This is a hybrid position and is onsite Tuesday - Thursday.
The Senior Network Engineer takes responsibility for major designs, installation, configuration, implementation, and support of all aspects of the network environment, providing technical guidance and oversight and acting as a point of escalation and technical expert.
Essential Functions:
- Provides strategic leadership, technical expertise, and architectural advice to design, document, and enforce global network standards, policies, and procedures across all enterprise assets.
- Designs, implements, and optimizes enterprise-grade firewall architectures, specifically leveraging Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet to safeguard edge, data center, and perimeter security.
- Designs and implements Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust frameworks, with deep technical expertise in Palo Alto Prisma Access (ZTNA).
- Administrate and maintain Palo alto virtual firewalls in AWS, Azure and GCP
- Designs, deploys, and maintains high-availability data center networks using Cisco Nexus and advanced routing protocols (BGP, OSPF)
- Administers and maintains enterprise firewall infrastructure (Palo Alto and Fortinet), ensuring rigorous patch management, rule base optimization, and compliance alignment.
- Implements and manages secure, high-performance hybrid network interconnectivity between on-premises datacenters and multi-cloud environments.
- Implement robust security measures to protect multi-cloud infrastructure, including cloud firewalls, and network identity/access controls.
- Configures and manages native and third-party network services across multi-cloud infrastructure, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Administers global content delivery and traffic routing architectures using Amazon CloudFront to optimize application performance, latency, and edge security.
- Evaluates and upgrades cloud-based network systems to continuously improve operational efficiency, performance, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with business requirements.
- Installs, configures, modernizes, and provides full lifecycle support for core network hardware, virtual appliances, and software systems.
- Conducts multi-level pre-production testing and validation prior to the release of new or upgraded network systems, products, or services.
- Develops automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) programs (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Python) to streamline manual network operations, deployment tasks, and configuration management.
- Analyzes network system performance and performs preventative maintenance to guarantee maximum uptime according to Operating Level Agreements (OLAs) and SLAs.
- Performs deep-dive root cause analysis (RCA), leads advanced troubleshooting for complex infrastructure problems, and implements permanent remediations.
- Manages technical escalations and coordinates with appropriate third-party vendors and carriers when necessary to resolve high-priority incidents.
- Navigates and leverages the intricacies of combined onshore-offshore support models to ensure seamless, 24/7 network operational coverage.
- Take full ownership and end-of-end responsibility for enterprise network installations, migrations, and deployment projects.
- Drafts, reviews, and maintains high-quality procedural documentation, network diagrams, and operational runbooks for the network support team.
- Demonstrates foundational knowledge of remote site connectivity, with a readiness to learn, configure, and support enterprise SD-WAN deployments as part of the broader network ecosystem.
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education
- 8-10 years of experience
- Experience with retail environments is preferred
- Working expertise with Next Generation firewall management and rule management
- Working expertise with routing and switching technologies - Deep knowledge of Cisco routing protocols and Nexus switches
- Working knowledge of security strategies and practices
- Working knowledge/experience with Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform
- Working knowledge in enterprise network environments
- Experience with large scale network and security project implementations
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Belk will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).
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