Senior Network Engineer

prattinternalcareersite; Conyers (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pratt is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to own our network infrastructure day-to-day—hands-on, not a desk-bound architect. You’ll troubleshoot production issues, lead multi-site deployments, and support a nationwide, always-on manufacturing network with on-call rotation.

You’ll mentor engineers, oversee SD-WAN and data center modernization, coordinate with partners, and ensure secure, scalable connectivity across campus, data centers, and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• CCNP Enterprise certification required.
• 10+ years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience.
• Experience with large-scale modernization initiatives — SD-WAN, identity-based segmentation, cloud connectivity, or data center upgrades.
• Demonstrated experience leading network projects, not just executing tickets.
• Willingness to travel to sites and participate in an on-call rotation.
• Solid routing/switching knowledge (OSPF, BGP, STP, VLANs) and modern fabric architectures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on escalation point for Layer 2/3 issues across Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, and Meraki environments.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting a nationwide 24/7 manufacturing network.
• Travel to sites to support deployments, troubleshoot, and assist with cutovers; this is a hands-on role.
• Lead network projects end-to-end across branch, data center, and cloud environments.
• Mentor engineers and coordinate with outside consulting partners; document design rationales and transfer ownership.

Skills

CCNP Enterprise

Network engineering

On-site operations

Travel to sites

On-call rotation

Tools

Cisco Catalyst

Cisco Nexus

Meraki

ThousandEyes

Zabbix

PagerDuty

EVPN/VXLAN

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Network Engineer to be a hands-on, day-to-day owner of our network infrastructure — not a desk-bound architect and not a narrowly scoped project hire. You'll troubleshoot live production issues, lead network projects from design through cutover, travel to sites to support deployments and resolve issues that need boots on the ground, and share in an on-call rotation supporting a nationwide, always-on manufacturing network.

This role also plays a significant part in our ongoing network modernization efforts. We need someone who's equally comfortable running toward a 2am outage at a plant, leading a multi-site rollout, and mentoring newer engineers on the team, as they are working alongside our outside consulting partners on the bigger architectural initiatives.

What You'll Do

Day-to-day operations

• Serve as a hands-on escalation point for Layer 2/3 issues across our Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, and Meraki environment
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting a nationwide network running 24/7 manufacturing and business operations
• Travel to sites as needed to support new deployments, troubleshoot issues that require physical presence, and assist with cutovers — this is a genuinely hands-on role, not a remote/desk position
• Maintain and improve security hardening practices across the campus and branch switch hierarchy

Project leadership

• Lead network projects end-to-end — scoping, design, implementation, and validation — across our branch, data center, and cloud environments
• Take ownership of specific initiatives within our broader modernization roadmap, including SD-WAN migration, SD-Access/identity-based segmentation, data center fabric modernization (EVPN-VXLAN leaf-spine), cloud connectivity (AWS Transit Gateway, DirectConnect), and remote access modernization (ZTNA/VPNaaS)
• Partner with our outside consulting engagement as an internal technical lead during assessment and implementation phases — including actively absorbing and documenting their design rationale and methodology — with full long-term operational ownership of what's built transferring to you and the team as that engagement concludes

Team & cross-functional collaboration

• Mentor and support other engineers on the network team
• Work with observability tooling (ThousandEyes, NetFlow-based platforms, Zabbix/PagerDuty) to build and maintain visibility across the environment
• Collaborate with security, systems, and OT/plant teams on IT/OT segmentation and cross-domain issues

What You'll Bring

• CCNP Enterprise certification required
• 10+ years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience, ideally across multi-site/branch environments
• Experience with large-scale network modernization initiatives — SD-WAN transformation, identity-based segmentation rollouts, cloud connectivity projects, or data center upgrades
• Demonstrated experience leading network projects, not just executing tickets — you should be comfortable owning a design and seeing it through
• Willingness and ability to travel to sites as needed, and to participate in an on-call rotation
• Solid grounding in core routing/switching (OSPF, BGP, STP, VLANs) plus working knowledge of modern fabric- and identity-based architectures (SD-WAN, SD-Access/ISE, VXLAN/EVPN)
• Comfort working in a live production environment — this is an operational role first, with project work layered on top, not the reverse
• Strong documentation habits and clear communication, especially when coordinating across teams and with outside partners

Strongly Preferred

• AWS networking experience (Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPC architecture)

Nice to Have

• CCIE (Enterprise Infrastructure, Data Center, or Security)
• Experience with Cisco ISE policy design at scale
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Familiarity with NetBox or similar infrastructure-as-source-of-truth tooling
• Experience in a manufacturing or industrial (OT/IT convergence) environment
• Exposure to ThousandEyes, LiveAction, or similar network observability platforms
• Prior on-call experience in a 24/7 operational environment

Pratt is America’s 4th largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately‑held producer of 100% recycled containerboard, with more than 10,000+ highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA more than 30 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than 70+ locations.