Senior Network Engineer / Cisco Network Technician

Gr8ttek, LLC; Springfield (OR); On-site; USD 66,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Gr8ttek, LLC is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support enterprise networking for a major healthcare organization in the Pacific Northwest. Springfield, OR: $48-52/hr (2 openings).

This six-month contract-to-hire opportunity emphasizes hands-on design, troubleshooting, and reliable enterprise infrastructure. The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of experience with Cisco-based networks, routing, switching, WLAN, and SD-WAN, and will collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Strong Cisco routing and switching expertise.
• Experience configuring BGP and OSPF.
• Experience with LAN/WAN/WLAN/SD-WAN environments.
• Solid TCP/IP, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, QoS knowledge.
• Ability to diagnose complex networking issues.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise LAN/WAN/WLAN/SD-WAN.
• Configure Cisco routers, switches, APs, and controllers.
• Manage BGP and OSPF routing.
• Handle VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP, QoS, L2/L3 networking.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, latency, packet loss.
• Monitor network performance and capacity.
• Perform firmware updates and network maintenance.
• Support incident response and change management.
• Maintain network diagrams and documentation.
• Collaborate with infra, cloud, app teams.
• Participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Cisco routing

Cisco switching

BGP

OSPF

SD-WAN

WLAN

TCP/IP

Troubleshooting

Network docs

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

SolarWinds

ThousandEyes

LogicMonitor

Wireshark

Cisco Catalyst Center

Cisco Nexus

Azure networking

Job description

Gr8ttek is seeking experienced Senior Network Engineers to support enterprise networking operations for a major healthcare organization in the Pacific Northwest.

Springfield, OR: $48-52/hr (2 openings)

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced networking professional who enjoys hands‑on technical work, complex troubleshooting, and designing and maintaining reliable enterprise infrastructure.

Qualified candidates should have 5–7 years of experience supporting Cisco-based enterprise networks, with demonstrated expertise in routing, switching, wireless networking, and SD‑WAN technologies.

This is a six‑month contract‑to‑hire opportunity with the potential to transition into a permanent position.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, and SD‑WAN infrastructure.
• Configure and troubleshoot Cisco routers, switches, wireless access points, and network controllers.
• Implement and support routing protocols, including BGP and OSPF.
• Manage VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP, QoS, and Layer 2/Layer 3 networking.
• Diagnose complex connectivity, latency, packet‑loss, routing, switching, and wireless performance issues.
• Monitor network availability, performance, and capacity.
• Perform configuration changes, firmware updates, device upgrades, and network maintenance.
• Support network incident response, change management, and service requests.
• Maintain accurate network diagrams, configurations, IP/VLAN documentation, and technical procedures.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, application, telecom, and desktop support teams.
• Assist with network optimization, technology refreshes, and infrastructure improvement initiatives.
• Provide secondary desktop and laptop support as needed.
• Participate in on‑call support rotations as required.

Required Qualifications

• 5–7 years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Strong hands‑on Cisco routing and switching experience.
• Demonstrated ability to configure and troubleshoot BGP and OSPF.
• Experience with enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, and SD‑WAN environments.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, trunking, DNS, DHCP, NAT, SNMP, NTP, and QoS.
• Experience troubleshooting enterprise wireless networks.
• Ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex networking incidents.
• Experience using network monitoring, packet capture, and troubleshooting tools.
• Strong communication, documentation, and problem‑solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cisco CCNA or CCNP certification.
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Viptela/SD‑WAN, or Cisco Wireless.
• Experience with SolarWinds, Cisco Catalyst Center, ThousandEyes, or LogicMonitor.
• Experience with Wireshark and packet analysis.
• Familiarity with Azure or AWS networking.
• Knowledge of Python, Ansible, Bash, or network automation.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

Why Join This Opportunity?

• Six‑month contract‑to‑hire career opportunity.
• Work with enterprise networking infrastructure in a healthcare environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to network reliability and infrastructure improvements.
• Potential transition to permanent employment.

Gr8ttek is an equal opportunity employer.