Senior Network Engineer – Enterprise WAN/LAN & Security

NuAxis Innovations; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis Innovations in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Network Engineer IV to design, deploy, and support complex enterprise networks across federal IT environments. You will manage WAN/LAN infrastructure, firewalls, and secure connectivity for multiple locations, ensuring high availability and robust security.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years of network engineering experience, Cisco-based design expertise, and familiarity with Palo Alto or Fortinet platforms, NGFWs, VPNs, and authentication services.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in network engineering and enterprise networking environments.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with firewall and network security solutions, including NGFW, IDS/IPS, content filtering, RADIUS/TACACS, 802.1X, VPNs.
• Minimum 3 years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting Cisco-based networking environments.
• Experience with Cisco, Palo Alto, and/or Fortinet network and security platforms.
• Federal networking experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced network engineering support for WAN, LAN, and secure connectivity across enterprise and geographically distributed locations.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot routers and switches (Cisco IOS and NX-OS), firewalls and security appliances, wireless controllers and access points.
• Design, implement, and support enterprise routing protocols, VLANs, QoS, and security controls.
• Support and maintain VPNs, MPLS, and remote access solutions; secure connectivity for remote and enterprise users.
• Perform network monitoring, performance tuning, and proactive troubleshooting using NetFlow and other monitoring tools.
• Contribute to project planning, change management, and documentation activities.

Skills

Network engineering

Security

Documentation

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Cisco IOS

NX-OS

Palo Alto

Fortinet

VPN technologies

RADIUS/TACACS

NetFlow monitoring

Job description

NuAxis Innovations in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a Network Engineer IV to design, deploy, and support complex enterprise networks across federal IT environments. You will manage WAN/LAN infrastructure, firewalls, and secure connectivity for multiple locations, ensuring high availability and robust security.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years of network engineering experience, Cisco-based design expertise, and familiarity with Palo Alto or Fortinet platforms, NGFWs, VPNs, and authentication services.