Senior Network Engineer

Job Title - Sr. Network Engineer

Location - Burlington, NJ 08016

Duration - Fulltime

Job Description -

Technical Skills

• Experience in network engineering / NOC / NRE / NetDevOps roles.
• Core Networking: Strong in Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP, VLANs, VRFs, HSRP/VRRP, etc.).
• Network Domains: Hands-on in one or more areas – Enterprise LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, Data Center (Nexus/ACI), WLAN, firewalls, or load balancers.
• Automation & NetDevOps:
• Design, build, and maintain network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, CI/CD.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for configuration and lifecycle management.
• Integrate workflows with Source of Truth (NetBox/Nautobot) and ITSM tools (ServiceNow).
• Develop reusable modules, playbooks, and pipelines for provisioning, upgrades, backups, and compliance.
• Use Python with network libraries (Netmiko, NAPALM, pyATS, etc. as a plus).
• Git & CI/CD: Comfortable with Git (branches, merge requests) and basic CI/CD pipelines.
• VDOM Design & Administration
• High Availability (HA) Deployment & Troubleshooting
• Observability: Experience with at least one monitoring stack (SolarWinds, Cisco DNAC, ThousandEyes, Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk/ELK, etc.).
• Protocols & Troubleshooting: Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, QoS, and proven ability to troubleshoot complex network issues under pressure.
• Collaboration & Design:
• Work closely with network architects, operations, SRE, and application teams to embed reliability by design.
• Contribute to network design reviews focusing on resilience, failure domains, capacity, and automation readiness.
• Documentation & Mentoring:
• Create and maintain runbooks, playbooks, and documentation for ops teams.
• Mentor engineers on NetDevOps, automation, and reliability best practices.
• FortiGate Administration & Troubleshooting
• FortiManager Configuration & Policy Management
• FortiAnalyzer Log Analysis & Reporting
• FortiAuthenticator (MFA, RADIUS, TACACS )
• FortiEMS & Endpoint Integration
• FortiOS Upgrades, Patching & Lifecycle Management

Firewall & Security Skill –

• Security Policy Design & Optimization
• IPS, Antivirus & Application Control
• Web Filtering & DNS Filtering
• SSL Inspection & Decryption
• Threat Prevention & Security Hardening
• Security Zone Segmentation
• Rule Base Optimization & Cleanup
• Access Control & Governance

SD-WAN Skills-

• Fortinet Secure SD-WAN
• SLA-Based Path Selection
• Overlay VPN Management
• WAN Optimization
• Link Health Monitoring
• SD-WAN Design & Troubleshooting