Senior Network Engineer – Enterprise & K - 12

Advantage.Tech; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Technology is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, troubleshoot, and lead enterprise networking projects across West Virginia. This role emphasizes hands-on work in schools, government facilities, and enterprise locations.

You will own design through deployment, mentor junior engineers, and travel regionally. The candidate should be comfortable with Layer 2/3, routing, firewalls, VPNs, and high-availability networks, across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on networking experience across large enterprise and public-sector environments.
• Strong track record designing and deploying wired and wireless networks.
• Experience with Layer 2/3 routing, VPNs, and firewall configurations.

Responsibilities

• Design complete wired and wireless network solutions.
• Lead major switching and wireless infrastructure refresh projects.
• Configure enterprise switching, routing, and redundancy.
• Lead network migrations and production cutovers.
• Travel throughout West Virginia and surrounding region as required.

Skills

Cisco switching

Layer 2/3 networking

Routing

VLANs

Firewalls

VPN technologies

WAN connectivity

High-availability networking

Network migrations

Campus/multi-site networks

Tools

Cisco switches

Fortinet FortiGate

HPE Aruba

Extreme Networks

Job description

Location: West Virginia – Field-Based / On-Site
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Senior
Compensation: $105,000–$135,000+ based on experience, certifications, and technical capability

IMPORTANT: You Must Be Based in West Virginia

Candidates must currently live in West Virginia or be willing to relocate to West Virginia before beginning the position.

This is not a remote-only or work-from-anywhere network engineering position.

Our Senior Network Engineers design networks, but they also physically implement them.

You will regularly work in K-12 schools, government facilities, enterprise customer locations, MDFs, IDFs, network closets, and other infrastructure environments throughout West Virginia.

You should be comfortable rolling up your sleeves and doing hands‑on work including racking and connecting switches, installing and replacing wireless access points, leading network cutovers, troubleshooting physical infrastructure, and working alongside field technicians and structured cabling teams.

We are looking for an engineer who is equally comfortable designing a network and helping deploy it.

About the Role

Advantage Technology is looking for an experienced Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, troubleshoot, and lead enterprise networking projects throughout West Virginia.

A significant portion of our work supports K-12 schools, state and local government, and other complex multi-site customer environments.

This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving difficult networking problems, leading projects, working directly with customers, and taking technical ownership from design through implementation.

You will have exposure to multiple networking platforms rather than being limited to a single manufacturer or environment.

Technologies You’ll Work With

Our networking practice includes technologies such as:

• Extreme Networks
• Extreme Fabric Connect
• Cisco
• HPE Aruba
• Fortinet / FortiGate
• Enterprise switching and routing
• High-density wireless
• VPN and WAN infrastructure
• Multi-building and campus networks

Experience with Extreme Networks, Extreme Fabric Connect, or ExtremeCloud IQ will immediately get our attention.

However, Extreme experience is not required.

An excellent engineer with a strong Cisco, Aruba, Fortinet, Juniper, ISP, telecom, or enterprise networking background can be very successful in this position.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Network Engineer, you may:

• Design complete wired and wireless network solutions
• Lead major switching and wireless infrastructure refresh projects
• Design Layer 2 and Layer 3 architectures
• Configure enterprise switching, routing, and redundancy
• Lead network migrations and production cutovers
• Design VLAN and network segmentation strategies
• Design and deploy high-density wireless environments
• Configure and troubleshoot firewalls, VPNs, and WAN connectivity
• Diagnose complex production networking problems
• Deploy and support multi-building and campus networks
• Lead MDF and IDF infrastructure modernization
• Perform network assessments and develop recommendations
• Create implementation, migration, and cutover plans
• Stage, install, and validate network equipment
• Test and validate network performance following deployments
• Develop technical documentation and network diagrams
• Serve as technical lead on customer projects
• Work directly with customers on network architecture and strategy
• Mentor and develop early‑career engineers
• Coordinate with project managers, field technicians, and structured cabling teams
• Travel throughout West Virginia and occasionally the surrounding region based on project requirements

K-12 & Public-Sector Infrastructure

A major focus of this position is supporting schools, state and local government, municipalities, and other public-sector organizations.

Projects may include:

• District-wide network refreshes
• Core and access switching upgrades
• High-density wireless modernization
• Extreme Fabric deployments
• Campus and multi-building networking
• Firewall modernization
• Internet and WAN migrations
• MDF and IDF modernization
• Production troubleshooting
• Wireless performance improvements

These are live, mission-critical customer environments. Planning, communication, troubleshooting, documentation, and execution all matter.

What We’re Looking For

Strong candidates will have significant experience with several of the following:

• Enterprise switching
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking
• Routing
• VLANs
• Firewalls
• VPN technologies
• WAN connectivity
• High-availability networking
• Network migrations and cutovers
• Complex network troubleshooting
• Campus or multi-site network environments

Experience working in any of the following environments can translate particularly well:

• K-12 education
• State or local government
• Telecom
• Broadband
• Internet service providers
• Technology consulting or integration

Technologies That Will Get Our Attention

Experience with any combination of the following is particularly valuable:

• Extreme Fabric Connect
• Extreme Networks switching
• Cisco enterprise switching and routing
• Fortinet / FortiGate
• HPE Aruba

You do not need experience with every platform listed.

We value strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to learn new technologies.

Certifications

Relevant certifications may include:

• CCNA
• CCNP
• Extreme Networks certifications
• Fortinet certifications
• HPE Aruba certifications
• Juniper certifications
• CWNA / CWNP

Certifications are valuable, but demonstrated engineering capability, troubleshooting ability, and real‑world experience are more important.

Who Will Excel Here

This position is a strong fit for an engineer who:

• Likes working hands‑on with infrastructure
• Can take technical ownership of projects
• Communicates effectively with customers
• Can lead implementations and production cutovers
• Takes pride in clean, professional, well‑documented work
• Can operate independently without constant direction
• Wants exposure to large and complex network environments
• Wants more responsibility and influence than they may have on a large internal IT team

Why Advantage Technology

At Advantage Technology, you will not be limited to maintaining the same internal network every day.

You will work across multiple customer environments, technologies, and project types. You may design one environment, lead a major network refresh in another, troubleshoot a difficult production issue somewhere else, and help mentor another engineer along the way.

Our engineers have the opportunity to influence architecture, lead major projects, develop new technical skills, and see the real‑world results of the networks they built.

Advantage Technology is a growing technology services company providing advanced networking, cybersecurity, managed services, Microsoft, cloud, physical security, and professional services throughout the region.

If you are an experienced network engineer based in West Virginia who wants to lead significant infrastructure projects while remaining hands‑on technically, we want to talk to you.