Senior Network Engineer III - Enterprise Networking Remote

Socket.dev; Winter Haven (FL); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

SouthState Bank in the United States is seeking a Network Engineer III to support, optimize, and modernize the enterprise network infrastructure across our regulated financial services environment. You will serve as a senior technical contributor, Tier III escalation resource, and project lead for medium-to-large network initiatives.

Responsibilities include designing and deploying Cisco routers, switches, WLAN, SD‑WAN, and ensuring secure connectivity across a broad footprint, collaborating

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent related experience.
• Eight (8) or more years of enterprise networking/telecommunications experience.
• CCNP Enterprise or CCIE certification preferred; CCIE highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Serve as Tier III escalation resource for complex network, wireless, WAN, voice, and telecom incidents.
• Lead medium-to-large infrastructure deployments, technology refreshes, network modernization projects, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Design, configure, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot Cisco routers, switches, wireless platforms, SD-WAN components, and supporting network services.
• Support enterprise WAN, LAN, wireless, voice, Genesys Cloud connectivity, and carrier transport services across a large branch and corporate footprint.
• Partner with Information Security and infrastructure teams to support network segmentation, access control, secure connectivity, and defense-in-depth network architecture.
• Support PCI segmentation initiatives and help maintain alignment with financial services regulatory and security expectations.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, problem management, and corrective action planning for critical service disruptions.
• Follow enterprise change management processes and participate in scheduled maintenance activities.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and knowledge transfer to junior engineers and operational support teams.
• Create and maintain accurate technical documentation, network diagrams, standards, implementation plans, and operational procedures.
• Engage telecom carriers, technology vendors, and internal stakeholders to resolve issues and deliver network services effectively.
• It is the responsibility of this role to take ownership of all tasks and challenges that they encounter in the operation of their assigned position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco ISE

Network segmentation

PCI DSS / regulatory compliance

Python / automation

Voice / UC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

CCNP Enterprise

CCIE

Cisco Catalyst Center

Genesys Cloud

Job description

SouthState Bank in the United States is seeking a Network Engineer III to support, optimize, and modernize the enterprise network infrastructure across our regulated financial services environment. You will serve as a senior technical contributor, Tier III escalation resource, and project lead for medium-to-large network initiatives.

Responsibilities include designing and deploying Cisco routers, switches, WLAN, SD‑WAN, and ensuring secure connectivity across a broad footprint, collaborating