IT leadership on projects, identify new products & solutions, and research solutions
- Promote good network design practices by emphasizing Secure & compliant implementations, Redundancy/high availability, and Automation
- Mentor and train service desk technicians to help them provide level 1 support
- Act as the technical escalation point for network issues
- Configure, harden, and patch network devices & services according to security best practices and recommendations
- Monitor security alerts and investigate security incidents
- Maintain technical documentation about the systems you manage
- Communicate with stakeholders by keeping them informed of incident progress, notifying them of upcoming changes or scheduled downtime
- Participate in on-call support rotation
- Duties will be primarily focused on Network administration while providing backup to the systems engineering colleagues for Windows and Linux server administration.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience managing on-prem & cloud network environments
- Experience in network design and troubleshooting in a cloud-based microservices environment (AWS, Kubernetes)
- Expert-level knowledge of enterprise network protocols & platforms such as IPSec, VPN, DNS, SNMP, OSPF, BGP, AWS VPC, Security Groups, peering, and routing
- Deep understanding of cloud and virtualization technologies and how they impact network performance and design
- Ability to manage an integrated cloud-based (AWS) and physical office-based infrastructure
- Strong understanding of network security requirements & best practices, and ability to analyze & respond to security incidents
- Hands-on experience with network monitoring and troubleshooting tools, including Wireshark, tcpdump, Fiddler, PRTG, Nagios, NewRelic, Grafana, and nmap
- Mid-level Windows and Linux server administration capabilities
- Experience writing and documenting detailed project proposals
- Experience working with vendors to solve issues, discuss roadmaps, and implement improvements
- Ability to adapt and solve problems in a fast-paced environment
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills, and ability to collaborate with others
- Industry certifications are a plus (Cisco CCNP, Palo Alto PCNSE/PCNSA, Network+)