Network Engineer

Overview

Location:

GGP Chicago – 350 N Orleans Street, Suite 300, Chicago, IL.

GGP is a leading retail real estate company with a portfolio of 95+ high-performing retail assets across the United States.

Title:

Network Engineer.

The Network Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, automating, monitoring, and supporting complex multi‑vendor network environments across campus, SD‑WAN, wireless, and cloud platforms in a high-volume, ticket‑driven environment. This role operates at the intersection of network engineering, cybersecurity vulnerability remediation, and automation – building and maintaining enterprise‑grade infrastructure while advancing GGP’s network operations maturity through scripting, tooling, and observability solutions.

• Implement, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, SD‑WAN, and cloud network infrastructure.
• Support Cisco and Arista switching environments – deployment, configuration, optimization, code upgrades, and vulnerability remediation.
• Support Prisma SD‑WAN, Aruba Central, Aruba wireless infrastructure, and Aruba Clear Pass including 802.1X, guest access, device profiling, and role‑based access policies.
• Provide operational support in a ticket‑based environment using Service Now with compliance to company standards and operational procedures.
• Participate in on‑call rotation (1 week per month), after‑hours maintenance windows, and occasional travel to retail centers, commercial properties, and remote office locations as needed.
• Configure, administer and optimize Solar Winds monitoring platforms (NPM, NCM, SAM) – developing dashboards, alerting, reporting, and observability solutions.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Python, Ansible, and Power Shell to support configuration management, compliance validation, provisioning, operational tasks, and CI/CD‑based network deployments.
• Create reusable automation frameworks and operational runbooks for vulnerability remediation and other projects.
• Identify, prioritize, and remediate cybersecurity vulnerabilities through firmware upgrades, secure configuration standards, patch management, NAC, segmentation, and Zero Trust initiatives.
• Implement secure network configurations and hardening standards aligned with enterprise security policies.
• Participate in security assessments, penetration test remediation, and risk mitigation activities.
• Maintain documentation of remediation activities, patch compliance, and security exceptions.
• Administer, configure and support Aruba Central cloud‑managed environments and Aruba wireless infrastructure – APs and controllers.
• Manage Aruba Clear Pass policies including NAC authentication, role‑based access, guest access, device profiling, and 802.1X integration.
• Support secure wired and wireless access initiatives.
• Maintain technical documentation, network diagrams, operational procedures, and remediation records while participating in incident response, root cause analysis, and problem management activities.
• Collaborate with vendors, property management teams, cybersecurity, architecture, systems, and application teams on operational and project initiatives.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum 5 years of enterprise network engineering experience in multi‑vendor, multi‑site environments.
• Hands‑on experience with Cisco switching and routing (IOS, NX‑OS), Cisco Catalyst Center, and Solar Winds Observability Suite (NPM, NCM, SAM).
• Experience with network automation and network operations practices, including scripting with Python, Ansible, and/or Power Shell for configuration management, compliance validation, and CI/CD‑based deployments.
• Experience with cybersecurity vulnerability remediation, patch management, and secure network configuration standards.
• Strong working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS/DHCP, VLANs, and network security principles.
• Experience with enterprise wireless networking and NAC solutions.
• Proficiency with network diagnostic and monitoring tools – Wireshark, SNMP, Syslog, Net Flow.
• Strong technical writing skills – clear operational runbooks, network diagrams, and remediation documentation.