Senior Network Engineer Columbia, SC

Senior Network Engineer

Sunshine Enterprise USA is retained by our valued client to search and recruit for the following executive opening:

Senior Network Engineer

Location:

Columbia, SC Onsite Interview Process: 2 rounds, virtual and in person Duration: 12 Months

Employment Type:

Contract Experience

Required:

06+ Years Candidate location:
Candidate MUST be a SC resident. No Relocation Allowed Additional details:
Candidates must be US Citizens Project Scope:
The organization is seeking a highly experienced Senior Network Engineer to provide advanced engineering expertise for critical enterprise networking projects. The selected candidate will support infrastructure modernization, improve network resiliency, establish technical standards, and provide technical leadership to strengthen ongoing operational capabilities. This is primarily an onsite position at the downtown Columbia, SC campus. Occasional remote work may be permitted, but the majority of work will be performed onsite.

The Senior Network Engineer will serve as a senior technical resource for enterprise network architecture, engineering, modernization, and operational excellence. The role will work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Network Operations, Information Security, Cloud Services, Facilities Planning, project teams, vendors, contractors, and campus stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical and project leadership for enterprise network architecture, engineering, modernization, and implementation initiatives.
• Design and engineer scalable, resilient, and secure LAN, WAN, wireless, data center, cloud, VPN, firewall, and Network Access Control (NAC) solutions.
• Develop and maintain enterprise network architectures, engineering standards, technical roadmaps, network diagrams, and technical documentation.
• Review and validate network designs and engineering solutions developed by other technical staff.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into enterprise network designs and implementation strategies.
• Lead network modernization, lifecycle planning, capacity planning, and remediation of aging or at-risk infrastructure.
• Implement monitoring, observability, automation, orchestration, and operational metrics to proactively improve network health and performance.
• Serve as a Tier III escalation point for complex network incidents and engineering issues.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and provide architecture-level guidance and resolution.
• Coordinate engineering activities with Network Operations, Information Security, Physical Network Infrastructure, Facilities Planning, project teams, contractors, consultants, and vendors.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations supporting infrastructure investments and long-term planning.
• Mentor Network Operations and other technical personnel.
• Provide knowledge transfer and engineering guidance.
• Participate in maintenance windows and after-hours support when required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required

Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years of experience with enterprise network architecture and engineering within complex, mission-critical environments.
• 4+ years of experience with LAN/WAN technologies, including Juniper enterprise routing and switching, TCP/IP, routing protocols, DNS, DHCP, and IPAM.
• 4+ years of experience leading complex network architecture and engineering initiatives from requirements and design through implementation, troubleshooting, and operational transition.
• 4+ years of experience with enterprise infrastructure modernization, lifecycle planning, capacity planning, resiliency, and high-availability design.
• 4+ years of experience with network security architecture and technologies, including Fortinet firewalls, VPN/SASE, Network Access Control (NAC), segmentation, and security policy implementation.
• 4+ years of experience with cloud and hybrid networking, including AWS or Microsoft Azure.
• 4+ years of experience with network automation, orchestration, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code concepts and technologies.
• 4+ years of experience with enterprise network monitoring, observability, analytics, metrics, and performance management.

Preferred

Skills:

• Experience developing enterprise network strategy, architecture standards, reference architectures, and long-term technology roadmaps.
• Experience supporting network architecture and engineering in a complex higher-education environment.
• Experience with Aruba and Cisco enterprise switching and wireless technologies, including software-defined and centrally managed network architectures.
• Experience implementing enterprise observability, telemetry, automation, and proactive or self-healing infrastructure capabilities.
• Experience with virtualization, cloud networking, and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating infrastructure projects with facilities organizations, architects, contractors, consultants, and external engineering firms.
• Experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity, Zero Trust, network segmentation, and…