Network Engineer Senior-Hybrid

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, optimization, security, and operational support of the organization's enterprise network infrastructure. This role serves as a senior technical expert for LAN, WAN, Wireless, Data Center, Palo Alto Security Platforms, and SD-WAN technologies. The Senior Network Engineer provides Tier-3 support for complex network environments, leads network modernization initiatives, develops network standards and best practices, and ensures the availability, performance, scalability, and security of critical business systems.

The position works closely with Information Security, Infrastructure, Application, Cloud, and Business teams to deliver secure and resilient network services that support business objectives and regulatory requirements.

• Design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, and cloud networking environments.
• Support resilient connectivity for branches, ATMs, contact center, data centers, cloud platforms, and other member-facing or business-critical systems.
• Address operational technical debt by creating, validating, and maintaining accurate network configurations, diagrams, standards, runbooks, dependencies, and operational support procedures.
• Engineer and support complex routing and switching environments utilizing Cisco, HPE, and other enterprise-class networking platforms.
• Design, implement, and troubleshoot dynamic routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, and route redistribution.
• Design, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot VLAN, VRF, QoS, multicast, high-availability, and traffic-engineering solutions.
• Manage enterprise IP addressing strategies, DNS integration, NAT services, and network segmentation.
• Lead network modernization and transformation initiatives, including cloud connectivity, SD-WAN deployments, and data center networking improvements.
• Evaluate emerging networking technologies and provide recommendations that align with business and security requirements.
• Participate in strategic planning and composition of technology roadmaps for network infrastructure, including supporting lifecycle management of network infrastructure, hardware refresh planning, firmware/software currency, end-of-life tracking, standard configuration baselines and configuration backup/restore validation.
• Implement and support advanced network services supporting voice, video, collaboration, and business-critical applications.
• Design, implement, administer, and optimize Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall or other firewall environments.
• Manage security policies, application controls, secure access controls, URL filtering, IPS, threat prevention, Global Protect, network segmentation, and network access capabilities in partnership with Information Security.
• Support Palo Alto Panorama or other tools for centralized firewall configuration, monitoring, policy management, and compliance reporting.
• Collaborate with Information Security teams to implement secure network architectures and regulatory requirements.
• Investigate and remediate network-related security incidents and vulnerabilities.
• Design, deploy, and support Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN and related WAN technologies.
• Optimize WAN performance, resiliency, application-aware routing, and branch connectivity.
• Manage relationships with telecommunications providers and cloud connectivity partners.
• Troubleshoot complex carrier, transport, and internet service provider issues.
• Serve as the senior escalation point and lead technical response efforts for network incidents, outages, performance degradation, and critical service disruptions.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve network monitoring, alerting, logging,…