Senior Network Engineer: Enterprise Cisco & SD-WAN Leader (Hybrid)

Remington1816; Lonoke (AR); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-one healthcare

Parental leave

401(k) match

Career development opportunities

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

The Kinetic Group in Lonoke, Arkansas is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead planning, deployment, and support of the enterprise network, including Cisco switching, wireless, SD-WAN, and security services.

This hybrid role requires 6+ years of experience in large networks, CCNP or equivalent, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams while maintaining network reliability and documentation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience designing, supporting, and troubleshooting enterprise network environments.
• Strong understanding of routing and switching technologies in large-scale enterprise networks.
• Advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
• Network infrastructure support in manufacturing and/or distribution environments.
• CCNP certification, equivalent vendor certification, or comparable work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Cisco switching infrastructure, including Catalyst 9000 platforms.
• Manage Cisco Catalyst Center for network assurance, inventory, configuration management, software lifecycle management, and automation.
• Support Cisco enterprise wireless infrastructure, including Catalyst wireless controllers, access points, and associated wireless services.
• Administer Cisco SD-WAN infrastructure, including WAN connectivity, routing, policies, redundancy, and branch deployments.
• Manage Cisco ISE for 802.1X, MAB, profiling, authorization policies, guest access, dACLs, and network access control.
• Support enterprise remote-access VPN, network segmentation, secure connectivity, and integrations with Cisco Secure Access and other security platforms.
• Manage enterprise network monitoring platforms, alerting, performance monitoring, capacity visibility, and proactive identification of network issues.
• Troubleshoot complex routing, switching, wireless, application-performance, authentication, and connectivity issues across the enterprise.
• Support network architecture, hardware refreshes, site deployments, circuit turn-ups, migrations, vendor coordination, and infrastructure projects.
• Maintain network documentation, configurations, standards, and operational procedures while participating in the network on-call rotation and critical outage response.
• Follow IT standard operating procedures including but not limited to ticketing, project and change management, and business support.

Skills

Network design

Routing & switching

Troubleshooting

Independent work

Manufacturing environment

CCNP certification

Education

CCNP certification

Tools

Cisco IOS

Catalyst 9000

Cisco DNA Center

Job description

The Kinetic Group in Lonoke, Arkansas is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to lead planning, deployment, and support of the enterprise network, including Cisco switching, wireless, SD-WAN, and security services.

This hybrid role requires 6+ years of experience in large networks, CCNP or equivalent, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams while maintaining network reliability and documentation.