Senior Network Engineer

AppleOne Employment Services; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 81,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services in Saint Petersburg, FL is seeking a Senior Network Engineer for a direct hire opportunity. You will design, secure, maintain, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure across on‑premises and cloud environments, leading critical projects.

The role emphasizes high-availability operations, mentoring teammates, and contributing to long-term network strategy while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable connectivity and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Network Engineering, CS or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional network engineering experience.
• Team lead or supervisory experience required.
• CCNA/CompTIA or related certs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain LAN, WLAN, WAN, and security environments.
• Design and support high-availability networks across facilities and cloud/on‑prem.
• Troubleshoot complex network and telecom issues; propose improvements.
• Manage security, IP addressing, and lifecycle activities.
• Maintain network documentation and SOPs.
• Lead infrastructure projects and mentor engineers.

Skills

Network architecture

LAN/WAN design

Security and ACLs

Team leadership

SIP/H.323 & routing protocols

Documentation

Hybrid cloud/on-prem

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Firewalls

Routers & Switches

Network Monitoring

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Network Engineer for a direct hire opportunity in Saint Petersburg, FL. This role is ideal for an experienced network engineering professional who enjoys designing, securing, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.

The Senior Network Engineer will support high-availability network operations, wireless infrastructure, voice and data systems, mobile communications, fleet and edge computing environments, telecommunications, and enterprise security initiatives. This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to lead complex infrastructure projects, mentor other technical professionals, and contribute to long-term network strategy.

This position offers the chance to work in a collaborative technical environment with supportive leadership, cross-functional teamwork, and meaningful infrastructure challenges. The role is well suited for a proactive engineer who values reliability, documentation, security, continuous improvement, and professional growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, optimize, and maintain LAN, WLAN, WAN, wireless, routing, switching, firewall, and telecommunications environments.
• Design, implement, and support high-availability network infrastructure across multiple facilities, operational environments, and hybrid cloud or on-premises systems.
• Troubleshoot complex network, voice, wireless, mobile, fleet, edge computing, and infrastructure issues while recommending proactive performance improvements.
• Manage network security, access controls, permissions, IP addressing, network access lists, software updates, patches, hardware upgrades, and lifecycle activities.
• Maintain accurate network documentation, standard operating procedures, templates, policies, and technical recommendations.
• Lead infrastructure projects, communicate technical updates clearly, and provide mentorship and technical guidance to network engineering team members.

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: $95,000 per year.
• Employment Type: Direct Hire.
• Location: Saint Petersburg, FL.
• On-call and emergency response support may be required for critical network and telecommunications infrastructure.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Lead enterprise network infrastructure design, implementation, maintenance, optimization, and security initiatives.
• Support LAN, WLAN, WAN, routing, switching, wireless, telecommunications, voice, mobile, fleet, and edge computing environments.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues and improve performance, capacity, availability, reliability, and security.
• Provide technical leadership, project support, documentation, and mentorship for network engineering activities.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional network engineering experience.
• Team lead or supervisory experience required.
• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise networking technologies, routing protocols, switching, wireless networking, telecommunications, and network security.
• Experience with SIP, H.323, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, firewalls, routers, switches, servers, access controls, and IP addressing.
• Foundational knowledge of systems administration, infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and support high-availability network operations.
• Strong understanding of network architecture, security principles, policies, permissions, and access control.
• Excellent documentation, communication, analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNA certification.
• CompTIA certification or related technical certifications.
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
• Experience with enterprise voice, telecommunications systems, and service provider coordination.
• Experience with high-availability network environments.
• Experience with fleet, mobile, or edge computing technologies.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.