Senior Network Engineer: Cloud + Security Lead

Talanto; Indianapolis, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

401k contributions

Job summary

Talanto seeks a Network Engineer to design, deploy, and document complex network architectures across datacenter and cloud environments. The role emphasizes strategic planning, client collaboration, and cross-functional execution to meet business objectives.

You’ll work on WAN/LAN, security, and cloud networking with Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Cisco technologies, and travel locally and nationally as needed.

Qualifications

• At least 6+ years of experience in routing, switching, firewalls, and wireless covering datacenter and cloud.
• Leadership experience and/or potential; may grow into Lead or Management role.
• Technical Certifications such as CCNP, NSE4-6, PCNSE, AZ-700, etc. are highly desirable.
• Expertise with network systems, standards (LAN, WAN, MPLS, SD-WAN) and routing protocols like EIGRP, BGP, and OSPF.

Responsibilities

• Perform strategic planning with clients to identify projects meeting strategic and operational needs.
• Deliver assigned project commitments using the client team as needed.
• Participate in daily planning, tracking, scheduling, and execution of project tasks.
• Design and implement network architectures to support business objectives and processes.
• Assess clients' current network states to identify improvements in efficiency, security, or reliability.
• Design and build cloud networking solutions (Azure, AWS, Google).
• Install site network equipment such as firewalls, switches, routers, and wireless solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and develop SOPs for implementation into the network.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with industry standards (NIST, ISO, SOC, HIPAA, PCI).
• Prepare documentation of network standards, configurations, procedures, and cabling layouts.
• Write and deliver operational documentation, such as network diagrams.
• Ensure network designs and deployments are fully documented and supportable by the Service Team.
• Mentor team members on technical issues.

Skills

Routing & Switching

Firewalls & Security

Wireless Networks

Cloud Networking (AWS/Azure)

Leadership potential

CCNP or similar

Tools

Fortinet

Palo Alto

Cisco

AWS

Job description

Talanto seeks a Network Engineer to design, deploy, and document complex network architectures across datacenter and cloud environments. The role emphasizes strategic planning, client collaboration, and cross-functional execution to meet business objectives.

You’ll work on WAN/LAN, security, and cloud networking with Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Cisco technologies, and travel locally and nationally as needed.