Remote Enterprise Network Engineer | Security & WAN

Ultipro; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Metronet is seeking an Enterprise Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, optimize, and support our enterprise network infrastructure and security systems across wired, wireless, WAN, data center, and cloud-connected environments.

You will lead projects from planning to implementation, drive modernization efforts, and collaborate with vendors and internal teams. This role requires extensive experience in large-scale networks and security best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or better in related field or 4+ years of related network engineering and network security experience minimum.
• Strong experience with NGFW firewalls such as Cisco Firepower, Palo Alto, or FortiGate, including firewall policy management, NAT, VPN, logging, troubleshooting, rule review, and problem resolution.
• Experience with enterprise networking technologies and management platforms such as Arista, Juniper, Cisco Nexus, Cisco ISE, Cisco ACI, NDFC, or similar enterprise networking and infrastructure management solutions preferred.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-scale network infrastructure within medium-to-large multi-site business environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, maintenance, and ongoing optimization of enterprise network infrastructure and network security platforms, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, WAN circuits, VPNs, and related technologies.
• Independently manage assigned network engineering projects from planning and design through implementation, documentation, testing, and operational support.
• Design and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN, wireless, data center, and cloud-connected network architectures to support business requirements, remote site connectivity, resiliency, performance, security, and future growth.
• Develop, maintain, and evolve network and network security standards, reference architectures, implementation practices, and engineering best practices that support scalability, security, and operational excellence across the enterprise.
• Design, implement, review, and maintain network security controls including firewall policies, ACLs, segmentation, VPN access, NAT, secure management access, zero trust-aligned controls, and access control frameworks.

Skills

Network engineering

Security concepts

Project management

Communication skills

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Arista

Juniper

Cisco Nexus

Cisco ISE

Cisco ACI

Job description

Metronet is seeking an Enterprise Network Engineer to design, implement, secure, optimize, and support our enterprise network infrastructure and security systems across wired, wireless, WAN, data center, and cloud-connected environments.

You will lead projects from planning to implementation, drive modernization efforts, and collaborate with vendors and internal teams. This role requires extensive experience in large-scale networks and security best practices.