Senior Network Engineer

Beyond SOF; Defiance (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Beyond SOF is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and monitor Fixed Wireless ISP networks in Ohio. You will lead Layer 2/3 design and help scale reliability and performance across core services.

You will mentor junior staff, create network documentation, and ensure security and QoS are integrated into every deployment.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of proven experience in Fixed Wireless ISP, IP, and network design.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, VRFs, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, and Spanning Tree.
• In-depth experience with circuits and ISP routing protocols.
• High-level troubleshooting skills.
• Understanding of carrier Ethernet networks, LAN/WAN networks, IP protocol, routing, switching, network management, and security.
• Competency with vendor platforms: Mikrotik, Cambium, Telrad, Tarana, Nokia, Adtran, Zhone.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan, deploy, monitor, and maintain a Fixed Wireless ISP to increase network reliability and scalability.
• Lead IP/Layer 2 & 3 network design and deployment focusing on Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, and Manageability.
• Create and maintain documentation for network design and deployment, fostering adoption of ISP platforms.
• Coach lower-tier technical employees on network design, deployment, implementation, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Foster a culture of Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, Manageability, and Affordability.
• Design, deploy, maintain, and coach on customer LAN and other networks.
• Perform other reasonable activities as required by management.

Skills

TCP/IP

BGP

OSPF

MPLS

VLANs

VRFs

LAN/WAN concepts

QoS

Tools

Mikrotik

Cambium

Telrad

Tarana

Nokia

Adtran

Zhone

Cisco

Arista

IP Infusion

Job description

• Design, plan, deploy, monitor, and maintain a Fixed Wireless ISP to increase network reliability and scalability.
• Lead IP/Layer 2 & 3 network design and deployment focusing on Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, and Manageability.
• Create and maintain documentation for network design and deployment, fostering adoption of ISP platforms.
• Coach lower-tier technical employees on network design, deployment, implementation, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Foster a culture of Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, Manageability, and Affordability.
• Design, deploy, maintain, and coach on customer LAN and other networks.
• Perform other reasonable activities as required by management.

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, plan, deploy, monitor, and maintain a Fixed Wireless ISP to increase network reliability and scalability.
• Lead IP/Layer 2 & 3 network design and deployment focusing on Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, and Manageability.
• Create and maintain documentation for network design and deployment, fostering adoption of ISP platforms.
• Coach lower-tier technical employees on network design, deployment, implementation, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Foster a culture of Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, Manageability, and Affordability.
• Design, deploy, maintain, and coach on customer LAN and other networks.
• Perform other reasonable activities as required by management.

Duties

• Provision and support DWDM Network and Ethernet Demarcation equipment.
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Respond to alerts and outages and resolve incidents.
• Review and apply security patches and updates.
• Support escalated network-related tickets from Tier 2 and priority clients.
• Document changes and maintain network diagrams.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and best practices.
• Analyze network traffic and performance trends.
• Conduct routine maintenance (e.g., firmware updates, log reviews).
• Optimize routing and switching configurations.
• Test and verify backups of network device configurations.
• Coordinate with fiber and wireless teams on upcoming changes or projects.
• Perform security audits and vulnerability assessments.
• Review and update network documentation and policies.
• Plan and implement network upgrades or capacity expansions.
• Optimize Quality of Service (QoS) and bandwidth utilization.
• Review vendor contacts and evaluate new technologies.
• Work with deployment teams on Fiber and Fixed Wireless expansion.
• Create and maintain project plans for all network and customer projects.
• Create and maintain documentation for customer networks.

Project-Based/Long-Term Tasks

• Design and deploy new network infrastructure (e.g., core upgrades, new sites).
• Implement redundancy and high-availability solutions.
• Manage large-scale migrations (e.g., IPv6 adoption, CG-NAT, MPLS over MikroTIK).
• Develop automation scripts to improve network efficiency and monitoring.
• Collaborate on security frameworks.
• Train and mentor junior admins.

Requirements

• 5 – 7 years of proven experience in Fixed Wireless ISP, IP, and network design.
• Competency with TCP/IP, VLANs, VRFs, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, and Spanning Tree.
• In-depth experience in circuits and ISP routing protocols.
• High-level troubleshooting skills.
• Thorough understanding of carrier Ethernet networks, LAN/WAN networks, IP protocol, routing, switching, network management, and security.
• Customer relations skills.
• Understanding of wiring and installation standards for equipment.
• Understanding of computing system technologies and environments, including servers, PCs, and storage systems.
• Competency with vendor platforms: Mikrotik, Cambium, Telrad, Tarana, Nokia, Adtran, Zhone.

Desirable Qualifications

• Soft switch dial translations, call routing, and associated functionality design, deployment, maintenance, and coaching.
• VoIP/POTS/Other voice service design, deployment, maintenance, and coaching.
• Provision circuits across the telephony network.
• Experience in statewide/regional carrier networks and LEC call routing.
• Experience with MetroEthernet standard.
• Background in provisioning circuits.
• Previous experience with security tools, such as SonicWall firewall.
• Install and maintain carrier-grade soft switch technology.

Technical Skills

• Networking Protocols & Concepts:
  • Strong understanding of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VLANs, VRFs.
  • Layer 2 & Layer 3 switching and routing.
  • Quality of Service (QoS) implementation.
  • Network segmentation and traffic engineering.
• Hardware & Infrastructure:
  • Experience with carrier-grade routers, switches, and firewalls (e.g., Cisco, MikroTik, Arista, IP Infusion).
  • Wireless networking and RF planning (FWA Specifically).
  • DWDM, dark fiber, and carrier-grade transport networks.
  • VPN concentrators and technologies.
• Security & Compliance:
  • Firewall rules, ACLs, and IPS/IDS.
  • Network access control (Radius, TACacs, 802.1X authentication).
  • VPN technologies (IPSec, SSL VPN, L2TP, GRE tunnels).
  • DDoS mitigation strategies.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting:
  • Packet analysis tools (Wireshark, TCPdump, NetFlow).
  • SNMP-based monitoring (Cacti, WhatsUp Gold).
  • Syslog and event correlation.
  • Experience with troubleshooting latency, jitter, and congestion issues.
  • TR-069 Protocol.
• Scripting & Automation:
  • Network automation (VBScript, Bash, MikroTik scripting).
  • REST APIs for managing network devices.
  • CLI proficiency in multiple vendors.