Aptonet · 1 day ago
Senior Network Engineer
New Jersey, United States
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expAptonet is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support large-scale enterprise IT and network infrastructure initiatives. This role involves overseeing the full lifecycle of local area network infrastructure, including architecture, design, implementation, and operations, while interfacing with senior technical and business stakeholders.
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Hiring Manager
Mariana Ham
Responsibilities
Provide operational support for escalated issues, break-fix activities, and proactive maintenance until permanent remediation is implemented
Architect, design, configure, test, implement, and support on-premise and cloud networking solutions
Participate in deployments, upgrades, and module rollouts across production environments
Maintain reliability across enterprise network facilities through lifecycle planning and roadmap development
Validate technical requests against existing architecture to ensure alignment with business needs
Identify and document technical requirements and deliver cost-optimized solutions that enhance performance and scalability
Develop and enforce reusable architectural standards, policies, procedures, metrics, and regulatory guidelines
Ensure designs align with security, compliance, and quality assurance standards
Perform root-cause analysis and propose corrective actions based on impact assessments
Support and maintain established Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Identify automation opportunities and streamline operational workflows
Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, frameworks, and industry trends
Qualification
Required
6+ years in technical engineering and/or architectural roles designing, developing, implementing, operating, and supporting network projects or IT systems
Hands-on experience with at least three (3) of the following: Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, Cisco Firewalls, F5 Load Balancers, Cisco Wireless Controllers, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco Network Access Control (NAC)
2–3 years in network operations support, troubleshooting, or comparable technical support/development
2+ years supporting internal and/or external stakeholders and translating business needs into network or infrastructure solutions
1+ year applying architectural frameworks, including: Architecture and solution roadmaps, Lifecycle and replacement planning, Business case development, Technology evaluations and proof-of-concept work
Strong communication, leadership, facilitation, and consultative skills
Preferred
Experience with scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Ansible)
Professional certifications such as: Cisco (CCT, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, CCIE), PMP, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma
Familiarity with the following is beneficial: Cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Directory services (LDAP, DNS, Active Directory), CMDB platforms, ITSM platforms (e.g., ServiceNow), Network monitoring tools (e.g., SolarWinds), Cybersecurity toolsets, Utility industry environments
Company
Aptonet
Aptonet delivers innovative IoT, operations research, mobility & web solutions along with staffing services with a focus on professionalism.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (7)
2023 (9)
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2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase