Top Network Engineer Jobs

Provides hands-on network and IT infrastructure support across branches, corporate offices, remote sites, and data centers. Responsibilities include installing and troubleshooting network devices, supporting wired and wireless deployments, managing operating systems and applications, applying patches, documenting service activity, tracking assets, identifying security risks, and assisting with technology initiatives. The role requires daily travel throughout the New York Metro area, occasional 24/7 support, and physical work involving equipment handling and technical spaces.

Designs, integrates, deploys, configures, tests, and maintains network and communications solutions. Responsibilities include network performance monitoring, troubleshooting, firewall and security control implementation, risk assessment, STIG application, disaster recovery, lifecycle management, and collaboration with systems engineers. Requires hands-on experience with Cisco networking equipment, Palo Alto firewalls, secure communications devices, boundary solutions, and classified IT environments.

Designs, implements, tests, and validates secure IP-based network communications for mission-critical aircraft. Develops network architectures, schematics, specifications, capacity forecasts, verification matrices, and technical documentation. Configures and troubleshoots Cisco network devices and advanced routing, tunneling, and security technologies. Supports requirements analysis, supplier coordination, acquisition activities, and aerospace interface data acquisition while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Supports network deployment, integration, testing, commissioning, and troubleshooting for mission-critical FAA air traffic systems. Coordinates site readiness, telecommunications circuits, hardware installation, field teams, change control, documentation, and stakeholder communications. Provides remote and on-site technical guidance during cutovers and resolves infrastructure issues across federal operational environments.

Supports the planning, design, implementation, configuration, troubleshooting, and documentation of enterprise networks, WAN connectivity, and security solutions. Works with senior engineers on client projects, maintains network diagrams, and develops Cisco routing and switching expertise through mentorship, hands-on training, and certification preparation. The role is intended to grow into an independent Implementation Engineer position.

Designs, deploys, and operates secure, highly available OT/ICS networks for critical energy-sector infrastructure. Responsibilities include Purdue Model segmentation, industrial protocol support, firewalls, DMZs, network documentation, cybersecurity compliance, monitoring, automation, vulnerability management, audits, and incident response support. The role works onsite in sensitive facilities, collaborates with controls and cybersecurity teams, participates in on-call support, and must obtain and maintain a Q security clearance.

Manage, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot site network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless networks, VPNs, and related equipment. Ensure reliable LAN, WAN, internet, Wi-Fi, and inter-site connectivity. Monitor performance, capacity, availability, and utilization, proactively resolve issues, and design and implement network solutions supporting business and manufacturing requirements.

Develop and maintain scalable control-plane software for DigitalOcean’s network products, including APIs, services, and tools. Responsibilities include implementing, testing, optimizing, and supporting reliable distributed systems; collaborating across networking teams; improving developer and customer experiences; establishing engineering best practices; and contributing to architecture, monitoring, performance, and mission-critical platform reliability.

Build and lead full-stack software engineering initiatives using distributed microservices, cloud platforms, databases, APIs, and modern development frameworks. Provide technical leadership across Agile teams, define architectures and integration patterns, improve system performance, reduce technical debt, establish engineering standards, mentor developers, and influence technology strategy. The role supports regulatory needs and customer-facing financial products at scale.

Design, deploy, operate, and scale global optical backbone networks across dark fiber, DWDM, coherent transmission, and multi-vendor platforms. Responsibilities include fiber characterization, optical path and amplifier design, capacity expansion, commissioning, troubleshooting impairments, monitoring, incident response, vendor coordination, automation, and standards development. The engineer collaborates with IP backbone teams to ensure resiliency and physical diversity while mentoring engineers and advancing optical network operations.

Provides onsite, customer-facing network engineering support for Juniper environments. Troubleshoots configuration, hardware, software, routing, switching, and network service issues; restores service; handles escalations; and collaborates with support and engineering teams on fixes, patches, and workarounds. The role also includes customer communication, technical documentation, ongoing training, lab replication, and proactive reliability improvements across large-scale networks.

Maintains and supports enterprise and local network infrastructure for a Department of Labor contract. Monitors network performance, troubleshoots connectivity issues, implements and documents technology deployments, and ensures technical standards and service levels are met. The role requires Cisco networking expertise, routing and switching knowledge, network monitoring experience, and the ability to work independently onsite in Washington, DC. U.S. citizenship and eligibility for Public Trust clearance are required.

Deploys, monitors, troubleshoots, and manages low-latency network infrastructure supporting high-frequency trading. Responsibilities include colocation and data center design, WAN connectivity, capacity planning, traffic optimization, maintenance, protocol troubleshooting, automation, monitoring, and technical debt reduction. The role requires expertise with routing and network protocols, LAN/WAN environments, performance monitoring, and network automation.

