Senior Network Engineer (Meraki & Aruba)
Why This Role Stands Out
Advance your career as a Senior Network Engineer at Purple Drive Technologies, where you'll design and implement cutting-edge network solutions using Meraki and Aruba technologies in a hybrid environment. This role is perfect for a seasoned professional eager to tackle complex enterprise-level challenges and contribute to significant network modernization projects. Embrace this opportunity to enhance your skills and make a substantial impact within a reputable technology firm.
Quick Overview
Job Description
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We are seeking an experienced Network Architect / Senior Network Engineer with strong expertise in Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Aruba Switching & Wireless, and Enterprise Network Infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing, deploying, troubleshooting, and optimizing large-scale enterprise networks supporting 10,000+ nodes across multiple locations.
This role requires hands-on experience with network architecture, enterprise routing and switching, wireless technologies, network security, disaster recovery planning, and infrastructure deployment activities including racking and stacking of network equipment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support enterprise-wide network infrastructure solutions.
- Deploy and manage Cisco Meraki SD-WAN environments across multiple sites.
- Configure and support Aruba Switching and Aruba Wireless solutions.
- Perform physical installation, racking, stacking, cabling, and deployment of network equipment.
- Design scalable enterprise network architectures for large distributed environments.
- Provide Level 3 and Level 4 troubleshooting support for complex network issues.
- Lead network modernization, migration, refresh, and transformation projects.
- Develop and execute Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity strategies.
- Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and network optimization.
- Monitor network health and proactively identify potential issues.
- Implement network security controls and best practices.
- Work closely with data center, cloud, security, and infrastructure teams.
- Maintain network documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and operational procedures.
- Support change management, incident management, and root cause analysis activities.
Required Skills
Must-Have Skills
- 8-15+ years of Network Engineering/Network Architecture experience.
- Strong expertise in Cisco Meraki SD-WAN.
- Hands-on experience with Aruba Switching.
- Hands-on experience with Aruba Wireless technologies.
- Experience performing physical racking and stacking of network equipment.
- Strong Cisco networking background.
- Deep understanding of:
- Routing & Switching
- LAN/WAN
- SD-WAN
- Enterprise Wireless
- Network Security
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise networks (10,000+ nodes).
- Advanced troubleshooting experience (L3/L4).
- Network architecture and solution design experience.
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning.
- Capacity planning and performance optimization.
- Experience with network monitoring and infrastructure projects.
Preferred Skills
- CCNP Certification.
- CCIE Certification.
- Cisco Catalyst Switching.
- Cisco Nexus.
- Cisco ISE.
- Aruba ClearPass.
- BGP, OSPF, EIGRP.
- Palo Alto / Fortinet Firewalls.
- SolarWinds, PRTG, LogicMonitor, ThousandEyes.
- Cloud networking (AWS/Azure).
Skills
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