Project Network Engineer – Professional Services & Project Delivery

Eastvantage Business Solutions Inc.; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Eastvantage Business Solutions Inc. seeks an experienced Senior Network Engineer with a strong professional services and project delivery background to lead end-to-end infrastructure and security engagements for clients in the IT services and consulting space.

The role requires a technically strong, customer-facing engineer who can independently drive projects, design solutions, and coordinate with clients, project managers, and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years ICT experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant Network Engineering experience.
• Minimum 3 years in a service provider, SI, or consulting environment.
• At least 2 years of hands-on technical implementation in the relevant practice.
• Demonstrated experience delivering infrastructure and security projects end-to-end.
• Proven ability to lead customer-facing technical engagements and manage project deliverables.
• Strong experience preparing technical designs, implementation plans, migration plans, and handover documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver infrastructure, networking, and security projects from initiation through completion.
• Conduct client discovery workshops and technical requirement-gathering sessions.
• Translate business and technical requirements into practical solutions.
• Manage technical implementation, deployment, migration, cutover, and testing activities.
• Ensure projects are delivered according to scope, budget, timelines, and quality standards.
• Coordinate technical activities with clients, project managers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Develop High-Level and Low-Level Design documentation.
• Prepare technical solution architectures and implementation plans.
• Develop migration plans, test plans, and PoCs.
• Produce as-built documentation and handover documents.
• Ensure smooth transition to BAU support.

Skills

Routing & Switching

LAN/WAN Architecture

Network Troubleshooting

Wireless Networking

NGFW (Next-Gen Firewall)

Tools

Cisco IOS

Cisco Meraki

Palo Alto Networks

Juniper

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer with a strong Professional Services and project delivery background to join our dynamic team.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience delivering end-to-end infrastructure and security projects, from initial client discovery and solution design through implementation, migration, testing, cutover, and final handover.

This role requires a technically strong, customer-facing engineer who can independently lead infrastructure and network security engagements, manage project deliverables, and work closely with clients, project managers, architects, vendors, and internal technical teams.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience working in IT service providers, systems integrators, or consulting environments, where they have been responsible for delivering technical solutions directly to customers.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Project Delivery

• Lead and deliver infrastructure, networking, and security projects from initiation through completion.

• Conduct client discovery workshops and technical requirement-gathering sessions.

• Translate business and technical requirements into practical solutions.

• Manage technical implementation, deployment, migration, cutover, and testing activities.

• Ensure projects are delivered according to agreed scope, budget, timelines, and quality standards.

• Coordinate technical activities with clients, project managers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.

2. Solution Design & Documentation

• Develop High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation.

• Prepare technical solution architectures and implementation plans.

• Develop technical change requests, migration plans, and test plans.

• Conduct Proof of Concept (PoC) and pilot deployments where required.

• Produce as-built documentation and technical handover documents.

• Ensure smooth transition of completed projects to Business-as-Usual (BAU) support teams.

3. Network Infrastructure & Security Implementation

• Design, implement, configure, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure.

• Deliver routing, switching, LAN, WAN, and wireless networking solutions.

• Implement and support network security technologies, including next-generation firewalls.

• Perform network migrations, upgrades, integrations, and infrastructure enhancements.

• Work with vendors and service providers to execute technical changes.

• Provide advanced technical troubleshooting and post-implementation support.

4. Project & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with Project Managers to manage technical scope, risks, dependencies, and variations.

• Support Enterprise and Solution Architects with technical scoping and project estimations.

• Review project estimates, budgets, resource requirements, and delivery schedules.

• Maintain strong customer relationships through effective communication and technical guidance.

• Mentor junior engineers and share technical knowledge across the team.

Essential Technical Skills & Experience

Networking

• Strong expertise in routing and switching.

• Solid understanding of enterprise LAN/WAN architecture and deployment.

• Advanced network troubleshooting and implementation experience.

• Experience with WLAN and wireless networking technologies.

Network Security

• Hands-on experience with network security solutions and firewall technologies.

• Strong experience with Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW).

• Experience designing and implementing secure network infrastructure.

Key Vendor Technologies

• Cisco networking products and solutions.

• Cisco Meraki.

• Palo Alto Networks.

• Cisco Voice and/or Skype for Business Voice (desirable).

Additional Vendor Exposure

• Juniper

• Aruba

• HPE Networking

• Dell Networking

Candidate Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of overall ICT experience.

• At least 5 years of relevant Network Engineering experience.

• Minimum 3 years working within a service provider, systems integrator, or consulting environment.

• At least 2 years of strong hands-on technical implementation experience within the relevant technical practice.

• Demonstrated experience delivering infrastructure and security projects end-to-end.

• Proven ability to lead customer-facing technical engagements and manage project deliverables.

• Strong experience preparing technical designs, implementation plans, migration plans, and handover documentation.

• Commercial awareness, professional integrity, and the ability to maintain client confidentiality.

• Ability to adapt to new technologies, vendor products, and industry developments.

Preferred Certifications

• Cisco CCNP – highly desirable.

• Cisco CCIE – advantageous.

• Relevant Cisco, Meraki, and Palo Alto certifications are an advantage.