Principal Network Architect – Hybrid Cloud & Cisco Expert

Children's Wisconsin; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Wisconsin is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead advanced network design and troubleshooting for clinical and business operations. You will design Cisco networks, automate provisioning, and mentor engineers across enterprise routing, switching, campus and data center networking, wireless, WAN, and cloud connectivity to Azure and AWS.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, change discipline, and collaboration with Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Enterprise Architecture,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field required or relevant experience.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible network engineering experience in a complex enterprise environment.
• 7+ years experience serving as a technical escalation resource, leading significant network changes, and mentoring engineers.
• 7+ years advanced hands on experience with Cisco enterprise routing and switching, IP addressing, routing protocols, network segmentation, high availability, Cisco ACI and datacenter networking technologies.
• 7+ years advanced working knowledge of wireless networking, VPN connectivity, DNS and DHCP dependencies, and network security principles.
• 7+ years practical experience developing and maintaining network automation using infrastructure as code, configuration management, scripting, or APIs.
• 7+ years experience with Terraform, Ansible, Python or comparable technologies, including version control, testing, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and maintains enterprise Cisco network services across clinical and business locations.
• Leads technical diagnosis of complex network incidents and recurring problems.
• Develops and maintains reusable automation for provisioning, configuration, validation, inventory, and operational tasks.
• Develops and applies Azure and AWS networking skills to design and support connectivity between CW locations and cloud environments.
• Prepares implementation procedures, impact assessments, test plans, rollback steps, and support handoffs in line with ITSM and change processes.
• Maintains network diagrams, configuration standards, operating procedures, and accurate inventory records.

Skills

Cisco routing

Cisco switching

Network automation

Azure connectivity

AWS connectivity

Troubleshooting

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

Children's Wisconsin is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead advanced network design and troubleshooting for clinical and business operations. You will design Cisco networks, automate provisioning, and mentor engineers across enterprise routing, switching, campus and data center networking, wireless, WAN, and cloud connectivity to Azure and AWS.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, change discipline, and collaboration with Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Enterprise Architecture,