Hybrid IT Infrastructure & Network Engineer

Nelnet, Inc.; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

401K / Student loan repayment

Employee assistance program

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Nelnet, Inc. is seeking an Enterprise Network Engineer to support campus, data center, and WAN environments, including firewall and VPN work. The role requires a 5–7 year background in network and security with Cisco and multi-cloud experience.

A government clearance is required and a hybrid work arrangement is offered. Bachelor's degree in Information Science or related field is preferred, with CCNA or equivalent experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Science or related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Cisco CCNA or equivalent experience desired.
• 5-7 years of network and security experience across routing/switching, data center, wireless, security, VPN, collaboration, virtualization, DR/HA, and cloud.

Responsibilities

• Provide general support across multiple network environments, including campus, data center, and WAN.
• Provide firewall support and troubleshoot connectivity requests and VPN tunnels.
• Complete after hours changes as needed and participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Willingness to work on site to support campus network environments.
• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and system owners to specify requirements and design solutions.
• Provide training and technical support for users with varying levels of IT knowledge.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Team player

Client interaction

NIST standards

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Science or related field

Cisco CCNA or equivalent

Tools

Cisco ISR/ASR Routers

Cisco Catalyst/Nexus

Palo Alto Firewalls

NAC/ISE

F5 Load Balancers

AWS VPC

Azure / GCP

Job description

Nelnet, Inc. is seeking an Enterprise Network Engineer to support campus, data center, and WAN environments, including firewall and VPN work. The role requires a 5–7 year background in network and security with Cisco and multi-cloud experience.

A government clearance is required and a hybrid work arrangement is offered. Bachelor's degree in Information Science or related field is preferred, with CCNA or equivalent experience.