Network Engineer

The Richmond Group USA; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Richmond Group USA is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to manage and optimize a large-scale production network in the Greater Richmond VA region. You will work on backbone infrastructure, customer connectivity, and complex troubleshooting to influence design and delivery decisions.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience in telecom/cloud networks, with strong routing protocols and vendor familiarity.

Qualifications

• Senior-level hands-on network engineering experience in a production environment.
• Experience in telecom, carrier, ISP, service provider, managed network, or large enterprise networks.
• Experience supporting both network infrastructure and customer-facing connectivity.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to work through complex network issues.

Responsibilities

• Support and operate a large-scale production network including backbone infrastructure and customer connectivity.
• Troubleshoot routing, transport, performance, and service issues.
• Support site turnups, expansions, commissioning, and upgrades.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to develop tailored solutions.
• Improve network reliability, processes, documentation, and service delivery.
• Own technical problems from diagnosis through resolution.

Skills

BGP

IS-IS

OSPF

MPLS

DNS

Troubleshooting

Customer connectivity

Tools

Cisco devices

Ciena gear

Job description

Senior Network Engineer - Greater Richmond VA Region

Calling on network engineers who like to solve hard problems, not just monitor them.

We're conducting a confidential search for a Senior Network Engineer to join a growing Virginia-based digital infrastructure and connectivity provider. The company owns and operates its own fiber network and provides enterprise-grade connectivity, colocation, and network management services supporting businesses, schools, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, and other critical infrastructure customers.

We're looking for someone who has worked in a large, complex production network environment and wants the opportunity to have greater ownership and influence over how solutions are designed and delivered.

This is a fast-paced, self-directed engineering role. You won't just inherit a ticket queue. You'll work across backbone infrastructure, customer connectivity, new site turnups, network expansions, and complex troubleshooting.

What You'll Own

• Support and operate a large-scale production network, including backbone infrastructure and customer connectivity.
• Troubleshoot complex routing, transport, performance, and service issues.
• Support new site turnups, expansions, commissioning activity, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Work directly with customers and internal technical teams to develop solutions around specific customer requirements rather than a one-size-fits-all offering.
• Improve network reliability, operational processes, documentation, and service delivery.
• Take ownership of technical problems from diagnosis through resolution.

What We're Looking For

• Senior-level, hands-on network engineering experience in a production environment.
• Background within a telecom, carrier, ISP, service provider, managed network, or large enterprise network environment.
• Experience supporting both network infrastructure and customer-facing connectivity.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, and DNS.
• Experience with Cisco and/or Ciena infrastructure is highly preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to independently work through complex network issues.
• Collaborative and relationship-oriented, with the ability to work effectively with customers and internal teams.
• Comfortable taking initiative and operating with meaningful autonomy.

Why Consider It?

This is an opportunity to take experience gained in a larger network environment and apply it somewhere your technical judgment and ideas can directly influence the network.

You'll join a close-knit, energetic team supporting local businesses, critical infrastructure, and innovative projects with visible real-world impact.

The company offers a flexible environment with meaningful autonomy, strong internal support, minimal travel, and unlimited PTO.

This search is strictly confidential.