Senior Network Engineer: Multi-Vendor Migrations

Proven IT; Tinley Park (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Proven IT seeks a senior Project Engineer III (Networking) to assess, design, and deliver secure, reliable networks for small to mid-sized customers and larger organizations. You will work with Meraki/Cisco, Ruckus, and HP stacks across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

You will lead prerequisites, migrations, and cross-vendor upgrades while coordinating with PMs, Sales, and customer staff. Strong pre-sales to delivery capabilities are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive IT experience, with 5+ years in hands-on network engineering and project delivery.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, QoS, VPNs, and WAN technologies.
• Hands-on Meraki/Cisco, Ruckus, and HP experience; cross-vendor migrations.
• Experience with firewall rules, secure VPNs, IDS/IPS, and SD-WAN.
• Wireless RF surveying, design, and optimization with RF site surveys.

Responsibilities

• Existing-customer assessments and pre-sales architecture.
• Project planning, delivery, and cross-vendor coordination.
• Design and implement networks, IP addressing, VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, QoS.
• WAN/SD-WAN and hybrid connectivity design and validation.
• Network security, access controls, and secure remote access.
• Wireless assessments, optimization, and guest access design.
• On-premises and cloud integration with Windows Server/AD and Microsoft 365/Azure.
• Network deployment, automation, and configuration management.
• Testing, cutover, and QA with evidence for customer review.
• Documentation and handoff with diagrams, records, and procedures.
• Develop reference designs and standards; mentor junior engineers.
• Provide technical leadership and escalation support.

Skills

TCP/IP

Meraki/Cisco

Ruckus

HP networking gear

WAN/SD-WAN

Network security

Wireless design

Hybrid infrastructure

Automation scripting

Pre-sales architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

8+ years IT/networking experience

Tools

Meraki Dashboard

Cisco IOS

Ruckus management tools

HP networking tools

Auvik

Ekahau

Packet captures/logs

Windows Server / AD / DNS/DHCP

Job description

Proven IT seeks a senior Project Engineer III (Networking) to assess, design, and deliver secure, reliable networks for small to mid-sized customers and larger organizations. You will work with Meraki/Cisco, Ruckus, and HP stacks across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

You will lead prerequisites, migrations, and cross-vendor upgrades while coordinating with PMs, Sales, and customer staff. Strong pre-sales to delivery capabilities are required.