Senior Network Engineer

Overview

Client is seeking a Network Engineer to architect deploy and support IT and operational technology infrastructure for a mission-critical semiconductor manufacturing site in Richardson Texas. This role will support Cisco-based LAN WLAN SD-WAN and IoT communications while developing secure network solutions that enable manufacturing automation equipment integration fault detection and advanced process control.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for physical and virtual manufacturing and site network infrastructure.
• Support network communications ranging from the corporate SD-WAN environment through factory equipment tools sensors and IoT devices.
• Design develop and deploy Special Use Networks to segment and isolate mission-critical manufacturing operations from the corporate network.
• Support Cisco-based LAN WLAN routing switching firewall and network monitoring technologies.
• Migrate the site from a global authentication model to a site-level domain controller authentication model.
• Partner with process equipment manufacturing and factory systems engineering teams to enable equipment integration and automation.
• Troubleshoot network performance and communication issues across IT and OT architecture layers.
• Implement switches firewalls wireless infrastructure monitoring tools and other network technologies.
• Support network resilience redundancy disaster recovery high availability and Quality of Service.
• Collaborate with corporate IT and security teams to ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards.
• Monitor network health capacity availability and performance.
• Maintain network topology diagrams configuration records automation scripts and change logs.

Essential Qualifications Skills and Technologies

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or a related field.
• 5 years of experience supporting enterprise and industrial network infrastructure in manufacturing or site environments.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco networking routing and switching equipment.
• Strong factory-floor networking experience at Level 2/3 OT and experience integrating with Level 3.5/4 IT networks.
• Experience with firewalls VPNs VLANs subnetting IP addressing DNS DHCP NAT routing and switching.
• Experience implementing high availability redundancy and Quality of Service protocols.
• Experience with network segmentation resilience and disaster recovery strategies.
• Experience with DevOps-oriented network operations including CI/CD Infrastructure as Code monitoring pipelines version control or automated deployment.
• 2 years of PowerShell scripting experience.
• 1 years of experience with a service management platform such as ServiceNow.
• Ability to document network architecture configurations automation scripts and operational procedures.

Preferred Skills or Experience

• Advanced degree in Information Technology Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related field.
• Cisco Certified Network Associate certification or equivalent.
• Experience with Cisco Arista Dell Palo Alto or other multi-vendor network environments.
• Experience with Tanium Chef network patching or security-hardening practices.
• Experience with Rubrik Veeam Commvault Zerto or similar data protection and recovery platforms.
• Knowledge of IT/OT convergence industrial protocols SCADA systems MES platforms and manufacturing equipment integration.
• Experience supporting Windows-based manufacturing computers and servers.
• Knowledge of industrial network architectures DMZs secure remote access layered network models and redundant topologies.
• Semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure experience.

Work Details

• Hybrid role based in Richardson Texas.

Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical Vision Dental 401K and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.

Nesco Resource 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 gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.