Senior Network Engineer

Satellite Office; Philippines; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Satellite Office is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to implement and support enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, firewall, and SD-WAN technologies. The role requires independent completion of network engineering assignments and tactical infrastructure projects with limited supervision.

You will configure routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, VPN services, and related network platforms, including VLANs, routing changes, and security configurations.

Qualifications

• Four or more years of hands-on experience in an enterprise Network Engineering, Network Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Experience independently configuring and supporting production routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, or SD-WAN platforms.
• Experience implementing production network changes using documented implementation, validation, and rollback procedures.
• Experience troubleshooting enterprise network incidents beyond basic connectivity and end-user support.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Preferred certifications: CCNP Enterprise, JNCIS, PCNSE, Fortinet FCP, Meraki, or similar.
• ITIL 4 Foundation or practical experience with Change, Incident, and Problem Management processes.
• Experience with public-cloud networking (AWS or Azure) and network automation/scripting.

Responsibilities

• Implement and support enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, firewall, network access control, cloud connectivity, and SD-WAN technologies.
• Independently complete network engineering assignments and tactical infrastructure projects with limited supervision.
• Configure and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, VPN services, and related network platforms.
• VLANs, trunks, port channels, and switch-port configurations.
• Static and dynamic routing changes.
• Firewall policies, NAT rules, security zones, and DMZ configurations.
• Site-to-site and remote-access VPN configurations.
• Wireless SSIDs, authentication policies, and access controls.
• WAN circuit activations, migrations, and failover configurations.
• Troubleshoot complex Layer 2 and Layer 3 network incidents involving routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, internet connectivity, and application traffic flows.
• Perform packet-level and protocol-level analysis to identify root causes of performance, availability, and connectivity issues.
• Lead or participate in network infrastructure projects such as office openings, site relocations, hardware refreshes, network migrations, circuit upgrades, and technology deployments.
• Coordinate circuit installations, upgrades, cross-connects, handoffs, testing, migrations, terminations, and outage remediation with carriers, local exchange carriers, and data-center providers.
• Develop implementation plans, test plans, rollback procedures, validation steps, and supporting documentation for network changes.
• Maintain accurate logical and physical network diagrams, IP address documentation, circuit inventories, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
• Monitor network availability, capacity, performance, and configuration compliance using SolarWinds Orion or similar network-management platforms.
• Review monitoring alerts and performance trends to identify recurring issues, capacity constraints, and opportunities for proactive improvement.
• Ensure network-device configurations are backed up, standardized, and maintained in accordance with organizational security and operational requirements.
• Perform root-cause analysis for significant incidents and recommend corrective and preventative actions.
• Provide technical guidance to service desk, infrastructure, security, application, and site-support teams for network-related issues.
• Coordinate and validate work performed by telecommunications carriers, managed service providers, cabling vendors, field technicians, and other third parties.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide escalation support for critical network incidents as required.
• Follow established Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, and configuration-management processes.
• Contribute to network standards, reference architectures, lifecycle planning, resiliency improvements, and technology evaluations.

Skills

TCP/IP networking

Layer 2 technologies

Layer 3 routing

Cisco/Juniper/Meraki platforms

Firewalls & VPNs

Wireless networking (802.11)

NAC/AAA (802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+)

WAN/SD-WAN

Network monitoring (SolarWinds)

Network diagrams (Visio/Lucidchart)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

