SR NETWORK ENGINEER
18 months
1x a week on site in SF
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will focus on the core functions of network and security support, engineering: planning, implementation, analysis, maintenance, administration and reporting for the Retail and Corporate environment. Reporting to the Director, Network Engineering, you will be required to apply solid technical, business, and problem-solving skills and create productive relationships with business units and internal IT teams.
- Design, implement, and support LAN (Aruba), WAN, and WLAN (Aruba) infrastructure across corporate and retail environments
- Engineer and troubleshoot network security systems, including SSL VPN solutions, Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls
- Provide end-to-end engineering and support, from end-points to Cloud Data Centers (Azure/OCI/GCP)
- Ensure network designs comply with security policies and industry best practices
- Evaluate new and emerging network security trends, products and technologies
- Provide end-to-end technical support—from endpoints to cloud data centers
- Lead and participate in triage for high-severity incidents (P1/P2), including root cause analysis and post-incident reporting (PIR)
- Use Automation/Scripting to for troubleshooting and administration of repeated tasks
- Use Splunk to proactively analyze trends and alert on issues
- Manage scheduled and emergency maintenance of network infrastructure
- Troubleshoot WAN/SD-WAN connectivity and performance issues (MPLS, T1, DS3, QoS, etc.)
Must Haves
- Aruba wireless experience
- 8+ years of overall network technology experience
- 3+ years of experience with networking and security technologies in a retail environment working directly with store cast
- 3+ years’ experience in Layer7 Firewalls (Fortinet, PAN)
- 2+ years hands-on experience with cloud networking (Azure preferred)
- Automation and GenAI experience a big plus
- Identify opportunities for automation within software processes, including configuration, backup, and troubleshooting processes using automation and Genai
- Prefer some experience in scripting languages (Python, Ansible, PowerShell, or VBScript)Load balancer experience (F5 and other lb technologies)
- Practical experience interacting with and integrating enterprise Large Language Models (LLMs) via APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, or open-source models).
- Understanding of prompt engineering, model tuning, and RAG architectures tailored to ingest technical network documentation and system logs.
- Able to lead P1/P2 triage calls and provide detail Post Incident Report written analysis
Plusses
- Aruba Clearpass experience is extremely helpful, including 802.1X, Radius, AAA, policy Management,
- Soft Skills – Verbal and written communication are key attributes to be successful in this position
- Be able to business needs and translate technical tasks
- Must be results orientated, self-motivated and possess high-energy
- Must be customer-service-minded and tactful when dealing with customers. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers, vendors, coworkers, employees and upper management
- Self-starter with a proactive approach—drives improvement without waiting for instruction.
- Experience using tools to gather data to present to manager/leadership:
- Splunk, Solarwinds, etc…