What are the responsibilities and job description for the Network Engineer (Washington) position at ExecutivePlacements.com?
Were hiring a Network Engineer to help design, build, and support a secure, high-availability enterprise network spanning voice, collaboration, data, and wireless. Youll own projects end to endfrom architecture and documentation through deployment and ongoing operationspartnering with internal teams and external vendors to deliver resilient, well-instrumented connectivity across a global footprint.
What youll do
What youll do
- Lead and contribute to network projects
- Recommend solutions for strategy, performance, and security; design and operate voice, data, and wireless services.
- Engineer and standardize the network
- Develop specifications, standards, and reference architectures; drive improvements in scale, security, and manageability.
- Optimize and modernize
- Analyze current-state infrastructure to improve reliability, efficiency, and ROI; plan for capacity and growth.
- Vendor and SOW management
- Coordinate with vendors to ensure scopes of work are accurate and implementations meet requirements.
- Operate and support
- Troubleshoot and resolve incidents to minimize business impact; perform routine and emergency maintenance across networking gear.
- Performance and observability
- Define and track KPIs for network health; contribute to capacity planning and performance tuning.
- Resilience and continuity
- Support DR/BC strategies to achieve minimal downtime; participate in testing and documentation.
- Collaboration and escalation
- Partner with adjacent IT teams to diagnose and resolve cross-domain issues; document resolutions in the knowledge base.
- Ownership and delivery
- Take the lead on assigned projects, follow work plans, and meet deadlines; participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 coverage.
- Education/Experience
- Bachelors degree preferred (or equivalent experience).
- 5 years supporting large, Cisco-centric enterprise networks and voice environments.
- Experience in regulated, client-serviceoriented industries preferred.
- CCNA/CCNP (or equivalent demonstrated expertise); CCIE is a plus.
- Technical skills
- Strong grounding in routing/switching and network architecture: SD-WAN, QoS, BGP, EIGRP, and core TCP/IP.
- Hands-on with Cisco technologies: SD-WAN, Identity Services (ISE), Nexus (NX-OS), Catalyst 9K/9400 series.
- Security and cloud networking exposure: nextgen firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto), secure access (e.g., Prisma Access), major cloud networking (e.g., Azure).
- Scripting/automation familiarity: Linux and Ansible for network automation a plus.
- Proficiency with Windows environments and productivity tooling.
- Problem solving
- Ability to analyze complex issues, introduce fit-for-purpose solutions (technology or process), and drive to resolution.
- Experience balancing standardization with practical constraints in dynamic environments.
- Communication
- Translate complex technical topics for non-technical stakeholders; create clear reports, runbooks, and procedure docs.
- Confident presenting to managers, partners, and broader audiences.
- Professionalism
- Detail-oriented, discreet, and client-focused; comfortable in high-energy, fast-changing settings.
- Strong prioritization and time management across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- High ownership across a modern, global Cisco ecosystem
- Blend of architecture, implementation, and operations
- Opportunity to raise the bar on reliability, security, and automation