Senior Network Engineer – 24/7 Mining Ops & OT

Fortitude Mining, LLC; Grand Island (NE); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortitude Mining, LLC is seeking a Lead Network Engineer to implement, secure, and optimize our mission‑critical network infrastructure across offices and mining sites in the United States. The role supports 24/7 operations, involves on‑call duties, and travel up to 30% to Fortitude locations for deployments and site support.

You will lead network deployments, maintain monitoring, and coordinate with vendors while ensuring security controls and change management practices are followed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional IT experience.
• 5–10 years of experience in network engineering, network administration, infrastructure support, or a related technical role.
• Active CCNA, CCNP, or Fortinet Certified Professional (FCP) in Secure Networking certification required.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise switching, routing, firewalls, wireless networking, and WAN connectivity; experience with Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, and/or UniFi technologies preferred.
• Strong understanding of the OSI model and networking fundamentals, including Ethernet, TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, routing, switching, and firewall policies.
• Experience with network monitoring, SNMP, performance analysis, incident troubleshooting, configuration backups, and device recovery procedures.
• Ability to perform physical network installations, including structured cabling, equipment racking, wireless access point installation, and related field work.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and technical leadership skills, with the ability to independently execute network deployments and manage implementation activities with minimal supervision.
• Experience with network automation, scripting, operational technology (OT), mining infrastructure, or automated systems is a plus.
• Ability and willingness to participate in on-call support and travel up to 30% to Fortitude locations as business and operational needs require.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, and UniFi network infrastructure.
• Lead end-to-end network deployments, including implementation planning, configuration, testing, documentation, and production handoff.
• Support network operations, troubleshooting, and performance optimization across switching, VLANs, Trunks, LAGs, TCP/IP, DNS, routing, NAT, WAN, SD-WAN, and firewalls.
• Execute physical network buildouts, including rack assembly, structured cabling, wireless infrastructure, WAN fiber, Starlink, and security camera deployments.
• Coordinate with vendors, contractors, and on-site personnel to execute network deployments, troubleshoot infrastructure issues, and ensure implementation quality.
• Support network infrastructure for mining operations and curtailment systems, including OT networks, smart PDUs, Foreman, and utility/RTAC connectivity.
• Implement and maintain network monitoring integrations, including SNMP onboarding into LibreNMS and alert configuration.
• Support network automation initiatives, configuration management, and IS/OT integrations.
• Maintain PSL to validate changes, test configurations, and develop disaster recovery playbooks.
• Support SecOps by implementing, documenting, and validating network security controls and firewall policies.
• Develop and maintain network topology diagrams, configuration baselines, SOPs, and deployment standards.
• Follow change management processes, security policies, and deployment standards; provide on-call support.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call support, incident response, and troubleshooting for critical outages.
• Travel approximately 30% to Fortitude locations for deployments and site support.

Skills

Network engineering

Technical leadership

On-call support

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent IT experience

Tools

Cisco

Fortinet

Juniper

UniFi

LibreNMS

Job description

Fortitude Mining, LLC is seeking a Lead Network Engineer to implement, secure, and optimize our mission‑critical network infrastructure across offices and mining sites in the United States. The role supports 24/7 operations, involves on‑call duties, and travel up to 30% to Fortitude locations for deployments and site support.

You will lead network deployments, maintain monitoring, and coordinate with vendors while ensuring security controls and change management practices are followed.