Network Engineer

AUX Partners; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AUX Partners is seeking an IT Network Engineer to own network design, administration, security, and reliability across multiple sites. You will manage architecture, configuration, maintenance, circuit procurement, and incident response to keep the network highly available.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco routing/switching, and Cisco Meraki wireless across multi-site environments, with a customer-first mindset and strong documentation habits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive network engineering in multi-site enterprise.
• Hands-on with Palo Alto firewalls, Panorama, threat prevention.
• Experience with Cisco routers/switches, BGP/OSPF, VLANs, access layer.
• Meraki wireless deployment and multi-site management.
• Circuit ownership, WAN procurement and SLA management.
• Strong security, firewall policy governance, VPN design.
• PCI DSS network requirements, segmentation, audits.
• DNS administration and AD integration with DHCP mgmt.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting for distributed sites.
• Excellent communication and documentation ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own network design, administration, security, and reliability across multiple sites.
• Oversee architecture, configuration, maintenance, circuit management, and incident resolution.
• Serve as internal SME on infrastructure design decisions and policy governance.
• Translate technical concepts for non-technical site stakeholders and ensure issue resolution ownership.
• Maintain network diagrams, IPAM, configuration standards, and change records.

Skills

Multi-site experience

Analytical troubleshooting

Communication

Documentation

Customer service mindset

Tools

Palo Alto Firewalls

Panorama

Cisco Routers

Cisco Switches

Cisco Meraki Wireless

VPN

DNS administration

Active Directory integration

IPAM

Job description

The IT Network Engineer is the primary owner of network design, administration, security, and reliability across multiple company sites. This role is responsible for the full lifecycle of the organization’s network infrastructure, from architecture and configuration to ongoing maintenance, circuit management, security compliance, and incident resolution. It requires deep hands-on expertise with Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco routing and switching platforms, and Cisco Meraki wireless. The Network Engineer exercises independent professional judgment on infrastructure design decisions, security policy governance, and technology recommendations, and serves as the internal subject matter expert that site teams and business stakeholders rely on to keep the network performing and secure. The ideal candidate has direct multi-site network engineering experience, a proven track record of maintaining high availability across distributed environments, and a customer-first mindset that extends to every site and every user they support.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive, hands-on network engineering experience supporting multi-site enterprise environments, including demonstrated ownership of network infrastructure design and operational decisions.
• Direct, hands-on experience administering Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls, including security policy management, Panorama (preferred), and threat prevention configuration.
• Proven experience configuring and supporting Cisco routers and switches in a multi-site enterprise environment, including routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), VLANs, and access layer design.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco Meraki wireless platform, including AP deployment, dashboard administration, and multi-site wireless management.
• Experience with circuit contract ownership and carrier management, including WAN circuit procurement, SLA management, and vendor escalation.
• Solid understanding of network security principles, including firewall policy governance, network segmentation, VPN architecture, and defense-in-depth design.
• Working knowledge of PCI DSS network requirements, including scoped segmentation, firewall rule review, and audit support.
• Experience with DNS administration and Active Directory integration, including DHCP management and multi-site name resolution.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex, multi-layer network issues across geographically distributed sites.
• Excellent communication and customer-service skills, with the ability to translate technical network concepts for non-technical site stakeholders and to take clear ownership of issue resolution.
• Strong documentation discipline, including network diagrams, IPAM, configuration standards, and change management records.