Senior Network Engineer

Aegis Sciences Corp • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Senior Network Engineer is a senior technical resource responsible for designing, administering, optimizing, and supporting enterprise network and internet-related services across multiple Aegis sites. The role maintains and advances network-related software and hardware, including routing, switching, wireless, firewall, VoIP, virtualization, VDI, and storage platforms supporting LAN/WAN operations. The engineer provides advanced troubleshooting, technical guidance, standards development, and escalation support to the IT department and Aegis team members as needed.

Candidates must reside in Middle Tennessee and are required to come into the office when needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• At least seven years of progressive experience administering enterprise network infrastructure, firewall services, virtualization platforms, and storage systems.
• Experience administering Palo Alto firewalls, enterprise routing and switching, wireless networking, and multi-site network environments.
• Network+, CCNA, or equivalent experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical troubleshooting, coordinate remediation efforts, document root cause, and communicate status to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working within established change-management, documentation, security, and compliance frameworks.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Networking, or a related field.
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud infrastructure, including Microsoft Azure, virtual networking, identity services, and cloud-hosted workloads.
• Experience with Data Loss Prevention (DLP), cybersecurity technologies, and data protection platforms.
• CCNP, Palo Alto, VMware, Microsoft Azure, or Citrix certifications.
• Experience with VMware, Citrix, PURE Storage, enterprise wireless platforms, firewalls, and highly available infrastructure environments.
• Experience supporting critical infrastructure in regulated, healthcare, laboratory, or other high-availability environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support VMware virtual hosts, Citrix VDI, and storage systems supporting network and infrastructure operations.
• Design, administer, support, and troubleshoot LAN/WAN network services according to company policies, procedures, and established network standards.
• Support, maintain, patch, configure, and lifecycle-manage routers, switches, and related network infrastructure for all sites.
• Administer, optimize, and troubleshoot firewall services at all sites, including rule management, policy validation, and performance review.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolve network performance, availability, and connectivity issues using network monitoring and diagnostic tools.
• Administer, support, optimize, and troubleshoot wireless network services across supported sites.
• Provide senior-level escalation assistance, mentoring, and technical guidance to Helpdesk and infrastructure team members as needed.
• Lead or participate in network-related projects, upgrades, incident response activities, and change-management planning to improve resiliency, IT security, and operational stability.
• Create, maintain, and regularly review documentation, diagrams, standards, and support procedures for responsible systems.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, IT Security, Laboratory Operations, and other business stakeholders to ensure network services are reliable, secure, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
• Recommend improvements to network architecture, monitoring, documentation, and operational processes based on observed trends, risks, and support needs.
• Administer, support, and optimize VoIP telecommunication systems, including advanced troubleshooting and escalation support.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED