Network Engineer 2.0

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of hands-on network engineering/support experience in an enterprise or multi-site environment
• CCNA required or previously held/expired, with demonstrated CCNA-level networking knowledge
• Strong network troubleshooting skills with the ability to independently triage and resolve connectivity issues
• Hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching, TCP/IP, VLANs, wireless, WAN, and VPN technologies
• Comfortable configuring, deploying, and physically working with routers, switches, wireless access points, and other network equipment
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation approximately one week every five weeks Independent, hands-on self-starter who can contribute quickly within a small engineering team

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting large multi-site or distributed environments with hundreds of locations
• Retail, branch, distribution center, or similar high-volume network experience
• Cradlepoint/Ericsson, LTE/5G failover, or wireless WAN experience
• SD-WAN or DMVPN exposure
• Palo Alto experience or certification
• VoIP/IP phone deployment or Cisco Unified Communications experience
• Network automation exposure using Python, Ansible, or APIs

Job Description

This Network Engineer will provide hands-on operational support across a large, distributed network environment. The day-to-day will focus on monitoring network alerts, working tickets and support requests, troubleshooting connectivity issues, and proactively responding to incidents. They’ll also configure and deploy routers, switches, access points, communication circuits, and IP phones across stores, corporate locations, and distribution operations. The engineer will also physically prep and configure network hardware, including bench builds, before equipment is shipped to other locations. They should be comfortable independently handling initial troubleshooting, resolving issues within their scope, and escalating larger incidents when needed.