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The Senior Network Engineer supports the Senior Network Architect in designing, developing, and evolving the enterprise network infrastructure. The role translates business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and highly available architecture across branch offices, data centers, and cloud environments. Responsibilities include implementing modern networking solutions, supporting office moves, troubleshooting and configuration, while ensuring alignment with organizational goals, performance standards, and security best practices.

• Maintains contact and builds relationships with operating businesses, IT management, IT vendors and technical architects to ensure availability, security, and satisfaction.
• Assists in identifying new and improved approaches, technologies, tools, templates, and business use cases.
• Supports deployment and configuration of a complex network infrastructure environment.
• Assesses on‑prem data centers, office locations, and clouds for network capacity, connectivity, performance, and resiliency.
• Leads networking break‑fix situations with multiple team members including managed service provider partners.
• Maintains broad‑based technical and solutions knowledge in key networking optimization and solution areas including:
  • Enterprise routing solutions
  • Cisco SDWAN
  • Cisco Catalyst Center
  • Network segmentation
  • VPN concentration
  • Networking expertise across a hybrid cloud environment (On‑Premise, Azure, AWS, OCI)
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) / networking automation

• Understanding network security and firewall policy.
• Experience in an ITIL environment of formal change processes, Systems Development Lifecycle processes and production of requirements documentation and evidence (ServiceNow experience a plus).
• 2+ years of Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC).
• Extensive understanding of routing architecture.
• Extensive understanding of Cisco networking products.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Advanced knowledge in routing protocols and switching technologies (On‑Prem & Cloud) such as BGP, OSPF, IS‑IS, OMP, VXLAN.
• Advanced knowledge of Cisco SDWAN.
• Advanced knowledge of Cisco Catalyst Center.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust experience technologies.
• Cisco Wireless experience for Wi‑Fi 6E using predictive site tools.
• Experience in implementing network observability and monitoring platforms such as Cisco ThousandEyes, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, or similar.
• Scripting/coding and automation using PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, etc.

• Experience leading the delivery of assessments, development of business cases, and solution architecture.
• Experience with multi‑phased, complex migration programs that address technology, people/organization, and process change.
• Strong written skills – able to create concise and structured recommendations for total solutions as well as simplifying system architectures.
• Dynamic and engaging presentation style that commands respect, inspires confidence, earns trust, and makes the complex easy to understand.
• Strong business engagement and customer relationship management.
• Demonstrated proficiency with technical architecture, practical adaptation and implementation, functional deployment, and business ROI‑focused areas of enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• Financial fluency which includes working with ROI, cost analysis, and financial statements.
• Strong command of English.

• Experience leading 3rd party delivery teams in geographically diverse locations.

• BS and/or MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years’ of relevant experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

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Locations: Overland Park, KS; Houston, TX; Greenwood Village, CO; Bloomington, MN; Orlando, FL; Phoenix, AZ; Cary, NC; Dallas, TX; Ann Arbor, MI; Tualatin, OR.

Nearest Major Market: Olathe

Nearest Secondary Market: Kansas City

Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy. We offer a comprehensive benefits portfolio that includes health care, retirement, tuition reimbursement, and more. Employee‑owners share in the company’s long‑term achievements through stock ownership.

BVH, Inc., its subsidiaries, and its affiliated companies comply with all Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations. Black & Veatch does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, pregnancy status or other status protected by law.