Enterprise Network Engineer

🔥 14 hours ago

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $75k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛜 Network Engineer / Network Administrator

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Metronet

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

📡 Telecommunications

Construction • Logistics • Telecommunications

Metronet is a fiber‑optic internet service provider offering high‑speed residential and business broadband. It provides T‑Mobile Fiber Home Internet through a partnership, and offers construction, wholesale carrier and channel partner services, MDU solutions, and community "Gigabit City" programs, along with customer support and lifeline offerings. Headquarters are in Evansville, IN.

📋 Description

• Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure and network security platforms • Manage network engineering projects from planning and design through implementation, documentation, testing, and operational support • Design and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, data center, and cloud-connected network architectures • Develop and maintain network and network security standards, reference architectures, implementation practices, and engineering best practices • Design, implement, review, and maintain firewall policies, ACLs, segmentation, VPN access, NAT, secure management access, zero trust-aligned controls, and access control frameworks • Serve as an escalation resource for complex routing, switching, wireless, firewall, VPN, DNS, DHCP, WAN, cloud connectivity, performance, availability, and policy-related issues • Perform firewall rule reviews, network access reviews, security policy cleanup, and assist with vulnerability remediation • Develop and maintain network and security documentation, diagrams, standards, configurations, procedures, support records, implementation plans, and firewall rule documentation • Resolve assigned network and security operations tickets according to service levels, escalation procedures, and change management practices • Drive network growth initiatives, capacity planning, infrastructure refresh projects, technology standardization, and security platform modernization • Lead and collaborate with vendors, service providers, contractors, security teams, and internal stakeholders on network projects, site deployments, migrations, cutovers, and infrastructure upgrades • Travel to Evansville, IN for team meetings and collaboration events approximately twice per year

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or better in related field or 4+ years of related network engineering and network security experience minimum • Strong experience with NGFW firewalls such as Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto, or FortiGate, including firewall policy management, NAT, VPN, logging, troubleshooting, rule review, and problem resolution • Experience with enterprise networking technologies and management platforms such as Arista, Juniper, Cisco Nexus, Cisco ISE, Cisco ACI, NDFC, or similar solutions preferred • Experience designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-scale network infrastructure within medium-to-large multi-site business environments • Strong understanding of routing, switching, VLANs, spanning tree, wireless, WAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP, NAT, QoS, and high availability concepts • Experience with network security concepts including segmentation, ACLs, least privilege access, secure remote access, zero trust principles, logging, monitoring, and incident response support • Experience with Cisco Catalyst 9000 switching platforms and enterprise wireless solutions such as Cisco Catalyst Wireless or Meraki preferred • Experience with BGP, OSPF, or EIGRP, including route filtering, redistribution, and troubleshooting preferred • Experience with SD-WAN, VPN technologies, WAN provider coordination, and remote-site connectivity preferred • Experience configuring, deploying, and maintaining Cisco network devices in enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, security, and data center environments • Understanding of cloud networking and hybrid network connectivity, including AWS or Azure and related security controls • Experience with network monitoring, firewall logging, NetFlow, SNMP, Syslog, packet analysis, and performance troubleshooting tools preferred • Ability to independently manage complex network engineering projects and troubleshoot advanced technical issues with minimal supervision • Ability to communicate technical and security matters clearly to peers, leadership, vendors, contractors, and non-technical counterparts • Good oral and written communication skills and ability to document technical designs, changes, security decisions, and operational procedures • Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, operational issues, and security-related requests • Willingness to work as a team and independently • Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. • Must participate in an on-call rotation outside normal business hours • Industry-recognized certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, CCNA, Cisco Security, Palo Alto, Fortinet, AWS Networking, CompTIA Network+, Security+, or equivalent preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• 80% of medical premiums paid by the company • Company-paid disability and life insurance • 401(k) company match • Discounted services within coverage areas • Locally owned, friendly, and fun atmosphere • Recognized as one of the Best Places to Work