Senior Network Engineer / Architect
Posted 1 day ago by W3Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote or New York, New York
Summary: The Senior Network Engineer / Architect will oversee the management of routing, switching, VPN, and firewall infrastructure across office locations and cloud environments. This role involves technical architecture, consulting for engineering teams, and ensuring secure and compliant network designs. The position also includes mentoring service desk technicians and acting as a technical escalation point for network issues. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in both on-prem and cloud network environments, particularly in AWS and Kubernetes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, monitor, and maintain 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:
- 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): £54.00/HOUR
City: New York
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Role: Senior Network Engineer / Architect
Location: Remote
Looking for a Senior Network Engineer who will be responsible for managing routing, switching, VPN, and firewall infrastructure at our office locations and in the cloud.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage, monitor, and maintain 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+)