Lead Network Engineer

job summary:

Are you an elite networking professional who thrives in a dynamic, highly consultative environment? A premier IT managed services provider in the Southeastern Wisconsin area is seeking a top-tier infrastructure expert to spearhead complex deployments and guide their engineering team. If you are a networking specialist who loves solving complex infrastructure puzzles and building greenfield solutions from the ground up, this is your next long-term career home. We offer comprehensive employee benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

location: Brookfield, Wisconsin

job type: Permanent

salary: $150,000 - 160,000 per year

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

• Spend your week acting as the ultimate technical advisor and architect for a diverse portfolio of business clients across the region.
• Travel locally to client sites to assess, design, and deploy robust enterprise networks from scratch.
• Rescue and optimize inherited or underperforming network infrastructures, finding the best path to stability and security.
• Configure and troubleshoot advanced security ecosystems, ensuring seamless enterprise firewalling, zero-trust network access, and network access control.
• Step outside pure networking to spin up new virtual machines, configure storage area networks, and support compute infrastructure when projects demand a holistic systems approach.
• Mentor fellow engineering staff, serving as the top-tier escalation point and subject matter expert for complex outages or deployments.

qualifications:

Must-Haves

7 or more years of proven, high-level infrastructure design, implementation, and administration experience.

Exceptional stability in your employment history, ideally with previous tenure in an IT consulting or Managed Services Provider environment.

Deep, hands-on expertise with enterprise firewalls, ZTNA, voice systems, and NAC solutions (specifically within the Fortinet ecosystem).

Willingness and ability to work a hybrid schedule that heavily involves driving to various local customer sites in the Southeastern Wisconsin region (this role cannot be performed entirely remotely).

Stellar interpersonal and presentation abilities to interface directly with client executives and technical teams.

Nice-to-Haves

Active, high-level vendor certifications from major networking hardware providers.

Advanced knowledge of routing protocols and concepts like SD-WAN, BGP, and OSPF.

Familiarity with server operating systems and hardware platforms like Windows Server, Linux, Dell, and HPE.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.