Network Engineer

Island Enterprises•Shelton, WA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Network Engineer designs, configures, maintains, and secures network infrastructure across Island Enterprises Inc. and its affiliated entities. The position supports multi-site operations and Microsoft Azure-connected services, provides advanced Tier 3 troubleshooting, and maintains reliable and secure network environments using Cisco Meraki, Ubiquiti UniFi, and Microsoft Azure technologies. The position reports to the IT Director and has no supervisory responsibilities. This role is primarily on-site, with travel to IEI business locations as required. Occasional after-hours work may be necessary for maintenance, upgrades, planned changes, or emergency repairs. The employee must maintain confidentiality, attend required meetings and training, and maintain awareness and sensitivity to Native American culture. Preference for Squaxin Indian Tribal members is in effect. Starting pay is $40.86 per hour. Applicants must have a valid Washington State Driver License, pass a criminal background check, and follow the Squaxin Island Tribe’s drug policies.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED and 5 years of progressively responsible hands-on network engineering or advanced network administration experience, including experience supporting multi-site production environments; OR an associate degree in a related field and 3 years of such experience; OR a bachelor's degree in a related field and 1 year of such experience.
Advanced practical knowledge of enterprise networking concepts, including TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, routing, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPNs, wireless networking, and network segmentation.
Ability to independently configure, troubleshoot, and validate production network changes in Cisco Meraki, Ubiquiti UniFi, and Microsoft Azure environments.
Ability to read, interpret, and develop technical documentation, network diagrams, procedures, standards, and change records.
Ability to communicate technical information and network-related issues clearly to IT staff, vendors, management, and nontechnical stakeholders.
Ability to understand and apply networking calculations and concepts related to IP addressing, subnetting, bandwidth, routing, capacity, and network performance.
Strong analytical and root-cause problem-solving skills, including interpreting logs, routing behavior, packet captures, and performance data.
Ability to identify and troubleshoot complex network issues, evaluate solutions, and determine appropriate corrective action.
Ability to prioritize competing operational issues and project responsibilities with limited supervision in a multi-site environment.
Ability to maintain accurate technical documentation and protect confidential system credentials, access permissions, network configurations, and security information.
Ability to work flexible hours and respond to network emergencies or planned maintenance as needed.
Valid Washington State Driver License.
Must pass a criminal background check and follow the Squaxin Island Tribe’s drug policies.
Candidates must be prepared to discuss specific production environments, projects, network changes, and troubleshooting scenarios they personally designed, configured, implemented, or resolved.

Nice To Haves

Relevant vendor certifications or technical education in networking, cloud infrastructure, or information technology.

Responsibilities

Engineer, configure, administer, and support multi-site wired, wireless, firewall, and WAN infrastructure, primarily using Cisco Meraki and Ubiquiti UniFi.
Configure and maintain IP addressing, subnetting, VLANs, routing, DHCP, DNS, NAT, QoS, wireless networks, and related network services.
Design, configure, and troubleshoot site-to-site VPNs, remote-access connectivity, WAN failover, redundancy, and secure connectivity between business locations and cloud-hosted resources.
Administer Microsoft Azure networking components, including VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables, VPN gateways, and hybrid connectivity between Azure and on-premises environments.
Troubleshoot complex hybrid connectivity, routing, latency, name-resolution, firewall, and access issues affecting Azure-hosted and business-critical services.
Design, implement, and maintain network segmentation, firewall policies, logical access boundaries, and secure communication standards supporting Zero Trust, PCI-DSS, and organizational cybersecurity requirements.
Maintain network device firmware, secure configurations, configuration backups, and remediation activities in coordination with the IT Director, Managed SOC, and external security partners.
Support cybersecurity assessments, incident response, PCI-DSS evidence collection, segmentation validation, vulnerability remediation, and network-control documentation.
Provide Tier 3 escalation support and conduct root-cause analysis for complex LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, firewall, and Azure network issues using diagnostic tools, logs, and packet-level troubleshooting methods.
Monitor network availability, bandwidth, latency, device health, and capacity trends; identify recurring issues and recommend corrective actions.
Plan and implement network upgrades, site deployments, migrations, circuit changes, failover testing, equipment replacements, and infrastructure modernization projects.
Evaluate network design, capacity, redundancy, and security posture and recommend improvements supporting scalability, resiliency, business growth, and operational continuity.
Maintain network topology diagrams, IP and VLAN documentation, equipment inventories, configuration standards, change records, technical procedures, and recovery information.
Coordinate technical work with internet service providers, telecom vendors, managed service providers, and security partners; validate vendor work and escalate service or technical issues.
Collaborate with the IT Operations Manager, Business Systems Analyst, Field Technicians, IT leadership, and business stakeholders on network-dependent projects, including VoIP readiness and business-critical system connectivity.
Perform other duties as assigned; maintain confidentiality; attend required meetings and training; and maintain awareness and sensitivity to Native American culture.