Senior Network Engineer - Hybrid, Cloud & Security

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Vivmark Residential is seeking an IT Network Engineer to design, secure, implement, and maintain a reliable hybrid network across datacenters, offices, and cloud environments. You will work with Cisco Meraki, Arista, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5, Cloudflare, Azure and AWS, delivering secure connectivity.

The role includes a discretionary 10.5% annual bonus, onsite work Monday to Thursday with Friday remote, and collaboration across merged teams to drive infrastructure improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Eng or related field and Cisco CCNA certification.
• 7+ years in enterprise IT with network engineering focus.
• Experience with BGP, OSPF/EIGRP, VRFs, and multi-vendor platforms.
• Project management experience and ability to lead initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and maintains hybrid network across datacenters, offices and cloud.
• Manage routing, switching, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, security controls and edge services.
• Oversee application delivery, load balancing, TLS, and PKI configurations.
• Collaborate across teams; drive Infra projects and documentation; ensure compliance.

Skills

Network design

Security-first mindset

Vendor liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

CCNA certification

CCNP Enterprise certification preferred

Tools

Cisco (Meraki)

Arista

Juniper

Palo Alto Firewall (Panorama)

F5 Distributed Cloud

Cloudflare

Azure / AWS

Infoblox

SolarWinds

Ansible / Terraform / Python / PowerShell

Job description

Vivmark Residential is seeking an IT Network Engineer to design, secure, implement, and maintain a reliable hybrid network across datacenters, offices, and cloud environments. You will work with Cisco Meraki, Arista, Juniper, Palo Alto, F5, Cloudflare, Azure and AWS, delivering secure connectivity.

The role includes a discretionary 10.5% annual bonus, onsite work Monday to Thursday with Friday remote, and collaboration across merged teams to drive infrastructure improvements.