Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer #3620155

Join a technology-focused infrastructure team supporting a highly regulated life sciences environment where network reliability, security, and scalability are critical to day-to-day business operations. This team supports enterprise networking across corporate and cloud-connected environments, partnering closely with IT, cloud, security, and operations stakeholders to keep systems stable, resilient, and ready for continued growth.

This is a long-term contract opportunity supporting enterprise network operations, modernization, and hybrid cloud connectivity. The role is based onsite in Bridgewater, NJ and offers exposure to traditional network infrastructure, cloud networking, SD-WAN, monitoring platforms, and automation-adjacent tools.

• Configure, support, and troubleshoot LAN/WAN infrastructure across routers, switches, firewalls, and related network systems.
• Own day-to-day network operations, including incident resolution, change management, performance monitoring, and escalation support.
• Help improve network reliability, scalability, and security through architecture enhancements and infrastructure optimization.
• Monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks or failures, and proactively resolve issues before they impact business operations.
• Maintain clear network documentation, diagrams, configuration records, and operational runbooks.
• Support hybrid cloud connectivity across on-premises infrastructure and AWS and/or GCP environments.
• Assist with cloud VPN tunnels, VPC networking, security groups, routing configurations, and collaboration with cloud engineering teams.
• Participate in on-call support for critical network infrastructure.

• 10+ years of experience in network infrastructure, IT operations, or enterprise network engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with LAN/WAN infrastructure, routers, switches, firewalls, and enterprise network troubleshooting.
• Experience with Catalyst switches, ISR routers, Meraki, Cisco DNA Center, VPC networking, AWS, and/or GCP.
• Strong protocol knowledge across TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, NTP, STP, LACP, OSPF, BGP, ACLs, and VPN.
• Experience using network monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as SolarWinds, PRTG, Wireshark, CLI-based tools, and similar platforms.
• Familiarity with ITSM platforms, preferably ServiceNow, for ticketing, incident tracking, and change management.
• Exposure to SD-WAN solutions such as Cisco Viptela or Meraki.
• Exposure to cloud networking concepts, including cloud VPN, hybrid connectivity, VPCs, routing, and security groups.
• Basic scripting knowledge with Python or PowerShell is a plus.
• Familiarity with Ansible, Terraform, ITIL, and formal change management processes is a plus.
• Cisco CCIE certification is preferred.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification is nice to have.
• Strong documentation, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

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