Network Engineer

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Job Title: Network Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Top 3 Skills: Network, Firewall, Hybrid Connectivity, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery Readiness Support

Job Summary

The Network Engineer supports a disaster recovery and virtualization strategy engagement by assessing network infrastructure, connectivity, firewall architecture, segmentation, and recovery dependencies. This role documents current-state findings, identifies risks and gaps, and helps develop practical recommendations, DR playbook inputs, and roadmap actions. The role is focused on assessment and planning; it does not include production network changes or live failover execution unless separately approved.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and document network architecture, connectivity, resiliency, and disaster recovery dependencies.
• Review routing, switching, WAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP, IP addressing, bandwidth, and inter-site connectivity considerations.
• Support discovery of virtualization, cloud, and hybrid network connectivity across VMware, Azure, OCI, and related environments.
• Assist with firewall and security architecture reviews, including segmentation, security zones, remote access, Zero Trust readiness, and monitoring integration.
• Identify network risks, failover constraints, operational gaps, and recovery limitations that could impact disaster recovery readiness.
• Document network paths, routing dependencies, firewall dependencies, and connectivity requirements that affect application and infrastructure recovery sequencing.
• Support development of target-state recommendations for secure recovery, segmentation, isolation, hybrid connectivity, and geographic resiliency.
• Contribute to DR testing and validation planning, including test scenarios, success criteria, failback considerations, reporting inputs, and remediation tracking.
• Help prepare network-related inputs for DR playbooks, recovery runbooks, escalation matrices, communication plans, and cyber recovery planning.
• Work with network, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, application, and OT stakeholders to gather information and validate findings.
• Prepare clear documentation of findings, risks, assumptions, constraints, and recommendations for project deliverables and leadership review.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Network Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 5-7 years of experience in network engineering, network security, firewall administration, infrastructure support, or similar enterprise technology roles.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, routing, switching, WAN connectivity, IP addressing, segmentation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting or assessing enterprise firewall platforms such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, Check Point, or comparable technologies.
• Understanding of enterprise network architecture, including core/distribution/access layers, inter-site connectivity, resiliency, and failover design.
• Basic understanding of disaster recovery concepts such as RTO, RPO, dependency mapping, recovery sequencing, failover/failback, and DR testing.
• Ability to support assessments, stakeholder interviews, discovery sessions, data collection, and documentation reviews.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, written communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hybrid cloud networking, including Azure and OCI connectivity concepts, cloud routing, and landing zone connectivity.
• Exposure to VMware virtual networking, software-defined networking, overlay/underlay design, micro-segmentation, and traffic flow analysis.
• Familiarity with OT network considerations, IT/OT segmentation, SCADA dependency awareness, and regulated operational environments.
• Experience supporting or documenting DR, backup, replication, cyber recovery, failover, validation, or recovery testing processes.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture, privileged access, encryption, audit evidence, and security monitoring integration.
• Basic scripting or automation exposure using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Infrastructure-as-Code, or network automation tools.
• Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Network+, Security+, CCNA, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, VMware, Microsoft Azure, or similar credentials.

Technical Skills

• Network architecture assessment
• SDN and micro-segmentation readiness
• Routing, switching, WAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and IPAM
• Zero Trust network architecture awareness
• Firewall architecture and policy review
• DR dependency mapping
• Network segmentation and security zoning
• Network resiliency and failover assessment
• Hybrid cloud connectivity: Azure and OCI
• Recovery sequencing support
• VMware virtual networking concepts
• DR testing and failback planning support
• Overlay/underlay network design
• Documentation of findings, risks, gaps, and recommendations

Disaster Recovery Knowledge Expectations

The candidate should understand how network design and dependencies influence recovery readiness. The role should be able to support:

• Identification of network dependencies that impact application, infrastructure, and data recovery.
• Evaluation of resiliency, failover capabilities, and inter-site connectivity as part of DR readiness.
• Documentation of segmentation, isolation, and secure recovery considerations for IT, OT, and regulated environments.
• Support for DR testing frameworks, tabletop exercises, cloud failover validation, cyber recovery scenarios, and failback planning.
• Contribution to DR playbooks, recovery runbooks, validation procedures, escalation matrices, and communication frameworks.

Soft Skills

• Attention to detail and documentation discipline.
• Structured problem-solving mindset.
• Clear verbal and written communication.
• Time management and ability to work in a project-based environment.
• Ability to work across network, security, infrastructure, cloud, application, and OT teams.
• Willingness to learn disaster recovery, resiliency, and virtualization strategy concepts.

Typical Career Path

Network Engineer - DR & Virtualization Strategy → Senior Network Security Engineer → Network Security / Hybrid Cloud Architect → Enterprise Resiliency or Security Architect

Metasys Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability status.