🌐 Network Engineer (Cisco, Palo Alto, BGP, Firewalls & Enterprise Infrastructure)

Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Business Hours

🚀 About the Role

We’re hiring a technically strong and proactive Network Engineer to design, configure, secure, and maintain enterprise-grade network infrastructure across production environments.

This role is focused on:
✅ Routing & switching
✅ Firewalls & VPNs
✅ Network security
✅ Monitoring & troubleshooting
✅ Cloud networking
✅ Performance optimization

You’ll work directly with enterprise networking environments involving:

Cisco
Juniper
Palo Alto
Fortinet
Hybrid cloud infrastructure
Multi-site enterprise networks

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives in fast-moving technical environments and enjoys solving complex networking and infrastructure challenges.

🔥 What You’ll Own

Enterprise Network Configuration & Maintenance

Configure and manage:

routers
switches
firewalls
VPNs

Work across technologies including:

Cisco
Juniper
Palo Alto
Fortinet

Implement and maintain:

VLANs
QoS
VPN tunnels
ACLs
network segmentation

Configure routing protocols including:

BGP
OSPF
EIGRP

Perform:

firmware upgrades
patch management
hardware maintenance

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Monitor network health using:

SolarWinds
Nagios
PRTG
Zabbix

Diagnose:

latency
packet loss
routing instability
failover issues

Use tools such as:

Wireshark
TCPdump

Resolve escalated network incidents and provide:

root cause analysis
remediation documentation

Network Security & Compliance

Enforce:

firewall policies
ACLs
segmentation strategies
intrusion prevention systems

Support security and compliance initiatives involving:

PCI-DSS
HIPAA
SOX
GDPR

Implement:

Zero Trust networking principles
secure remote access
VPN security best practices

Support tools such as:

Snort
Suricata

Performance Optimization & Reliability

Conduct:

bandwidth analysis
capacity planning
failover testing
load balancing optimization

Maintain:

high availability
network redundancy
≥99.9% uptime

Proactively identify risks before outages occur

Documentation & Governance

Maintain:

network diagrams
topology maps
runbooks
configuration documentation

Use:

Visio
Lucidchart
ITIL change management workflows

Ensure all changes are documented accurately

Cloud Networking & Infrastructure Projects

Collaborate with:

DevOps teams
Cloud engineers
Infrastructure teams

Support:

AWS VPCs
Azure VNets
GCP networking
hybrid cloud environments

Participate in:

office expansions
migrations
data center deployments
infrastructure upgrades

💻 Required Experience & Skills

3+ years of experience in:

Network Engineering
Infrastructure Engineering
Enterprise Networking

Strong hands-on experience with:

Cisco
Palo Alto
Fortinet
Juniper

Deep understanding of:

TCP/IP
VLANs
QoS
VPNs
ACLs
BGP
OSPF

Experience with:

monitoring tools
troubleshooting tools
packet analysis

Strong documentation and communication skills

⭐ Ideal Experience

CCNP / CCIE certifications
Palo Alto or Fortinet certifications
Experience with:

AWS VPC
Azure networking
hybrid cloud networking

Familiarity with:

Python
Ansible
Terraform
network automation

Experience supporting:

multi-site enterprise networks
high-availability environments

🧠 What Makes You a Great Fit

Strong troubleshooting instincts under pressure
Highly detail-oriented and process-driven
Proactive mindset focused on preventing outages
Excellent communicator who can explain technical concepts clearly
Comfortable balancing operations, troubleshooting, and project work
Passionate about network reliability, security, and optimization

📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like

Monitor dashboards and respond to network alerts
Troubleshoot routing, VPN, or firewall issues
Configure switches, firewalls, and routing policies
Support migrations and cloud networking integrations
Update network diagrams and change documentation
Optimize bandwidth and failover performance
Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams on projects

In short:
You ensure enterprise networks remain secure, reliable, optimized, and highly available across production environments.

📊 Key Success Metrics (KPIs)

Network uptime ≥ 99.

Network Engineer