Lead Network Engineer, Mining IT & SecOps

Fortitude Mining, LLC; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance for employee and/deps

401K plan with company contribution

Discretionary time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

The Lead Network Engineer at Fortitude Mining is a key member of the IT & Cybersecurity team, responsible for implementing, maintaining, and securing network infrastructure supporting mission-critical mining operations. Reporting to the Director of Network Operations, this role leads deployments, ensures quality, performance, and operational readiness, and maintains documentation.

This role works out of our South Lake location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Network Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5–10 years of experience in network engineering, administration, or related role.
• Active CCNA, CCNP, or Fortinet Certified Professional (FCP) in Secure Networking.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise switching, routing, firewalls, wireless networking, and WAN connectivity; Cisco/Fortinet/Juniper/UniFi technologies preferred.
• Strong OSI model and networking fundamentals (Ethernet, TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, routing, switching, firewall policies).
• Experience with network monitoring, SNMP, performance analysis, incident troubleshooting, and backups.
• Ability to perform physical network installations (cabling, racking, wireless APs).
• Willingness to participate in on-call and up to 30% travel to Fortitude locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, and UniFi infrastructure.
• Lead end-to-end network deployments from planning to production handoff.
• Support network operations, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Execute physical network buildouts including cabling, racks, and wireless deployments.
• Coordinate with vendors, contractors, and on-site teams for deployments and issue resolution.
• Support OT networks, mining infrastructure, and IT security integration.
• Develop and maintain topology diagrams, SOPs, and deployment standards.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call support and incident response.
• Travel ~30% to Fortitude sites for deployments and maintenance.

Skills

CCNA/CCNP/FCP

Network monitoring

Troubleshooting

On-call readiness

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CompSci

Tools

Cisco

Fortinet

Juniper

UniFi

Job description

The Lead Network Engineer at Fortitude Mining is a key member of the IT & Cybersecurity team, responsible for implementing, maintaining, and securing network infrastructure supporting mission-critical mining operations. Reporting to the Director of Network Operations, this role leads deployments, ensures quality, performance, and operational readiness, and maintains documentation.

This role works out of our South Lake location.