Network Engineer

TEKsystems•Saint Paul, MN

3d•$40 - $65•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Saint Paul, MN. The role involves monitoring, maintaining, and supporting the health, availability, and reliability of the enterprise network environment, from local sites through cloud connectivity. The Network Engineer will perform day-to-day operational support of LAN, WAN, wireless, SD-WAN, firewall, and cloud network services, ensuring stable and secure connectivity across the enterprise. This position requires proactive monitoring of network performance and stability, identification of potential issues, and response to alerts to prevent or minimize outages. The engineer will serve as a primary responder for network incidents impacting multiple users or services (L2), providing troubleshooting, remediation, and coordination. Participation in an on-call rotation for after-hours support is also required. The role supports enterprise network connectivity, including site-to-site tunnels, VPN solutions, and cloud service connections, and executes performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting. Additionally, the engineer will support operational vulnerability management for network infrastructure, including applying patches, performing configuration changes, and executing remediation activities. Participation in planned upgrades and lifecycle maintenance of network infrastructure components is expected. Collaboration with engineering and architecture teams by operationalizing designs, integrating new capabilities, and providing feedback based on operational experience is key. The engineer will act as a first line of operational defense for network outages, escalating to engineering teams as appropriate. Maintaining awareness of network status, changes, and risks is crucial for operational continuity and resilience. The role contributes to keeping the “lights on” by reliably handling routine maintenance and operational tasks, enabling senior engineers to focus on observability, automation, and platform improvements.

Requirements

Network engineering
Firewall
Ccna
Paloalto
Bgp
Switches
Wireless
Ccnp
Familiarity with a Palo Alto iONS / SD-WAN environment.

Responsibilities

Monitor, maintain, and support the health, availability, and reliability of the enterprise network environment from local sites through cloud connectivity.
Perform day-to-day operational support of LAN, WAN, wireless, SD‑WAN, firewall, and cloud network services, ensuring stable and secure connectivity across the enterprise.
Proactively monitor network performance and stability, identify potential issues, and respond to alerts to prevent or minimize outages.
Serve as a primary responder for network incidents impacting multiple users or services(L2), providing troubleshooting, remediation, and coordination as needed.
Participate in an on-call rotation to triage and support after-hours network incidents, maintenance, and emergency remediation activities.
Support enterprise network connectivity, including site-to-site tunnels, VPN solutions, and cloud service connections, ensuring reliable communication between locations and platforms.
Execute performance tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting across network-centric technologies to improve reliability and user experience.
Support operational vulnerability management for network infrastructure, including applying patches and updates, performing configuration changes and parameter tuning, and executing remediation activities in alignment with security and change management standards.
Participate in planned upgrades and lifecycle maintenance of network infrastructure components, including switches, firewalls, SD‑WAN platforms, and related services.
Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams by operationalizing designs, integrating new capabilities, and providing feedback based on operational experience.
Act as a first line of operational defense for network outages, escalating to engineering teams as appropriate for large-scale or complex issues.
Maintain awareness of network status, changes, and risks across the environment to support operational continuity and resilience.
Contribute to keeping the “lights on” by reliably handling routine maintenance and operational tasks, enabling senior engineers to focus on observability, automation, and platform improvements.