Sr. Network Engineer

Gulf Coast Automation Group • Evanston, IL

8d • $70 - $80 • Hybrid

About The Position

TalentFish is casting a line for a Network Engineer. This is a 6-month W2 contract role based in Evanston, IL with a hybrid schedule (onsite 2 days per week). The reason this position exists is to design, implement, and support secure, highly available enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring reliable connectivity, performance, and security for business-critical systems.

Requirements

• 3–7 years of hands-on experience in network engineering or network administration
• Demonstrated experience supporting Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls in production environments
• Strong experience administering Cisco Meraki switching, wireless, firewall, and SD-WAN platforms
• Practical experience with Azure networking in enterprise or hybrid-cloud environments
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, and DHCP
• Experience supporting VPN technologies (site-to-site and remote access)
• Experience working in medium-to-large enterprise network environments
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Relevant certifications preferred (PCNSA/PCNSE, CCNA/CCNP, Azure Network Engineer Associate)

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, and cloud connectivity environments
• Deploy, configure, and support Palo Alto NGFWs including policies, NAT, VPNs, and threat prevention
• Administer and troubleshoot Cisco Meraki switches, firewalls, and wireless access points
• Design and support Azure networking services including VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables, Azure Firewall, VPN Gateway, and ExpressRoute
• Monitor network performance, availability, and security; proactively remediate issues
• Troubleshoot complex network, firewall, and hybrid connectivity issues
• Collaborate with systems, cloud, security, and application teams to support infrastructure initiatives
• Participate in network architecture planning, upgrades, and lifecycle management
• Maintain network documentation, standards, and diagrams
• Provide operational support including incident response, change management, and on-call escalation as required

Benefits

• health insurance
• paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level