
Senior Network Engineer - (Route/Switch & Security)
Job Description
Velocity, A Managed Solutions Company, operates many diverse and vendor agnostic networks. The incumbent in this role will be responsible for quickly understanding and operating on these networks, using existing documentation and independent discovery of environments.
- Provide expertise in network-based technologies primarily focused on routing, switching, and network security — supporting enterprise LAN/WAN infrastructure in hospitality, off campus housing, and enterprise environments
- Design, implement, and manage next-generation firewall (NGFW) solutions, with primary focus on Fortinet FortiGate platforms
- Develop, audit, and maintain firewall rule sets, ACL policies, and security zone architectures across managed customer environments
- Perform ACL analysis and policy review to identify redundant, shadowed, or non-compliant rules and recommend remediation
- Act as a mentor and leader of engineering and operations teams
- Serve as an escalation contact for technical engineering teams
- Perform design work that incorporates industry best practices for managed networks
- Function as a technical lead for projects requiring network technologies
- Ensure that security improvements are successfully implemented and monitored
- Coordinate proper installation, configuration, and testing of network components
- Assist in developing and maintaining hardware life cycle management methodologies
- Create and maintain documentation to support the implementation and management of network technologies
- Contribute to Velocity’s technology roadmap development
- Collaborate with architecture function to ensure that designs are in line with the needs of the current and future requirements from our customers, network platforms, and security compliance
- Engage and manage external vendors as appropriate to enhance the team’s capabilities
- Other duties and responsibilities, as assigned
- This position may require up to 30% travel
- 6+ years’ experience implementing, troubleshooting, and maintaining network systems
- Demonstrated knowledge working with routing and switching protocols and technologies (e.g., OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, STP, VLANs, MPLS, QoS, and SD-WAN)
- Demonstrated knowledge of next-generation firewall platforms, with hands-on experience in FortiGate configuration, policy management, FortiOS CLI, and FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer preferred
- Proficiency in firewall ACL design, rule base analysis, traffic inspection policies, and security zone segmentation
- Demonstrated knowledge working with network security and tunneling technologies (e.g., IPsec VPN, SSL-VPN, NAT, IPS/IDS, and application control)
- Strong technical, leadership, and communication skills
- Demonstrate the ability to lead complex projects in a cross functional team environment
- Demonstrate the ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Physically able to lift 50 pounds of equipment
- Required — Bachelor’s degree in technology or equivalent technical experience
- Required — Experience with at least two of the following products and platforms: Fortinet, Palo Alto, Arista, Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Adtran, or Juniper
- Preferred — Experience in hospitality or service provider networks
- Preferred — Industry relevant certifications — e.g., Fortinet NSE 4 or higher, Cisco CCNP (Enterprise or Security), Arista ACE, or equivalent
- Customer-obsessed
- One team
- Do the right thing
- Let’s go!
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- PTO & Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Sick Time
- 401K – with Employer Match
- Company provided Life Insurance, Short/Long-Term Disability
- Supplemental Benefits Available