Field Network Engineer (80-90% Travel)

Paladin Consulting; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Paladin Consulting is seeking a senior network professional for a remote-based role with heavy U.S. travel. You will implement Windows-based environments, plan WAN/LAN changes, and document project deliverables while working directly with clients across diverse environments.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience and Meraki knowledge, with strong troubleshooting skills and experience with Office 365, Azure, AD, and remote access solutions. Travel up to 90% is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years implementing networking, server, and Business Application solutions.
• Customer-facing network professional comfortable with travel across the U.S. (~90%).
• Meraki experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assess, roll out, and remediate Windows-based environments.
• Plan and execute WAN and LAN network changes.
• Discover LAN and WiFi networks; provide remediation plans.

Skills

Site-to-site networking

Networking protocols

Scripting languages

Troubleshooting

Office 365 & Azure

Active Directory & Azure AD

WAN/LAN & security

WiFi analysis

Remote Access solutions

Software deployment / RMM

US travel ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CIS/MIS or related

Tools

Meraki

Job description

Remote-based with frequent travel throughout the U.S. 80-90% Travel

Permanent/Direct Hire

5+ years of experience implementing networking, server, and Business Application solutions.

This role is ideal for a customer-facing network professional who enjoys travel, infrastructure deployments, and working directly with clients across a variety of environments.

• Active role in day-to-day assessment, roll out, and remediation of Windows based environments.
• Active role planning and executing WAN and LAN network changes.
• Perform discovery of LAN and WiFi networks, providing remediation plans.
• Implement various Microsoft technologies as needed like Windows Server, Active Directory, Azure AD, MFA, SQL, and other Microsoft core business applications.
• Provide technical documentation to Engineering and Operations teams as part of project deliverables including diagrams.
• Accurately and regularly communicate project status to all required stake holders.
• Communicate with customers as required: keeping them informed of incident progress, notifying them of impending changes or agreed upon outages.
• Meraki Experience Required

Skills:

• Site-to-site networking experience including Layer 2, Layer 3 and SDN
• Knowledge of networking protocols and components including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP etc.
• Scripting experience – PowerShell, Batch, Bash, Python
• Strong troubleshooting skills regarding systems, network, storage and cloud solutions. The ideal engineer can quickly identify and resolve problems with minimal supervision.
• Strong knowledge and experience with Office 365 and Azure platforms.
• Strong knowledge of small scale and enterprise Microsoft Active Directory and Azure AD deployments
• Implement both hardware and configurations at the network level: WAN/LAN connectivity, switches, routers, firewalls, and security.
• Perform WiFi analysis.
• Experience with various Remote Access solutions.
• Software deployment and/or RMM solutions.
• Able to travel within the US (estimated at ~90%)

Desired Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field.