Supports the design, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and documentation of moderately complex networks. Configures routers, switches, firewalls, wireless systems, SD-WAN, and routing protocols; resolves connectivity and performance issues; and supports DoD cybersecurity compliance, audits, and vulnerability remediation. Leads small network projects, collaborates across teams, mentors junior staff, and travels to client expeditionary sites up to 25% of the time.

Designs, implements, and manages hybrid and multi-cloud network infrastructure across GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI, and on-premises environments. Responsibilities include cloud and VPC architecture, Cisco and Palo Alto networking, F5 load balancing, BGP and OSPF routing, LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi/SD-WAN deployment, network automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, high availability, capacity planning, DNS management, and security integration.

Supports network operations for more than 20,000 users by troubleshooting Layer 1–3 outages, installing and configuring routers, switches, wireless controllers, COMSEC/TACLANES, intrusion prevention systems, and WAN accelerators. The role manages maintenance activities, resolves and documents incidents, performs LAN/WAN recovery, and provides onsite and remote technical support. It requires Cisco networking expertise, network protocols knowledge, COMSEC experience, Security+ and CCNA certifications, and an active DoD Secret clearance.

Provides onsite and remote troubleshooting for Layer 1–3 network issues supporting more than 20,000 users. Installs, upgrades, configures, and maintains routers, switches, wireless controllers, IPS systems, VPNs, WAN accelerators, COMSEC/TACLANE devices, and monitoring tools. Handles outage recovery, maintenance tickets, incident documentation, escalation, and network-device reconfiguration while following operational policies and procedures.

Designs and provides technical direction for enterprise network infrastructure across routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN, data centers, and cloud connectivity. Develops network standards, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and design documentation; evaluates emerging technologies; supports implementations, incident response, and root-cause analysis. Collaborates with security, infrastructure, application, vendor, and leadership teams, while mentoring network engineers and presenting technical and financial recommendations.

Designs, implements, maintains, and troubleshoots secure enterprise networks supporting classified and unclassified DoD aerospace surveillance systems. Responsibilities include Cisco routing and switching, firewalls, multicast video transport, virtualized networking, Linux administration, system integration, performance analysis, documentation, and 24/7 mission support. The engineer also contributes to requirements analysis, hardware and software recommendations, and continuous network improvement while ensuring IA, STIG, and EMSEC compliance.

Install, configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise network infrastructure supporting satellite control communications. Provide Level II enterprise and laboratory support; design and optimize LAN, WAN, software-defined networking, routing, switching, VPN, QoS, segmentation, high availability, and firewall solutions. Perform network upgrades, equipment installations, firmware updates, lifecycle replacements, and rack and cabling work while supporting DoD and NOAA sites worldwide.

Supports a large DoD network serving more than 20,000 users. Responsibilities include troubleshooting Layer 1–3 outages, installing and upgrading routers, switches, wireless controllers, IPS devices, VPN equipment, WAN accelerators, and COMSEC/TACLANEs. The engineer configures network devices, coordinates maintenance activities, resolves and documents incidents, performs outage recovery, and follows operational procedures. The role requires a Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, Security+ CE, relevant network experience, and willingness to travel and perform physical duties.

Leads network operations, infrastructure development, hardware and software configuration, security implementation, performance testing, monitoring, compliance, requirements analysis, and strategic planning in a federal environment. The role manages and trains network operations personnel, collaborates with government and contractor teams, and ensures reliable, secure network performance.

Supports the NRC enterprise monitoring environment by configuring and optimizing monitoring platforms, alert rules, service checks, dashboards, reports, and integrations. Reviews monitoring coverage, tunes alerts, closes visibility gaps, supports change control and audits, and collaborates with infrastructure, application, and support teams. The role requires expertise in monitoring configuration, event correlation, APIs, SNMP, syslog, ITIL practices, and operational reporting.

Leads network engineering activities for government networks, including infrastructure installation, upgrades, repairs, security administration, performance optimization, user access management, monitoring, and troubleshooting. The role provides hardware and software purchasing input, collaborates with government personnel, and requires supervisory experience, a bachelor’s degree, CCNA and Security+ certifications, and an active Secret clearance.

Designs, integrates, configures, and sustains secure network and computing infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, edge, and distributed environments. Responsibilities include Layer 2/3 networking, troubleshooting, hardware and software integration, installations, upgrades, inventory management, technical documentation, cybersecurity implementation, and coordination of engineering teams. The role supports hybrid infrastructure, network security, cloud networking, containerized environments, automation, and mission-critical government systems.