Senior Network Engineer - Onsite Vincennes, IN

Essential Job Duties:

1. Strategic Planning and Design: Develop and implement network strategies that align with business goals, ensuring scalability, resilience, and future growth.

2. Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and leadership to junior architects, engineers, and other team members.

3. Network Implementation: Oversee the implementation of network solutions, ensuring they meet performance, security, and compliance requirements.

4. Problem Solving and Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot complex network issues, identify and remediate performance bottlenecks, and ensure optimal network performance.

5. Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate with various teams, including IT, business, and vendors, to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

6. Documentation and Reporting: Maintain detailed documentation of network designs, configurations, and performance metrics.

7. Stay Current: Keep abreast of the latest network technologies and industry trends. 

Secondary Job Duties:

1. Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Location -- Onsite

Education -- Bachelor's degree in computer science, networking, engineering, or a related field or an equivalent amount of hands-on experience.

Experience -- Minimum of 5 years of IT infrastructure experience with a bachelor’s degree in a related field, or

                      -- Minimum of 8 years of IT infrastructure experience without a degree.

Skills -- 

• Enterprise & Datacenter Networking

  • Hands‑on experience designing and supporting large‑scale enterprise and datacenter networks.

  • Strong understanding of high‑availability design, redundancy models, and fault‑tolerant architectures.

• Cisco & Fortinet Networking & Security

  • Strong hands‑on experience with Cisco and Fortinet switches, routers, firewalls, wireless LAN controllers, and access points in enterprise environments.

• Advanced Routing & WAN Technologies

  • In‑depth knowledge of BGP, dynamic routing protocols, SD‑WAN architectures, and multi‑path WAN designs.

• Network Security & Access Control

  • Strong security mindset with experience implementing 802.1X, AAA (RADIUS/TACACS+), and secure access models.

  • Understanding of Zero Trust principles as applied to enterprise networking.

• Network Monitoring & Visibility

  • Experience with enterprise network monitoring platforms such as Zabbix or similar tools.

  • Ability to design actionable alerts, dashboards, and performance metrics.

• Network Automation & Configuration Control

  • Experience automating network configuration deployment, standardization, and backups.

  • Familiarity with automation tools or scripting (e.g., Ansible, Python, REST APIs, or vendor automation frameworks).

  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible

• Patching, Vulnerability & Risk Management

  • Proven experience managing network device patching, firmware upgrades, and vulnerability remediation.

• Troubleshooting & Problem Solving

  • Expert‑level ability to troubleshoot complex routing, switching, wireless, and firewall issues.

• Documentation & Communication

  • Strong documentation skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Certifications (Preferred)

  • Cisco (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE), Fortinet (NSE 4–8), or equivalent enterprise networking and security certifications.

Reports to: IS Manager, Infrastructure Services

Supervises: None specified