Network Engineer IV - US

Location: Remote - Work from Home. Pacific Northwest-based preferred but not required. Periodic travel to the Seattle, WA metropolitan area required, up to 10%.

Key Responsibilities

• Designs and architects scalable, resilient network solutions across routing, switching, fabric, and security domains

• Leads complex troubleshooting efforts, including routing protocol issues, fabric/switching connectivity, and firewall policy conflicts

• Architects and maintains Cisco ACI fabric environments, including tenant design, endpoint groups, contracts, and fabric integration

• Architects and maintains Cisco SD-Access (SDA) fabric environments, including underlay/overlay design, fabric edge/border/control-plane nodes, and DNA Center-based policy and segmentation

• Designs, configures, and troubleshoots BGP and OSPF routing environments, including route redistribution, policy control, and multi-site architectures

• Architects highly available switching infrastructure across Nexus, ACI, and SD-Access fabric environments, including VXLAN/EVPN-based segmentation and fabric-based redundancy to eliminate single points of failure

• Configures, maintains, and troubleshoots Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including security policy design, NAT, VPN, and threat prevention

• Designs and manages network access control (NAC) policies and device compliance using Forescout or Aruba Clearpass.

• Serves as an escalation point for high-level, service-impacting network issues

• Identifies, reviews, and recommends security postures to peers and appropriate security teams

• Researches, evaluates, and recommends hardware, software, and vendor solutions based on cost, performance, and business need

• Leads implementation planning prior to installation of network hardware such as routers, firewalls, wireless controllers, and switches

• Develops project plans and task lists for network initiatives, and participates in peer design reviews

• Partners with vendors and third-party providers to evaluate and integrate new equipment and services

• Creates and maintains technical documentation, network diagrams, and standard operating procedures

• Mentors and provides technical guidance to less experienced engineers

• Participates in on-call support rotation per team design

• Architects and implements automation and infrastructure-as-code pipelines (Python, Ansible) to drive configuration consistency, enforce compliance, and accelerate policy deployment across the enterprise network and security fabric

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of the design, configuration, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of enterprise network environments

• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, OSI model, and switching technologies

• Advanced knowledge of BGP and OSPF design, troubleshooting, and optimization

• Advanced knowledge of Cisco ACI architecture and data center fabric design

• Advanced knowledge of Cisco SD-Access architecture and campus fabric design

• Strong knowledge of network security architecture, including Palo Alto Networks firewall policy design and segmentation strategies

• Strong knowledge of network access control (NAC) concepts and enforcement using Forescout

• Working knowledge of equipment from multiple vendors, such as Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, and Brocade

Skills

• Network Architecture & Design

• Network Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code (Python, Ansible)

• Complex Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis

• Network Rack & Patch-Panel Design

• Network Service Monitoring Systems

• Technical Documentation & Network Diagramming

• Process Improvement

• Client/Customer Service

• Coaching & Mentoring

Education

• High School Diploma or regional equivalent required

• Bachelor's Degree required, preferably in a field related to the role. At the manager’s discretion, additional relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement

Certifications

• CCNA or higher required (Routing and Switching, Enterprise, or Data Center track); CCNP or CCIE preferred

• Wireless certifications a plus

Experience

8 - 11 years of experience in the field of the role required

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