Hybrid Enterprise Network Lead | Security & SD-WAN

KARL STORZ; City of Auburn (NY); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

KARL STORZ North America is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to ensure reliability, security, and performance of our global network infrastructure across manufacturing, distribution, and corporate locations.

In this hybrid role, you will lead network engineering efforts, optimize LAN/WAN, manage firewalls and VPNs, and partner with IT leadership to drive security initiatives and operational excellence. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise network engineering or network administration experience across multi-site environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Strong expertise with enterprise routing and switching technologies including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, QoS, and spanning tree.
• Hands-on experience administering firewalls, VPNs, wireless networks, and Azure cloud connectivity.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex networking issues using monitoring, packet analysis, and diagnostic tools.
• Experience with scripting and automation technologies such as Python or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and optimize enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, and SD-WAN environments to ensure high availability and performance.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts and root-cause analysis for complex network incidents and critical escalations.
• Administer and enhance routing, switching, firewall, VPN, and cloud connectivity solutions across multiple sites.
• Support Zero Trust initiatives through network segmentation, access control, certificate-based authentication, and security policy enforcement.
• Implement automation and configuration management practices using scripting and automation tools to improve operational efficiency.
• Maintain proactive network monitoring, telemetry, and alerting capabilities to identify issues before they impact users.
• Partner with Information Security, Quality, and business stakeholders to support audits, compliance requirements, and vulnerability remediation.
• Mentor Network Administrators and contribute to long-term network strategy, capacity planning, and infrastructure modernization efforts.

Skills

Enterprise networking

BGP

OSPF

VLANs

QoS

Spanning tree

Firewall administration

VPN

Azure cloud connectivity

Scripting

Python

PowerShell

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Engineering

Tools

Azure

Job description

KARL STORZ North America is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to ensure reliability, security, and performance of our global network infrastructure across manufacturing, distribution, and corporate locations.

In this hybrid role, you will lead network engineering efforts, optimize LAN/WAN, manage firewalls and VPNs, and partner with IT leadership to drive security initiatives and operational excellence. Travel may be required.