Network Engineer
$105,000–$140,000 year
On-siteIrving, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Design, deploy, and maintain global network infrastructure across corporate offices, warehouses, and distribution centers, with strong day-to-day ownership of Cisco networking, Palo Alto firewalls, wireless, and WAN/SD-WAN environments. Manage routing and switching protocols, configure firewalls and PAN-OS policies, and implement network segmentation and access-control changes in coordination with the Security team. Provide Tier 2/3 troubleshooting for outages, apply firmware patches, and serve as the network-side point of contact during security incidents. Lead infrastructure projects including data center migrations and office build-outs while automating tasks using Python or Terraform. This hands-on role requires physical access to network closets and data center hardware, with a 4-day on-site schedule in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in network engineering
- Deep, hands-on experience with Cisco networking, including switching, routing, wireless, configuration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management
- Deep, hands-on experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including policy creation, Panorama management, and day-to-day administration
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP, NAT, and QoS
- Practical experience with site-to-site and remote-access VPN technologies
- Working knowledge of network segmentation, IDS/IPS, logging, and SIEM fundamentals, with the ability to execute security changes defined by a security team
- Experience troubleshooting multi-site, multi-vendor network environments under production pressure
- Comfortable with on-call rotation and occasional after-hours maintenance windows
- Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the DFW metro area and work on-site 4 days per week, with occasional travel between Dallas-area facilities as needed
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Desired Qualifications
- Preferred certifications include CCNA/CCNP, PCNSA/PCNSE, or CompTIA Security+
- Preferred experience with Cisco ISE, Umbrella, NAC/SASE solutions, SD-WAN, and network automation using Python, Ansible, or Terraform
- Preferred experience in retail, e-commerce, warehouse/distribution, or manufacturing environments, including PCI-DSS exposure and hybrid cloud networking
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