Sr. Network Engineer

Description The Senior Network Engineer is the technical owner for the design, implementation, monitoring, and ongoing support of the company’s hybrid network environment and leads the network function, including cloud network operations. This role is responsible for secure, reliable connectivity across offices, retail locations, warehouse facilities, AWS and Azure cloud environments, and remote users, including Cisco and Meraki switching and wireless infrastructure and Palo Alto firewalls and virtual private network (VPN) services. A key objective of the role is modernizing cloud connectivity by removing the company’s dependency on Cisco cloud services routers and replacing them with cloud-native technologies for Azure-to-AWS and cloud-to-site communication.

Working independently and in partnership with Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, application teams, business stakeholders, and vendors, the engineer establishes standards, leads network projects, resolves complex incidents, and improves the performance, resilience, security, and scalability of the network.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the network subject matter expert and technical owner for the architecture, configuration, implementation, monitoring, maintenance, and lifecycle management of the hybrid network environment. Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers. Configure and support Cisco and Meraki switching, routing, wireless, and site connectivity across offices, retail locations, and warehouse facilities. Configure, administer, and continuously improve Palo Alto firewalls, security policies, site-to-site VPNs, remote-access VPN services, and related network security capabilities. Own the design and execution of the cloud connectivity roadmap, removing dependency on Cisco cloud services routers and implementing cloud-native networking (such as AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WAN and VPN gateways, and native private connectivity) for Azure-to-AWS and cloud-to-site communication. Partner with DevOps on cloud network standards, security controls, and infrastructure-as-code for cloud networking. Lead the design and deployment of networks for new facilities and the upgrade of existing sites, including expansions and relocations, covering requirements gathering, design, equipment selection, implementation, testing, documentation, and transition to operations. Monitor network availability, performance, capacity, configurations, logs, and security events.

Qualifications

• Education/ Experience:​​Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience and appropriate certifications may count towards degree requirement.  ​ Seven or more years of progressively responsible network engineering experience, including substantial hands-on responsibility for enterprise physical-site and cloud networking environments. Demonstrated experience leading network implementations, migrations, upgrades, and complex production troubleshooting in a distributed organization. Skills and Ability: Advanced hands-on experience with Cisco and Meraki switching, routing, wireless, dashboards, templates, and centralized management. Advanced experience configuring and troubleshooting Palo Alto Networks firewalls, security and NAT policies, threat-prevention capabilities, site-to-site VPNs, and remote-access VPN services.
• Panorama and GlobalProtect experience strongly preferred. Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, IPv4 and IPv6, VLANs, spanning tree, 802.1X, QoS, DNS, DHCP, NAT, IPsec, SSL/TLS, SNMP, OSPF, and BGP. Experience designing and operating resilient WAN, LAN, WLAN, internet-edge, and hybrid connectivity services across geographically distributed locations. Experience with AWS and Azure networking, including virtual networks, routing, security controls, private connectivity, transit architectures, VPN connectivity, and cloud-native monitoring. Experience with network monitoring, alerting, configuration backup, performance analysis, log management, and packet-analysis tools.

Benefits

• Compensation is determined by various factors such as location, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as internal and external equity and organizational needs. Additionally, this role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The salary range for this position is $115,800 to $130,250 annually.  The posted range reflects our national average range for the job. We may ultimately pay more or less than the published range based on the factors mentioned above. This range may be modified in the future. At Liquidity Services, we provide a comprehensive benefits package that supports our employees' well-being and provides growth opportunities and career development. Our offerings include: Competitive wagesHealthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs, FSAs)401(k) planPaid time off (PTO) and holidaysPaid parental leaveLife and disability insuranceEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Professional development and tuition assistance Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Liquidity Services Inc. reserves the right to modify position duties at any time due to business necessity. Liquidity Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.