Senior Network Engineer

Location: Bethlehem, PA

Travel: Travel may occur domestically and internationally as required

Position Overview:

Our client is seeking a Sr. Network Engineer who will perform the following Duties & Responsibilities:

• Planning and Development: Assists the IT Network Team with short- and long-term planning by preparing network infrastructure solutions and service recommendations.
• Network Design, Architecture and Implementation:
  • Design, implement and support LAN/WAN/WLAN routers, switches, controllers, access points and internet circuits in a complex global manufacturing setup
  • Implement network segmentation and isolation for IT and OT/Industrial Control Systems within manufacturing plants to strengthen operational resiliency.
  • Establish regional network segmentation across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC to meet data security, compliance, and privacy requirements.
  • Enforce Zero Trust network controls to prevent unauthorized devices from accessing the corporate environment.
  • Architect and deliver VPN-less access services to enable users to securely consume enterprise applications without traditional VPN dependencies.
  • Deploy and manage SDWAN services across the global network to enhance performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
  • Maintain robust firewall rule sets, policies, and faulttolerance alerting to ensure continuous protection and availability.
  • Implement comprehensive IP address management to support secure and scalable network operations.
• Network Monitoring and Administration: Provides for work order generation, moves, adds, changes, fault prediction, trouble detection and correction, traffic measurement, circuit analysis, path testing, and maintenance.
• Information Security: Assists with data security, disaster recovery, firewall and web security, and change control management of IT systems.
• Documentation and Testing
• Customer Support to troubleshoot and resolve complex network issues and production problems including rotating on-call with other team members.
• OE/Lean: Actively participates in the implementation of sustainable improvement processes.
• Other Duties & Responsibilities: Support and backup other IT and/or MTI services as needed and other duties as assigned.
• Note: Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Education: BS or BA degree in computer science or related field.  Relevant expert-level networking certifications (CCNA, CCIE, JNCIE, etc) a must

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 8+ years of experience in network design, implementation and architecture
• 8+ years of experience supporting WAN/LAN/WLAN networks at an L3 level
• 3+ years of experience in implementing and supporting SDN, SD-WAN, and Cloud (preferably Azure) technology
• 3+ years of experience in implementing and supporting Fortinet firewall and suite of applications
• 3+ years of experience in implementing and supporting Meraki (Switches and Wireless) or similar products
• 2+ years of experience in PaloAlto SASE
• Expert-level multi-vendor experience with routing and switching equipment from Cisco, Juniper
• Expert level understanding of, and experience with, TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, IPVPN, IPSEC, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF
• Expert level understanding of MPLS, VPN and telecommunications architectures.
• Understanding of QoS implementation strategies and VOIP optimization,
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting Wireless LAN Architecture. Familiarity with Aruba Wireless Networks is a plus.
• Experience with network management, diagnostic and monitoring tools such as, PRTG, Rancid
• Ability to diagnose complex network problems, determine and remediate the root cause. In depth knowledge of layer 4 – 7 troubleshooting (from a networking perspective…i.e. when an app can’t connect)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills related to networking, connectivity
• Roll up your sleeves and get the work done with limited resources.
• Understand the role of computer networking and IT in a manufacturing organization.
• Ability to express complex technical concepts effectively and work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.