Network Engineer; Extreme Network Exper. (ONSITE)

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Georgia; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technical staffing company is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for a contract-to-hire opportunity in Brunswick, GA. The role requires strong hands-on experience with Extreme Networks and expertise in troubleshooting complex networking issues. Candidates should have proficiency in Palo Alto firewalls, multi-vendor network environments, and various network monitoring platforms. This position offers a chance to evolve a complex enterprise network while ensuring security and compliance with industry standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Extreme Networks.
• Strong experience with Palo Alto firewalls including HA and VPNs.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise switching and routing.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot complex network and connectivity issues across enterprise environments.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewalls.
• Support and troubleshoot Cisco and Juniper switching platforms.
• Design, deploy, and support Extreme Networks switching infrastructure.

Skills

Extreme Networks

Palo Alto firewalls

BGP routing

multi-vendor troubleshooting

network monitoring platforms

Tools

SolarWinds

Auvik

PRTG

Nagios

Datadog

LogicMonitor

Job description

Introduction

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Overview

Connection Services is seeking a Network Engineer to join our Technical Staffing Division for a contract to hire opportunity onsite in Brunswick, GA. This is a contract to hire opportunity with benefits.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Engineer with strong hands‑on experience in Extreme Networks to support, troubleshoot, and evolve a complex enterprise network environment.

Responsibilities

Firewall & Security

• Troubleshoot complex network and connectivity issues across enterprise environments.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewalls, including high availability (HA) pairings.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot site‑to‑site and remote‑access VPN tunnels.
• Create, manage, and optimize firewall security policies.
• Ensure network security aligns with NIST, SIEM, and industry‑standard frameworks.
• Partner with security teams to support monitoring, logging, and compliance initiatives.

Switching & Campus Networking

• Design, deploy, and support Extreme Networks switching infrastructure (core requirement).
• Support and troubleshoot Arista Cloud, Cisco, and Juniper switching platforms.
• Perform advanced Layer 2 troubleshooting, including Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and its variants.
• Implement IP address scope deployment and VLAN segmentation across campus environments.

Wireless & Network Applications

• Support wireless cloud platforms including Extreme, Arista, Meraki, or Juniper.
• Leverage strong CLI skills across multiple vendor platforms for configuration and troubleshooting.
• Monitor network health and performance using tools such as SolarWinds, Auvik, PRTG, Nagios, Datadog, or LogicMonitor.
• Demonstrate deep expertise across OSI Layers 1–4, resolving complex physical through transport‑layer issues.

Routing & Network Architecture

• Implement and troubleshoot BGP routing, including policy design and operational support.
• Support and adopt IS‑IS routing, which will serve as the new protocol for internal campus network design.
• Design and maintain network segmentation strategies to support performance, security, and scalability.

Requirements

• Hands‑on experience with Extreme Networks (required).
• Strong experience with Palo Alto firewalls, including HA, VPNs, and security policy creation.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise switching, routing, and wireless networking.
• Proven experience with BGP and exposure to IS‑IS routing.
• Expertise in network segmentation and campus network design.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across multi‑vendor network environments.
• Proficiency with at least one network monitoring platform (SolarWinds, Auvik, PRTG, Nagios, Datadog, LogicMonitor).

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with security frameworks such as NIST and SIEM integrations.
• Experience supporting cloud‑managed networking platforms.
• Relevant networking or security certifications (Extreme, Palo Alto, Cisco, Arista, Juniper).