Senior Network Engineer

Washington, AR - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing young energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber Robinhood Netflix Airbnb Google Sephora and more! More recently we have expanded to working internationally in Canada China Ireland UK Brazil and India. Through our culture of innovation we inspire build and deliver business results from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise.

We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

Job Title: Senior Network Engineer

Location: Remote US (EST hours required)

Employment Type: Contract (2 3 months to start)

Pay Range: $70/hr $80/hr

Role Overview:

We are seeking 2 3 Senior Network Engineers to join an existing team and support a network modernization initiative across a multi-site environment. This is a hands-on engagement focused on assessing standardizing and modernizing an existing network infrastructure - including routing architecture access security and firewall policy - across a primary data center secondary/colocation site and several distributed locations. Engineers must be comfortable working in complex production environments with a strong emphasis on change control discipline and minimal disruption to critical operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct a comprehensive current-state assessment of the end-to-end network architecture including core/distribution/access layers WAN edge Internet edge and firewalls; produce diagrams and documentation establishing a validated baseline
Review rationalize and clean up legacy routing configurations (EIGRP BGP OSPF static routes default route behavior) and develop standardized config templates for consistent deployment across all sites
Support implementation and change windows as routing and configuration standards are rolled out across the environment
Design a wired and wireless 802.1X/NAC solution across the Cisco access layer integrated with existing NAC and identity infrastructure with a phased rollout plan including pilot expansion and rollback strategies
Lead switch and WLAN configuration and cutover planning with a strong focus on protecting critical operations throughout the process
Review Palo Alto firewall configurations at primary and DR/colocation sites including rulebases zones objects routing and VPNs; identify and remediate redundant or unused rules and align security controls across both sites
Ensure critical applications and VPN connectivity function correctly in both normal and DR failover scenarios
Lead design discussions own complex change windows and clearly communicate options and tradeoffs to the internal team

Required Qualifications:

CCNP CCIE or equivalent hands-on experience in enterprise networking
Strong expertise in Cisco routing and switching including Nexus Catalyst and Meraki platforms
Deep hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls including complex rulebases zone-based policy VPN configurations GlobalProtect and EDLs
Proven experience designing and implementing 802.1X/NAC solutions (Forescout or equivalent) in real-world multi-site environments
Experience with routing protocols including BGP OSPF and EIGRP in production environments
Ability to work US Eastern business hours and be available for planned evening and weekend change windows

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in healthcare or clinical network environments with sensitivity to uptime and operational impact
Familiarity with colocation and DR network design and failover validation
Strong documentation skills including network diagrams and standardized configuration templates

MatchPoint Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation or gender identity.