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NOC Lead Engineer

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Grand Rapids, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 5/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/13/2026
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Senior Network Operations Lead – Enterprise Networking & Security

Step into a senior network operations leadership role supporting a complex enterprise network environment across security, routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN, data center, cloud networking, and load balancing.

This role is ideal for a hands-on NOC Lead or Senior Network Engineer who work in a Hybrid onsite/remote capacity with the team in Grand Rapids, MI (3 days onsite with 2 days allowable for remote work from home). Bring your strong troubleshooting skills, architect-level network knowledge, and the ability to lead incident response, mentor L1/L2 engineers, improve operational processes, and partner with engineering teams on long-term network reliability.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead day-to-day NOC operations and provide technical direction to L1/L2 engineers.
  • Serve as a senior escalation point for complex network issues.
  • Oversee response to network alerts, hardware issues, performance problems, and service interruptions.
  • Lead and coordinate P1/P2 bridge calls, including troubleshooting direction and communication.
  • Perform root cause analysis for recurring network issues and recommend preventive actions.
  • Improve monitoring, incident response, documentation, and escalation processes.
  • Develop and maintain SOPs, runbooks, incident reports, and operational standards.
  • Collaborate with network engineering, infrastructure, security, cloud, and application teams.
  • Support continuous improvement of network reliability, visibility, and operational readiness.

Skills for Success

Strong hands-on experience with several of the following:

  • Palo Alto firewalls
  • Juniper SRX firewalls
  • Juniper Mist wireless and wireless authentication
  • Juniper and/or Cisco access layer switching
  • SD-WAN
  • L3 routing, especially BGP
  • Data center switching
  • ACI / VXLAN fabrics preferred
  • Cloud networking, preferably Azure or Google Cloud Platform
  • Load balancing, preferably F5
  • VPNs, access points, monitoring tools, and network troubleshooting

Required Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in network operations, network engineering, or NOC leadership.
  • Proven ability to lead or mentor L1/L2 NOC engineers.
  • Strong troubleshooting experience across routing, switching, wireless, firewall, VPN, and network performance issues.
  • Experience leading incident response and coordinating technical teams during high-priority outages.
  • Ability to document issues clearly, create SOPs, and improve operational processes.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work hybrid onsite 3 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
  • Certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA, JNCIS, Palo Alto, CISSP, or similar.
  • Experience with enterprise-scale environments.
  • Experience supporting data center, SD-WAN, cloud networking, or network security operations.

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