Senior Network Engineer

Overview:

Job Title:

- Senior Network Engineer

Location:

- Spring Texas (On-Site)
Long Term

Need Only local - no relocation

Oil & gas experience is preferred

Responsibilities:

Industrial IT Network Engineers design, deploy, maintain, and optimize the networking components of our virtual WPC environments. Engineers are expected to work onsite to support customers directly-including participating in on-call rotations (12-hour daytime shifts for one week at a time).

The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Cisco networking technologies, Layer 2/3 design, firewall administration, industrial networking principles, Solar Winds or similar monitoring platforms, and excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with customers, operational technology teams, and cybersecurity partners.

Responsibilities

Manage and support enterprise network infrastructure, including switches, routers, firewalls, wireless access points, and remote access technologies, ensuring optimal performance, security, and high availability.

Design, configure, and maintain Layer 2/3 network environments, including VLANs, routing protocols (BGP), ACLs, VPN tunnels, and network segmentation strategies used within Industrial IT systems.

Provide troubleshooting and operational support for Cisco hardware and industrial networking components within air gapped and secure environments.

Perform network monitoring, analysis, and reporting using tools such as Solar Winds, Wireshark, and SNMP-based telemetry to proactively identify and resolve issues.

Implement and maintain network security controls, including firewall policies, intrusion detection/prevention integrations, network access control, and secure configuration baselines in partnership with cybersecurity teams.

Collaborate with internal business units, OT stakeholders, and cybersecurity partners to analyze requirements, resolve issues, and implement network solutions that support DEP-hosted applications and industrial assets.

Develop and maintain documentation for network diagrams, configurations, standard procedures, IP addressing schemes, and "best practices."

Qualifications

Network configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning across enterprise switches, routers, and firewalls (Cisco or Dell preferred).

Industrial networking technologies including Layer 2/3 networking, VLAN segmentation, routing protocols (OSPF/BGP), high-availability, and secure remote-access solutions.

Hands-on experience with monitoring and diagnostic tools such as Solar Winds and syslog, with strong documentation abilities.

Skills:

Oil & gas experience is preferred,2/3 network environments, including VLANs, routing protocols (BGP), ACLs, VPN tunnels