Network Engineer II

Charter Manufacturing•Cleveland, OH

16d

About The Position

Charter Manufacturing is seeking a Network Engineer II to help design, implement, and support the network infrastructure connecting its people, facilities, and operations across the enterprise. The role contributes to strategic infrastructure initiatives, new facility expansions, modern networking deployments, and collaboration across IT, cybersecurity, and operations. The Network Engineer II partners with senior engineers and architects to support enterprise WAN, LAN, WLAN, and cloud networking solutions. The role monitors and improves network performance, availability, and capacity; troubleshoots incidents and outages; and supports deployments, upgrades, technology integrations, disaster recovery, and business continuity. It also maintains network standards and documentation, participates in technology evaluations, collaborates across IT teams, and mentors junior network team members. The position requires a bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience and at least three years of enterprise network engineering experience. The successful candidate has strong Cisco routing, switching, and wireless knowledge, sound troubleshooting and analytical skills, and can work independently and collaboratively. Participation in an on-call rotation and travel as needed are expected.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of network engineering experience in enterprise environments.
Strong knowledge of Cisco routing, switching, and wireless technologies.
Demonstrated troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

CCNA, CCNP, or similar networking certifications.
Experience with SD-WAN and SD-LAN technologies.
Experience with Azure and/or AWS networking.
Experience with F5 load balancing.
Experience with Riverbed WAN optimization.
Experience supporting multi-site organizations.
Manufacturing, industrial, or operational technology (OT) environment experience.

Responsibilities

Partner with senior engineers and architects to design, implement, and maintain enterprise WAN, LAN, WLAN, and cloud networking solutions.
Help build secure, reliable, and scalable network environments supporting business operations across multiple locations.
Monitor network performance, availability, and capacity, and proactively identify improvement opportunities.
Troubleshoot and resolve network incidents, outages, and performance issues.
Support network deployments for new sites, facility expansions, and infrastructure upgrades.
Configure, test, and deploy network hardware and connectivity solutions.
Coordinate with business partners, vendors, and project teams to ensure successful implementations.
Assist with technology integration related to acquisitions, expansions, and modernization initiatives.
Evaluate and recommend enhancements to improve reliability, scalability, and user experience.
Support disaster recovery testing, failover exercises, and business continuity efforts.
Maintain network standards, documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures.
Participate in technology evaluations and vendor selection activities.
Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams on enterprise technology initiatives.
Mentor junior network team members and share technical expertise.
Contribute to adoption of emerging networking technologies and best practices.