Senior Network Engineer - Multi-Site & Security Focus

Zohorecruit; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Life Insurance

PTO

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Internet & Phone Allowance

Wellness Resources (EAP)

Pet Insurance

Flexible Hours

Full-Time Permanent Positions

Job summary

JW Affinity IT in Charlotte, NC is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support municipal-scale enterprise networks. You will design, operate, secure, and troubleshoot wired, wireless, and data-center connectivity across multiple sites and cloud services.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of network engineering or admin experience, strong TCP/IP and security knowledge, and the ability to lead outages, coordinate with cybersecurity teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Five to seven years of professional network engineering or administration experience.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, subnetting, routing and firewalls.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise-grade network technologies from Cisco, Aruba, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Juniper, or comparable manufacturers.
• Experience supporting a distributed, multi-site network environment.
• Experience diagnosing complex network availability and performance issues.
• Working knowledge of network security, segmentation, access control, and high-availability design.
• Ability to create technical diagrams, implementation plans, configuration documentation, and change records.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, certifications, and experience.
• Ability to successfully complete any background screening required for access to municipal systems and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Configure, administer, monitor, and troubleshoot switches, routers, firewalls, wireless controllers, access points, and related network equipment.
• Support LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, internet, and data-center connectivity across multiple municipal locations.
• Maintain secure connectivity between municipal facilities, cloud environments, remote employees, vendors, and partner organizations.
• Manage routing, switching, VLANs, subnetting, access control lists, quality of service, network segmentation, and redundancy.
• Monitor network availability, capacity, latency, utilization, and security events using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Diagnose and resolve complex connectivity, performance, voice, video, and application-delivery issues.
• Support firewall policies, site-to-site VPNs, remote-access VPNs, and network access controls.
• Design and implement network upgrades, equipment replacements, site expansions, and technology refreshes.
• Coordinate with telecommunications carriers, internet service providers, equipment manufacturers, and third-party vendors.
• Develop and maintain network diagrams, IP address documentation, configuration standards, inventories, and recovery procedures.
• Conduct configuration backups, firmware upgrades, patching, and network-device lifecycle management.
• Support network vulnerability remediation and cybersecurity incident-response activities.
• Assist with disaster recovery, continuity-of-operations planning, and restoration testing.
• Provide technical leadership during network outages and high-priority service incidents.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance and an after-hours on-call rotation when required.

Skills

TCP/IP & Networking concepts

Troubleshooting & incident response

Network security & design

Communication with stakeholders

Documentation & diagrams

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT / CS / Engineering

Tools

Cisco

Aruba

Fortinet

Palo Alto Networks

Juniper

Job description

JW Affinity IT in Charlotte, NC is seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support municipal-scale enterprise networks. You will design, operate, secure, and troubleshoot wired, wireless, and data-center connectivity across multiple sites and cloud services.

The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of network engineering or admin experience, strong TCP/IP and security knowledge, and the ability to lead outages, coordinate with cybersecurity teams, vendors, and stakeholders.