What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Network Engineer position at Vivid Resourcing?
Seeking a Principal Network Engineer with strong hands-on experience designing, installing, configuring, and troubleshooting enterprise WAN/LAN, wireless, security and datacenter infrastructure across large multi-site environments. Must have proven ability to act as the primary technical point of contact for North/South America or similar regional coverage, supporting thousands of users across offices, plants, and datacenters. Needs deep security/firewall experience (Checkpoint required; Palo Alto/Fortinet nice-to-have), strong LAN/WAN routing (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP), and high competence with wireless (Cisco/Aruba), NAC/ISE, and enterprise change/incident management. Must be comfortable leading architecture design, delivering solutions aligned to business needs, and providing expert on-call escalation support.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, install, configure & troubleshoot core/distribution/access network infrastructure across 75 sites
Serve as primary technical POC for the Americas region
Manage & liaise with cross-functional teams to resolve complex issues
Create & maintain network security policies and protocols
Architect and plan network solutions for enterprise applications, plants &datacenters
Deliver on-call escalation support for critical production outages
Perform capacity planning, network analysis, and documentation (Visio, reports,diagrams)
Execute structured change management and update design documentation
Automate provisioning where possible (Python/Ansible nice-to-have)
Support wireless, LAN, WAN, VPN, firewall, & routing across enterprise systems
Required Skills:
Checkpoint Firewalls (critical need)
Cisco routing/switching (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), WAN/MPLS, SD-WAN
Wireless: Cisco/Aruba (WLC, FlexConnect, 802.11)
LAN technologies: VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP, segmentation
Security: ASA, Palo Alto, NAC/ISE, VPN (DMVPN/IPSec)
Enterprise datacenter experience (Cisco Nexus preferred)