Senior Network Engineer: Cloud, Firewalls & Hybrid Ops

RiseMe; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CTI Staffing partners with an engineering services organization to fill a Senior Network Engineer role in Chicago, IL. Hybrid work arrangement combines onsite presence Tue–Thu with remote days as needed.

You will own firewall, cloud networking, and routing configurations across data centers, cloud, and remote sites, acting as senior escalation for connectivity and security issues. 6-month contract-to-hire with path to full-time.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in enterprise network environments, senior-level experience.
• Hands-on Palo Alto firewall administration: policies, NAT, VPN, HA.
• Hands-on Azure networking: VNets, peering, NSGs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute.

Responsibilities

• Provide tier-3 support and troubleshooting across data center, WAN, campus, wireless, Internet edge, and Azure environments.
• Configure and maintain Palo Alto firewalls with policies, NAT, routing, VPNs, certs, logging, and high availability.
• Design, configure, and support Azure networking and hybrid connectivity to on-prem.
• Manage Cisco Catalyst and Meraki switching across campus and branch offices.
• Implement and troubleshoot VLANs, VRFs, STP, HSRP, QoS, iBGP, eBGP, and EIGRP.
• Administer DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and network segmentation supporting AD and cloud services.
• Support remote-access and site-to-site VPNs, including Zscaler and GlobalProtect.
• Travel occasionally to regional offices for site surveys, implementations, and hands-on troubleshooting.

Skills

Palo Alto firewall

Azure networking

BGP

EIGRP

VRF

HSRP

DNS

DHCP

IPAM

Cisco Catalyst Meraki

Zscaler

GlobalProtect

Active Directory

Job description

CTI Staffing partners with an engineering services organization to fill a Senior Network Engineer role in Chicago, IL. Hybrid work arrangement combines onsite presence Tue–Thu with remote days as needed.

You will own firewall, cloud networking, and routing configurations across data centers, cloud, and remote sites, acting as senior escalation for connectivity and security issues. 6-month contract-to-hire with path to full-time.