Senior L3 Network Engineer

About This Opportunity CTI Staffing is partnering with a leading consumer products organization to find a Senior Network Engineer for their infrastructure team based in Durham, NC (hybrid, 3 days onsite). This team supports enterprise, data center, cloud, and manufacturing network environments across a large, complex organization.

You'll be the senior technical voice on network design and security, working across Cisco infrastructure, Palo Alto security, SD-WAN, and multi-cloud connectivity, with exposure to industrial/OT networking supporting manufacturing operations.

What You'll Do

Provide L3 support across enterprise, data center, cloud, and manufacturing network environments Design, deploy, and maintain Cisco routing and switching infrastructure using advanced protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS) Administer Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls, Panorama, and Global. Protect, including NAT and security policy management Design and support SD-WAN solutions across enterprise and hybrid environments Design and support cloud networking across Azure, AWS, and GCP Support operational technology (OT) networks, including manufacturing and industrial systems Perform root cause analysis and lead major incident resolution for network outages Develop network automation using Terraform, Ansible, and infrastructure-as-code practices Requirements What You Bring Must-Have: 10+ years of enterprise network engineering experience Deep hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching (Catalyst, Nexus, ISR, ASR) Hands-on administration of Palo Alto Strata firewalls, Panorama, and Global.

Protect SD-WAN deployment experience (Cisco Viptela or similar platform) Multi-cloud networking experience across Azure, AWS, or GCP Strong background in BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, and MPLS routing protocols Network security and Zero Trust implementation experience Exposure to OT/industrial networking (SCADA, PLC, or MES environments) Nice-to-Have: CCNP or PCNSE certification Network automation experience with Terraform or Ansible Experience with enterprise monitoring/security tools (Wireshark, Solar.

Winds, Thousand. Eyes, Splunk) VMware virtualization/storage project experience Technical Environment: Cisco routing and switching, Palo Alto Strata/Panorama, SD-WAN platforms Azure, AWS, GCP networking Terraform, Ansible, Python-based network automation What Success Looks Like: Owning network modernization initiatives across enterprise, cloud, and OT environments within the first 90 days Leading root cause analysis on major network incidents with minimal escalation support Contributing automation that reduces manual network operations tasks