Senior Multi-Site Network Architect

Excelligence Learning Corporation; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelligence Learning Corporation is seeking a senior network engineer to design, deploy, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure across multiple U.S. sites.

You will manage Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco routers/switches, and Meraki wireless while owning circuit procurement, vendor relations, and security controls. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on experience in multi-site environments, supports PCI DSS requirements, and can translate complex concepts to site stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive, hands-on network engineering across multi-site environments.
• Direct experience with Palo Alto next‑gen firewalls, Panorama preferred.
• Cisco routers/switches in multi-site contexts with BGP/OSPF/EIGRP.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, deploy, and maintain network infrastructure across multiple sites.
• Administer Palo Alto firewalls: policy design, rule base, threat prevention, NAT, firmware lifecycle.
• Configure Cisco routers/switches: routing protocols, VLANs, STP, QoS, ACLs.
• Manage Cisco Meraki wireless: AP deployment, RF planning, SSID config, performance monitoring.
• Own circuit procurement and vendor relationships for WAN connectivity; manage SLAs.
• Maintain network uptime, monitor health, and implement corrective actions proactively.
• Design and enforce security controls: segmentation, VPN, zero-trust principles.
• Support PCI DSS network requirements: segmentation, firewall review, audits.
• Manage DNS and Active Directory integration across sites.
• Perform root cause analysis and document permanent fixes; share findings.
• Develop network documentation: topology, IPAM, inventories, runbooks.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and present findings to IT leadership.
• Provide escalation support and act as SME for network incidents and projects.
• Collaborate with site operations and business stakeholders; translate tech to non-technical audiences.

Skills

Palo Alto firewalls

Cisco routing

Meraki wireless

Network security

VPN architecture

PCI DSS knowledge

DNS/AD integration

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering, IT, CS

Tools

Panorama

Meraki Dashboard

SolarWinds

PRTG

Ansible

Netmiko

Job description

Excelligence Learning Corporation is seeking a senior network engineer to design, deploy, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure across multiple U.S. sites.

You will manage Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco routers/switches, and Meraki wireless while owning circuit procurement, vendor relations, and security controls. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on experience in multi-site environments, supports PCI DSS requirements, and can translate complex concepts to site stakeholders.