Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Department: IT

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: US - Indiana - Fort Wayne

Reporting To: Mike Squire

Embark on a career journey with Franklin Electric, where your passion meets purpose, and every day is an opportunity to make a difference in our global communities in providing access to water, fuel and electricity.

The Network Engineer will design, implement, and support a secure, scalable, multi‑site enterprise network that enables global manufacturing operations. This is a hands‑on technical role requiring deep expertise and ownership across core network infrastructure technologies, including routing, switching, firewalls, and WAN connectivity. The role is responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, and security of the network environment while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to support business‑critical systems, operational initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts.

Franklin Electric is a diverse team of innovators making a positive global impact since 1944. We offer innovative water solutions, ensuring access, treatment, and efficient management of this vital resource. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in our innovative products, industry leading quality products, exceptional customer service, employee development, and passion for social responsibility.

Join us to create a better future while growing professionally in a supportive environment!

What you will be doing:

Serves as technical expert on complex problems requiring evaluation, engineering judgment, and technical guidance. Responsible for evaluating current systems, and leading large‑scale infrastructure initiatives through architecture development, vendor evaluation, and production implementation.

• Routing & WAN:
  Expert‑level BGP and OSPF implementation in multi‑AS environments including route redistribution, policy‑based routing, and traffic engineering. Design and operation of SD‑WAN architectures using MPLS, dynamic path selection, and application‑aware routing. Implementation and operation of IPsec VPN site‑to‑site and remote access infrastructure.
• Network Security:
  Palo Alto NGFW deployment and operation including SSL decryption, threat prevention, Panorama centralized management, and Layer 7 policy enforcement. Zero Trust segmentation strategies, security zone design, policy orchestration, and east‑west traffic inspection. Cisco ISE for network access control, policy enforcement, and 802.1X authentication.
• LAN & Wireless:
  Cisco / Meraki enterprise switching including spanning‑tree optimization, VLANs, QoS, and multicast. Meraki cloud‑managed infrastructure with full‑stack deployment. Enterprise wireless design, RF planning, roaming optimization, and high‑density environments.
• Network Operations:
  Packet‑level analysis and troubleshooting, flow analysis, network monitoring utilizing SNMP, Net Flow, syslog correlation, and performance baselines. Configuration management, version control, and patch management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Service Operation

• Provides expert‑level technical support for Global Network Systems used by Franklin Electric employees across all business functions.
• Designs, implements, and optimizes network infrastructure to resolve network issues and improve observability, fault tolerance, and operational efficiency.
• Analyzes Incident Tickets and performs root cause analysis to identify and prevent reoccurring problems.
• Responds to internal customers to resolve complex, network technology problems requiring deep troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Must maintain or exceed Service Level Agreements for Incident Resolution. This will be measured based on Incident Duration for the individual.
• Enters and manages change, request, and incident tickets in Service Now, IT Service Management Application.
• Occasionally provides off‑hours support on evenings and weekends and participates in an on‑call rotation.

Asset Management

• Provides recommendations for Network software and hardware standards and ensures standards are enforced through platform consolidation, standardization, and lifecycle management.
• Deploys new network hardware and…