Senior Network Engineer (Remote) - Zero-Trust & Cloud Networking

Wilson Elser (Professional Staff Careers); Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement savings plan

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

A leading legal firm is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to manage and enhance their enterprise network across multi-site and cloud environments. This role requires 10+ years of experience in network engineering and expertise in routing/switching, security posture, and collaboration with various teams. You will be responsible for designing scalable solutions and ensuring the availability of business-critical systems while working remotely. A bachelor's degree in a related field is required along with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on network engineering experience across multi-site enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in enterprise routing protocols (OSPF, BGP) and switching (VLANs, port channels).
• Excellent communication skills – comfortable presenting to both engineers and executives.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable network solutions including routing/switching, SD-WAN, firewalls.
• Perform proactive maintenance, managing vulnerability findings and vendor security advisories.
• Partner with security and infrastructure teams to support firm-wide initiatives.

Skills

Network engineering

Security posture

Collaboration

Routing & Switching

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Tools

Palo Alto Firewalls

Cisco ACI

Network automation tooling (Ansible, Python)

AWS

Azure

Job description

A leading legal firm is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to manage and enhance their enterprise network across multi-site and cloud environments. This role requires 10+ years of experience in network engineering and expertise in routing/switching, security posture, and collaboration with various teams. You will be responsible for designing scalable solutions and ensuring the availability of business-critical systems while working remotely. A bachelor's degree in a related field is required along with strong communication skills.