Principal Network Engineer

Temple Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Temple Health is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our enterprise network infrastructure, ensuring reliability and security across campuses. You will lead mid to large scale projects using Cisco and Extreme switches, Palo Alto firewalls, Netscaler load balancers, Infoblox DNS, and Aruba wireless, with strong monitoring and troubleshooting discipline.

The role requires three on-site days (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) at Temple Health Women's and Families

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field required or
• Combination of relevant education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree required
• 10+ years experience designing, implementing, and managing enterprise infrastructure required
• 5 years experience designing and managing Palo Alto firewalls required
• Experience with network monitoring and analysis tools (SNMP, NetFlow, ThousandEyes) preferred
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VPNs preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure.
• Lead mid to large scale network projects with minimal supervision.
• Troubleshoot and support Cisco/Extreme switching, Palo Alto firewalls, and load balancers.
• Ensure network security best practices and segmentation are applied.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Network design

Troubleshooting

Network security

SD-WAN

Load balancers

Wireless networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Cisco devices

Palo Alto firewalls

Extreme switching

Netscaler load balancers

Infoblox DNS

Aruba wireless

DNA/ThousandEyes

Cisco ISE

Job description

The Principal Network Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our organization's network infrastructure. Under minimum supervision, implements mid to large scale complex network projects. Assesses, designs, implements, troubleshoots, and supports a wide range of infrastructure technologies including Cisco and Extreme Switching, Palo Alto Firewalls Cisco and Aruba Wireless, Netscaler Load balancers, and Infoblox DNS.

This role requires three days on-site (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) at Temple Health Women's and Families Hospital.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field Required or
• Combination of relevant education and experience may be considered in lieu of degree Required

Experience

• 10+ years experience designing, implementing, and managing enterprise Infrastructure Required
• 5 years experience designing and managing Palo Alto firewalls Required
• General Experience and knowledge working with network monitoring, management tools and packet capture analysis such as SNMP, NetFlow, Cisco ISE, Thousand Eyes, DNA Preferred
• General Experience and working knowledge of network protocols, including TCP/IP, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, ACI, SD-WAN, WiFi protocols and VPNs Preferred
• General Experience Proficiency in configuring, troubleshooting network devices, including routers, switches,
• firewalls, load balancers, and network monitoring systems Preferred
• General Experience and strong understanding of network security principles and best practices, including network segmentation, access control, and threat mitigation Preferred

Licenses

• Cisco Cert Net Professional Preferred
• Cisco Cert Design Profesional Preferred