Senior Network Engineer

Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K

Job summary

Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies in Lansing, MI is seeking a senior network engineer to lead the design, implementation, and governance of secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise connectivity. You will oversee high-availability architecture, manage routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, WAN optimization, and monitoring tools, with Cisco/Juniper gear, SD-WAN, NAC, DNS/DHCP/VLANs.

This hybrid role requires a 7+ year track record, a related bachelor's degree, and certifications such as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in network engineering, computer science, or related field required.
• Minimum 7 Years Of Experience In Enterprise Network Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience with enterprise-grade hardware (Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, etc.)
• Familiarity with SD-WAN, NAC, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and VLANs
• Proven experience with high-availability, fault-tolerant infrastructure design

Responsibilities

• Lead network architecture planning and high-level design to support current and future business needs.
• Design solutions that integrate security, performance, and disaster recovery requirements.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption paths to leadership.
• Oversee configuration, deployment, and optimization of routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, and WAN optimization tools.
• Guide infrastructure upgrades and ensure proper documentation of network changes.
• Own the development and maintenance of network standards, documentation, and procedures.
• Use advanced monitoring tools to assess and tune network health, availability, and performance.

Skills

Network architecture

Enterprise hardware

SD-WAN

NAC

VPN

DNS

DHCP

VLANs

High availability

Disaster recovery

Education

Bachelor's degree in network engineering, computer science, or related field

Job description

Lead the design, implementation, and governance of secure, resilient, and scalable network infrastructure. Act as a technical expert and strategic advisor in planning and deploying enterprise-wide connectivity solutions.

• Lead network architecture planning and high-level design to support current and future business needs.
• Design solutions that integrate security, performance, and disaster recovery requirements.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption paths to leadership.
• Oversee configuration, deployment, and optimization of routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, and WAN optimization tools.
• Guide infrastructure upgrades and ensure proper documentation of network changes.
• Own the development and maintenance of network standards, documentation, and procedures.
• Use advanced monitoring tools to assess and tune network health, availability, and performance.

Required

• Bachelors degree in network engineering, computer science, or related field required.
• Minimum 7 Years Of Experience In Enterprise Network Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience with enterprise-grade hardware (Cisco, Palo Alto, Juniper, etc.)
• Familiarity with SD-WAN, NAC, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and VLANs
• Proven experience with high-availability, fault-tolerant infrastructure design

Preferred

• Certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, or equivalent required or strongly preferred

Note:

• This is a Hybrid position working both remotely from the State of Michigan, and working in the Farm Bureau Home Office located in Lansing, Michigan (Onsite three days a week).

• Farm Bureau offers a full benefit package including medical, dental, vision, and 401K.