Senior Data Network Engineer

More Recruits is seeking a Senior Data Network Engineer to design, secure, optimize, and support enterprise network infrastructure across hybrid and cloud-connected environments. The role owns network architecture, modernization, resilience, performance optimization, complex troubleshooting, automation, incident response, and technical mentorship.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support scalable enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, and data-center network environments
• Lead network architecture decisions for highly available and business-critical infrastructure
• Configure and optimize routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs, and wireless platforms
• Support hybrid connectivity across on-premises data centers and public cloud environments
• Monitor network health, performance, capacity, latency, and availability
• Troubleshoot complex Layer 2 and Layer 3 network issues and identify root causes
• Develop resilient routing, switching, redundancy, and failover strategies
• Support BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, QoS, VPN, NAT, DNS, DHCP, and related network technologies
• Partner with Security teams to strengthen segmentation, access controls, firewall policies, and network security standards
• Design and support site-to-site and remote-access VPN solutions
• Support network connectivity for distributed offices, cloud workloads, applications, and remote users
• Lead upgrades, migrations, hardware refreshes, and network modernization projects
• Evaluate network architecture for scalability, reliability, security, and future growth
• Develop technical standards, diagrams, runbooks, procedures, and architecture documentation
• Automate repetitive network tasks and configuration workflows where appropriate
• Perform capacity planning and make recommendations before performance becomes a business issue
• Support incident response and participate in root-cause analysis for critical outages
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on complex network challenges
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, DevOps, Applications, and Operations teams
• Own high-impact network architecture initiatives
• Influence infrastructure modernization and cloud-connectivity strategy
• Lead complex migrations and technical projects
• Improve resilience across mission-critical network environments
• Introduce automation and modern engineering practices
• Work closely with Cloud, Security, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams
• Solve technically challenging performance and reliability problems
• Mentor engineers and help raise technical standards
• Evaluate and introduce emerging networking technologies
• Build infrastructure that supports future organizational growth

Requirements:

• 7+ years of professional network engineering experience , including senior-level responsibility in enterprise environments
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP networking and enterprise network architecture
• Advanced hands-on experience with routing and switching technologies
• Strong experience with Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Palo Alto, Fortinet, or comparable enterprise networking platforms
• Experience supporting large-scale LAN, WAN, WLAN, or data-center environments
• Strong knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLANs, STP, QoS, VPN, NAT, DNS, and DHCP
• Experience with firewalls, network segmentation, and security controls
• Strong troubleshooting skills across multiple infrastructure layers
• Experience with network monitoring and performance-management tools
• Ability to analyze packet captures, logs, routing behavior, and complex connectivity issues
• Experience working with geographically distributed environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional engineering teams
• Candidates should be comfortable combining remote work with scheduled on-site collaboration based on infrastructure, project, and business requirements
• Qualified candidates residing in the following states may also be considered for fully remote opportunities :

Texas | Pennsylvania | California | Maryland | Michigan

• Remote candidates should be comfortable supporting distributed infrastructure, collaborating virtually across technical teams, and participating in scheduled maintenance or incident-response activities when required
• Equivalent professional experience may be considered
• Experience with several of the following will be especially valuable:
• Cisco Catalyst / Nexus
• Cisco Meraki
• Juniper
• Arista
• Palo Alto Networks
• Fortinet
• F5 load balancers
• SD-WAN
• MPLS
• VXLAN / EVPN
• AWS networking
• Microsoft Azure networking
• Google Cloud networking
• Direct Connect / ExpressRoute
• Network Access Control
• Zero Trust architectures
• IDS/IPS technologies
• Wireless enterprise networking
• SolarWinds, PRTG, LogicMonitor, Datadog, or similar monitoring platforms
• Wireshark and packet analysis
• Terraform or Infrastructure as Code
• Python, Ansible, or network automation
• REST APIs
• Git-based configuration workflows
• Network telemetry and observability
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred
• CCNP / CCIE
• JNCIP / JNCIE
• PCNSE
• AWS Advanced Networking
• Azure Network Engineer Associate
• Fortinet certifications
• Other advanced networking or cloud certifications