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Job Title: Principal Network Engineer (CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure)
Location: Baltimore City, MD (50% Onsite, 50% Remote)
Role Overview
The Client is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to serve as the highest-level technical authority within its Infrastructure team. This role will lead enterprise-wide network architecture, security, and operations across 35 locations, including data centers, healthcare facilities, and local departments.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Cisco networking, security, and large-scale infrastructure environments, while also acting as a mentor and escalation point for engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
Education
Job Title: Principal Network Engineer (CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure)
Location: Baltimore City, MD (50% Onsite, 50% Remote)
Role Overview
The Client is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to serve as the highest-level technical authority within its Infrastructure team. This role will lead enterprise-wide network architecture, security, and operations across 35 locations, including data centers, healthcare facilities, and local departments.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Cisco networking, security, and large-scale infrastructure environments, while also acting as a mentor and escalation point for engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
- Lead end-to-end network architecture, design, and capacity planning
- Evaluate and recommend hardware/software solutions
- Design scalable and highly available infrastructure
- Configure, test, and deploy Cisco network infrastructure
- Manage and optimize Cisco Catalyst Center
- Oversee routing, switching, and wireless networks
- Administer and troubleshoot Cisco Firepower, ASA, and ISE
- Implement Zero Trust, IPsec, SSL/TLS security frameworks
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards
- Act as technical lead and escalation point
- Lead large-scale migrations and refresh projects
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers
- Utilize tools like SolarWinds, SNMP, NetFlow
- Identify bottlenecks and improve performance
- Design and test failover and DR strategies
- Ensure high availability (24x7x365 environments)
- Contribute to IT budgeting and strategic planning
- Work with cross-functional teams
Education
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field
- Master s degree preferred
- 6 years in systems/network engineering
- 3 years leading or supervising engineers
- CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure (Active)
- Cisco ecosystem: Catalyst, Nexus, Firepower, ISE
- Routing: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP
- Switching: VLAN, STP, VPC
- Security: Zero Trust, IPsec, SSL/TLS
- Cloud Connectivity: AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute
- VoIP: SIP, H.323, MGoogle Cloud Platform, RTP/SRTP
- QoS implementation
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Catalyst Center
- Monitoring: SolarWinds, NetFlow, SNMP