Network Engineer
On-siteCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Own day-to-day operations of the VMware environment including lifecycle management, capacity tuning, patching, and incident response. Manage and optimize Microsoft Azure workloads, Kubernetes environments, and Docker containerized applications while implementing load balancing solutions. Design, implement, and support enterprise data/voice/video networks across LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi, configuring routing/switching, firewalls, and secure remote access. Build repeatable, automated operations using Infrastructure as Code and improve observability through monitoring and traffic analysis. Participate in on-call rotations for high-priority incidents and collaborate across teams to execute upgrades and resolve issues. Create and maintain technical documentation to ensure operational consistency.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years in a senior network/infrastructure engineering role supporting enterprise environments (hybrid datacenter + cloud)
- Strong, hands on experience with Kubernetes, VMware (vSphere/ESX/ESXi), and Microsoft Azure (these are must-haves)
- Proven experience designing/supporting enterprise networks: LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi, routing/switching, VPNs, QoS, and troubleshooting (packet capture/traffic analysis)
- Firewall administration experience with one or more of SonicWall, Cisco ASA, and Palo Alto (policy, VPN, logging/triage)
- Experience with virtualization operations and performance tuning (compute, storage, networking)
- Windows Server administration experience (including legacy environments as needed), Active Directory, Group Policy, and Exchange in enterprise contexts
- Working knowledge supporting SQL Server environments (AlwaysOn preferred)
- Strong operational habits: change management discipline, incident response, documentation, and clear communication
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and significant datacenter operations experience
- Certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, VCP, Nutanix (NCP), Azure (AZ-104/AZ-305), Security+, or equivalent experience
- Experience with Cisco UCS, NetApp FAS/AFF, and FlexPod architectures in production environments
- Familiarity with IIS/Tomcat administration and email security tooling (e.g., SpamTitan)
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Kace, SolarWinds, PRTG, Cerberus SFTP, Zerto, Trend Micro, WSUS, and related monitoring/endpoint/security platforms
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