Enterprise Network Engineer

Enterprise Network Engineer

Position Overview

The Enterprise Network Engineer is a senior-level technical professional responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting complex enterprise network infrastructures. This role provides technical leadership across large-scale networking projects, including data center, wide area network (WAN), cloud, wireless, and network security environments.

In addition to leading technical architecture and deployment initiatives, the Enterprise Network Engineer serves as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients, supports pre-sales engineering and solution development, and collaborates with executive stakeholders to align technology strategies with business objectives. The ideal candidate brings extensive enterprise networking experience, strong consulting and communication skills, and deep expertise in modern network architecture and security technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Enterprise Network Architecture: Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex, multi-site network infrastructures encompassing data centers, WAN, cloud environments, wireless networks, and security solutions.
• Client Consulting and Advisory: Serve as a strategic technical advisor to enterprise clients, assessing business requirements and recommending network architectures that align with organizational goals, operational needs, and security requirements.
• Pre-Sales Engineering: Partner with sales teams to evaluate opportunities, conduct technical discovery, define project scope, develop solution architectures, and contribute to proposals, presentations, and client engagements.
• Technical Leadership: Establish networking standards, best practices, reference architectures, and implementation guidelines. Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers and support internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Network Security Architecture: Design and implement secure network environments using zero-trust principles, network segmentation, access controls, and security solutions that support applicable regulatory and compliance requirements, including HIPAA, PCI, and SOX.
• Network Automation and Monitoring: Implement automation and infrastructure-as-code solutions using tools such as Ansible, Python, and Terraform to improve network operations, monitoring, visibility, and proactive issue management.
• Project Delivery and Collaboration: Work closely with project management teams, solution architects, engineering groups, and customer stakeholders to coordinate technical requirements and ensure successful project execution.
• Technology Evaluation and Innovation: Stay current with emerging networking technologies, industry developments, and evolving architectural practices. Participate in vendor engagements, webinars, and industry forums as needed.
• Client and Executive Communication: Present technical strategies, recommendations, and solution designs to customers and executive-level stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes.

Qualifications and Technical Expertise

• 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-class network solutions.
• Extensive experience with enterprise network architecture, including multi-site environments and large-scale infrastructure deployments.
• Proven track record of providing strategic consulting services and communicating effectively with executive stakeholders, particularly within enterprise or Fortune 1000 organizations.
• Demonstrated success in pre-sales engineering, technical solution development, and senior-level engineering or architecture roles.
• Deep knowledge of routing and switching technologies, including BGP, OSPF, and MPLS.
• Strong understanding of WAN optimization, SD-WAN, network segmentation, Network Access Control (NAC), and enterprise wireless technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Fortinet technologies, including next-generation firewalls, SD-WAN, and NAC, and/or Arista technologies, including EVPN-VXLAN, CloudVision, and spine-leaf architectures.
• Familiarity with network security frameworks, zero-trust architecture, and regulatory compliance requirements such as HIPAA, PCI, and SOX.
• Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code tools, including Ansible, Python, and Terraform.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, and technical documentation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to lead client discussions, deliver technical presentations, and explain complex solutions to nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple technical initiatives and collaborate effectively across engineering, sales, project management, and customer teams.

Preferred Certifications

• Fortinet FCP / NSE 8
• Arista ACE Level 3
• Cisco CCIE
• Juniper JNCIE
• CISSP
• Other relevant advanced networking, security, or infrastructure certifications

Additional Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or lawful permanent resident to meet applicable export control requirements.
• Must be willing to travel approximately 25% of the time.
• 15+ years of progressive networking experience is preferred, including 10+ years focused on enterprise-scale network architecture and implementation.