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Senior Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

Network Architecture & Engineering (60%):

• Architect, design, and maintain on-premises, branch, colocation, and cloud networks, including LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, VTI, wireless, firewalls, IPS/IDS, and cloud networking.
• Design and manage scalable, highly available network solutions with redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery.
• Design, implement, and maintain advanced routing and switching configurations, including BGP, EIGRP, OMP, OSPF, VLANs, and QoS.
• Engineer and manage secure connectivity across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Maintain accurate network diagrams, standards, and documentation.
• Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis for network outages, performance, and latency issues.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into network solutions.
• Design, engineer, and manage Azure virtual networking and compute infrastructure.
• Automate tasks and configurations using PowerShell and other scripting tools.
• Visit sites as needed to implement, configure, and install network infrastructure for branches and data centers.
• Design and maintain offsite and cloud infrastructure; support annual disaster recovery testing and RPO achievement.
• Monitor on-premises, IaaS, and cloud systems for performance, capacity, and issues.
• Serve as the top escalation point for enterprise networking issues and support related systems, hardware, and servers.
• Lead IT projects and provide infrastructure expertise in Azure, connectivity, access, patching, DR, and backup.
• Maintain on-premises and cloud documentation, licensing, inventory, and change management records.

Cloud Networking Services (10%):

• Design and manage Azure cloud networking, including virtual networks and hybrid connectivity.
• Deploy, configure, and manage secure, scalable, high-performing Azure services.
• Implement cloud monitoring, tuning, load balancing, and secure on-premises-to-cloud connectivity.
• Automate provisioning and configuration using PowerShell, Python, and Infrastructure as Code.

Project & Vendor Management (10%):

• Lead technical infrastructure deployments, upgrades, and migrations.
• Manage key networking vendors, including ISPs, hardware, software, and operational support partners.
• Use ITSM, Smartsheet, Jira, and similar tools to organize, track, and deliver work using agile practices.
• Evaluate proposals and manage approved projects through the full lifecycle.
• Ensure technical specifications align with infrastructure standards and enterprise IT project requirements.

Network Security & IT + ISO Collaboration (10%):

• Design and implement network security architecture, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, segmentation, and zero trust.
• Monitor network traffic and security events to identify threats and vulnerabilities.
• Partner with IT leadership on layered security strategy and compliance with APGFCU, NCUA, regulatory, and industry standards.
• Lead network security incident response through resolution.

Professional Development (5%):

• Partner with teams to understand business needs and deliver network solutions.
• Maintain advanced certifications and pursue professional development.
• Share knowledge and mentor IT team members.