Senior L3 Network Engineer (Cisco, Palo Alto, SD-WAN, Cloud & OT) | Local Durham

Job in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, 27104, USA

Listing for: Aneka Talent Solutions

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-20

Job specializations:

IT/Tech
Network Engineer, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 75 - 80 USD Hourly USD 75.00 80.00 HOUR

Location:
Durham, NC -- hybrid
-needs to be onsite at least 3 days per

Duration: 1 Year

Pay Rate: $75-80/hr c2c

Work Authorization: USC

Senior L3 Network Engineer (Cisco, Palo Alto, SD-WAN, Cloud & OT)

Provide L3 support for enterprise, data center, cloud, and manufacturing network environments.

Design, deploy, and maintain Cisco routing and switching infrastructure.

Manage advanced routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, and route redistribution.

Configure and support Layer 2/Layer 3 technologies including VLANs, STP, Ether Channel, HSRP, and QoS.

Administer Palo Alto Strata Next-Generation Firewalls, Panorama, Global Protect, NAT, and security policies.

Implement Zero Trust, network segmentation, and IT/OT security controls.

Design, deploy, and support SD-WAN solutions including Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) and Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN.

Support Projects for Compute Area (VMWare VSAN Project in US Domestic Region)

Manage WAN connectivity across MPLS, Internet, DIA, VPN, and hybrid network environments.

Design and support cloud networking across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform environments.

Implement and maintain Express Route, Direct Connect, Cloud VPN, Transit Gateway, and Virtual WAN solutions.

Support Operational Technology (OT) networks, including manufacturing, SCADA, PLC, and industrial systems.

Perform root cause analysis, problem management, and major incident resolution for network outages.

Develop network automation using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

Monitor network performance, security, and availability using enterprise monitoring and security tools.

Create technical documentation, lead network modernization initiatives, and collaborate with security, cloud, and infrastructure teams on strategic projects.

Required Skills

Cisco Routing & Switching (Catalyst, Nexus, ISR, ASR)

Palo Alto Strata, Panorama, Global Protect

SD-WAN (Cisco Viptela, Prisma SD-WAN)

Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform Networking

BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS

Network Security & Zero Trust

OT/Industrial Networking (SCADA, PLC, MES)

Terraform, Ansible, Network Automation

Wireshark, Solar Winds, Thousand Eyes, Splunk

CCNP / PCNSE Preferred

Experience: 10 years enterprise network engineering with strong Cisco, Palo Alto, SD-WAN, Cloud Networking, and Manufacturing/OT network expertise

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