Principal Network Engineer

Temple Health – Temple University Health System; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Temple Health – Temple University Health System is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our enterprise network infrastructure. The role focuses on large-scale projects and requires hands-on work with Cisco/Extreme switching, Palo Alto firewalls, Netscaler load balancers, and Infoblox DNS.

3 days on-site weekly at Temple Health Women’s and Families Hospital. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of experience in enterprise networking, strong routing protocol

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise infrastructure design/implementation/management.
• 5 years experience with Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience with network monitoring/analysis tools (SNMP, NetFlow, DNA, ThousandEyes).
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, SD-WAN, VPNs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure.
• Lead mid to large-scale network projects with minimum supervision.
• Troubleshoot and support networking tech stack (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, DNS).
• Collaborate on security, segmentation, and threat mitigation best practices.

Skills

Network design & engineering

Troubleshooting

Routing protocols

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IT

Experience-in-lieu-of-degree considered

Tools

Cisco switches

Extreme switches

Palo Alto firewalls

Aruba Wireless

Netscaler Load Balancers

Infoblox DNS

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