SolarWinds Orion

Visio

Lucidchart

Job description

Duties And Responsibilities

• Implement and support enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, firewall, network access control, cloud connectivity, and SD-WAN technologies.
• Independently complete network engineering assignments and tactical infrastructure projects with limited supervision.
• Configure and maintain routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, VPN services, and related network platforms.
• VLANs, trunks, port channels, and switch-port configurations
• Static and dynamic routing changes
• Firewall policies, NAT rules, security zones, and DMZ configurations
• Site-to-site and remote-access VPN configurations
• Wireless SSIDs, authentication policies, and access controls
• Network Access Control and AAA integrations
• WAN circuit activations, migrations, and failover configurations
• Troubleshoot complex Layer 2 and Layer 3 network incidents involving routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, internet connectivity, and application traffic flows.
• Perform packet-level and protocol-level analysis to identify root causes of performance, availability, and connectivity issues.
• Lead or participate in network infrastructure projects such as office openings, site relocations, hardware refreshes, network migrations, circuit upgrades, and technology deployments.
• Coordinate circuit installations, upgrades, cross-connects, handoffs, testing, migrations, terminations, and outage remediation with carriers, local exchange carriers, and data-center providers.
• Develop implementation plans, test plans, rollback procedures, validation steps, and supporting documentation for network changes.
• Maintain accurate logical and physical network diagrams, IP address documentation, circuit inventories, configuration standards, and operational procedures.
• Monitor network availability, capacity, performance, and configuration compliance using SolarWinds Orion or similar network-management platforms.
• Review monitoring alerts and performance trends to identify recurring issues, capacity constraints, and opportunities for proactive improvement.
• Ensure network-device configurations are backed up, standardized, and maintained in accordance with organizational security and operational requirements.
• Perform root-cause analysis for significant incidents and recommend corrective and preventative actions.
• Provide technical guidance to service desk, infrastructure, security, application, and site-support teams for network-related issues.
• Coordinate and validate work performed by telecommunications carriers, managed service providers, cabling vendors, field technicians, and other third parties.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide escalation support for critical network incidents as required.
• Follow established Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, and configuration-management processes.
• Contribute to network standards, reference architectures, lifecycle planning, resiliency improvements, and technology evaluations.

Technical Skills

• Strong working knowledge of enterprise TCP/IP networking, including subnetting, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and packet flow.
• Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting Layer 2 technologies such as:
• VLANs
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Link aggregation and port channels
• MAC address learning
• Switching loops and broadcast-domain issues
• Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting Layer 3 technologies, including static routing and dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP.
• Experience supporting Cisco, Juniper, Meraki, or comparable enterprise routing and switching platforms.
• Experience managing enterprise firewalls, security policies, network address translation, security zones, and site-to-site or remote-access VPNs.
• Experience with enterprise wireless networking, including 802.11 standards, SSIDs, authentication, roaming, interference, and wireless troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of Network Access Control and AAA technologies, including 802.1X, RADIUS, and TACACS+.
• Experience supporting WAN connectivity such as internet circuits, MPLS, broadband, private connectivity, or SD-WAN.
• Ability to use technical troubleshooting tools such as packet captures, ping, traceroute, route analysis, interface statistics, logs, and network-monitoring platforms.
• Experience with network monitoring and configuration-management tools such as SolarWinds Orion or comparable products.
• Ability to create and maintain network diagrams using Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of network resiliency, redundancy, high availability, and failover concepts.

Professional Skills And Traits

• Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical problems and drive them through resolution.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to distinguish between network, security, systems, application, carrier, and end-user issues.
• Ability to assess risk, prioritize technical work, and implement changes safely in production environments.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong documentation habits and attention to configuration accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, incidents, and operational priorities without losing ownership or follow-through.
• Comfortable working with geographically distributed teams, vendors, carriers, and managed service providers.
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to share technical knowledge with other members of the IT organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Available to work on Time Zone AMER at 07.00am EST or Time Zone EMEA at 07.00am GTM
• Four or more years of hands-on experience in an enterprise Network Engineering, Network Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Demonstrated experience independently configuring and supporting production routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, or SD-WAN platforms.
• Experience implementing production network changes using documented implementation, validation, and rollback procedures.
• Experience troubleshooting enterprise network incidents beyond basic connectivity and end-user support.
• Experience supporting multi-site network environments.
• Experience coordinating circuit installations, upgrades, migrations, handoffs, and outage remediation with telecommunications carriers.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, technical training, and relevant professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP Enterprise, JNCIS, PCNSE, Fortinet FCP, Meraki certification, or another comparable professional-level networking certification.
• ITIL 4 Foundation certification or practical experience working within formal Change, Incident, and Problem Management processes.
• Experience supporting globally distributed network environments.
• Experience with public-cloud networking in AWS or Microsoft Azure
• Experience with network automation, scripting, APIs, infrastructure as code, or configuration-management tools.
• Familiarity with network-security concepts, segmentation, zero-trust architecture, and security-control implementation.
• Experience participating in network architecture, capacity planning, hardware lifecycle planning, or technology-selection initiatives.

Indicators of Success

• Independently implement standard network changes and infrastructure deployments.
• Resolve complex network incidents using structured troubleshooting and evidence-based analysis.
• Take technical ownership of assigned projects from planning through implementation and documentation.
• Improve network reliability by identifying recurring problems and implementing permanent corrective actions.Maintain accurate documentation and follow disciplined production-change practices.
• Effectively coordinate technical activities across internal teams, vendors, carriers, and service providers