Senior Network Engineer — Cisco, Fortinet & Cloud

firstPRO, Inc; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

firstPRO, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to support and enhance a complex enterprise network across corporate offices, data centers, and cloud platforms.

The role involves 50% hands-on technical work and 50% analysis/project responsibilities, including leading initiatives and mentoring junior team members. Strong experience with Cisco, Fortinet, Azure/AWS networking, and F5 load balancing is required.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years of enterprise networking experience (Network Administrator/Engineer).
• Strong hands-on with Cisco technologies incl. routing, switching, wireless, Nexus and ISE.
• Experience administering Fortinet FortiGate firewalls.
• Cloud networking experience in Azure and AWS.
• F5 BIG-IP load balancers; exposure to WAF is a plus.
• Knowledge of routing protocols BGP and OSPF.
• Ability to lead projects and mentor junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise network and telecommunications infrastructure across multiple locations and data centers.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot routers, switches, firewalls, wireless, VPNs, and other services.
• Monitor network availability and performance; identify improvement opportunities.
• Troubleshoot complex incidents and coordinate with vendors as needed.
• Support cloud networking in Azure and AWS and manage F5 BIG-IP load balancers.

Skills

Cisco routing & switching

Fortinet FortiGate

Azure networking

AWS networking

F5 BIG-IP

BGP & OSPF

Nexus & ISE

Meraki/Junos exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ansible

Meraki

Juniper

Job description

firstPRO, Inc. is seeking a Senior Network Administrator to support and enhance a complex enterprise network across corporate offices, data centers, and cloud platforms.

The role involves 50% hands-on technical work and 50% analysis/project responsibilities, including leading initiatives and mentoring junior team members. Strong experience with Cisco, Fortinet, Azure/AWS networking, and F5 load balancing is required.