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We are seeking a skilled Network Engineer who can work collaboratively with a Global Team for new technology deployments, Lifecycle refreshes while also supporting steady-state operations for LAN, WLAN, and SD-WAN environments across North America Sites. This role bridges engineering and run-state support, ensuring new initiatives are delivered on time and existing infrastructure stays highly available, secure, and performant. The position requires strong overlap with both North America and global (EMEA/AP) teams. Ideally, this role is based on-site (hybrid) in Wilmington, DE. Other locations on the East Coast may also be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate within the team and coordinate with vendors, carriers, and cross-functional teams to deliver Network projects & support other Infrastructure & Applications Projects.
• Support network upgrades and migrations with minimal business disruption.

• Own steady-state operations for LAN (switching, VLANs, OSPF/BGP/EIGRP), WLAN (controllers, APs, 802.1X, RF tuning), and SD-WAN fabric
• Knowledge Must Have Palo Alto Prisma SDWAN, CISCO Network Gear,
• Knowledge Good to Have: Infoblox, Logic Monitor, Fortinet products & solutions, Palo Alto Prisma VPN & Firewalls
• Provide L2/L3 incident and problem resolution; participate in calls as required
• Perform proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and performance tuning (SNMP, NetFlow, monitoring tools).
• Collaborate with Global team to maintain accurate network documentation, topology diagrams, and SOPs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, IT, or related field.
• 8+ years of enterprise networking experience spanning both project engineering and operations.
• Strong expertise in LAN switching and routing (Cisco /Fortinet).
• Proven enterprise-scale WLAN deployment and support experience.
• Hands-on SD-WAN design and operations experience.
• Knowledge of network security fundamentals.
• Certifications: CCNP (or CCNA with strong experience); SD-WAN / wireless vendor certs preferred.

Other/ Add-On Qualifications

• Experience with Network migrations during mergers & spin offs is extremely useful.
• Enterprise Voice / Unified Communications knowledge - Microsoft Teams Voice / Direct Routing, or equivalent UC platforms.
• Experience with voice gateways, SBCs
• Network automation skills (Python, Ansible) and IaC.

Core Competencies

• Balances project delivery with operational ownership
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent stakeholder communication and documentation
• Self-directed, with ability to manage competing priorities
• Effective collaboration across US and global (EMEA/AP) team

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