Role: Senior Network Engineer ConsultantPurpose:Assess, document, stabilize, and modernize an enterprise network following the departure of key network personnel. Evaluate the current environment, identify operational and security risks, produce comprehensive documentation, develop a practical roadmap, and provide hands-on engineering support as required.
Role summary: - Assess the enterprise network infrastructure and operational readiness.
- Review routing, switching, WAN, wireless, firewalls, VPNs, and network segmentation.
- Conduct stakeholder interviews and evaluate existing documentation.
- Identify operational, resiliency, and cybersecurity risks.
- Create network diagrams, inventories, standards, and operational runbooks.
- Develop executive-ready findings and recommendations.
- Prepare a 12-24 month network modernization roadmap.
- Implement approved improvements and mentor staff.
- Coordinate with vendors and provide weekly status reports.
Required Qualifications: - 8+ years of senior enterprise network engineering experience.
- Strong routing, switching, WAN, wireless, firewall, and VPN expertise.
- Experience documenting enterprise environments and creating network diagrams.
- Ability to assess poorly documented environments independently.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Preferred Experience:- Municipal or public-sector IT experience.
- Experience with Cisco, Aruba, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Juniper, or Meraki.
- Knowledge of Zero Trust and network segmentation.
- Experience with enterprise monitoring platforms and structured change management.
Key Deliverables:- Current-state assessment
- Network topology diagrams
- Hardware and circuit inventory
- Operational runbooks
- Risk assessment and recommendations
- 12-24 month roadmap
- Executive presentation
Ideal Candidate:A seasoned technical leader who can quickly gain the confidence of staff, organize a complex network environment, communicate effectively with executives and technical teams, and balance immediate operational needs with long-term strategic planning.
Work Schedule:This is a Hybrid role that will require occasional on-site meetings. The work will be performed on a flexible consulting schedule, although the consultant must be readily available during normal business hours for stakeholder alignment, and may occasionally need to provide engineering support outside these hours in response to critical outages or network emergencies.
We offer a Full Benefits package including:- Competitive Employee Health Insurance options including dental
- 100% company paid vision plan
- 401K plan with generous company match and no vesting period
- 100% company paid life insurance
- 100% company paid long and short-term disability insurance
- Training allowance
- PTO and more
