Job Title

Network Engineer

Location

Santa Monica, California

Duration

6 months

Priority

Urgent

Primary Skills

Skills: Category Name Required Importance Experience Soft Skills Communication Skills No 2 Technical Skill Networking No 1 Technical Skill Networking configuration and maintenance No 3

# Of Positions

1

Job Description

Network Engineer (Contract)

Santa Monica | Onsite, 5 days per week

Role Overview

Seeking a hands-on Network Engineer to support the design, deployment, operation, and maintenance of a global corporate network. The role combines day-to-day network support with delivery of office build-outs, expansions, and infrastructure projects across a multi-site enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and troubleshoot enterprise wired and wireless networks, including incidents, outages, performance, and connectivity issues.
• Implement network changes using established change management standards and contribute to root cause and problem management.
• Support office expansions, relocations, retrofits, and new site builds, including MDF/IDF deployment and commissioning.
• Coordinate networking hardware installation and activation with facilities teams, low-voltage contractors, vendors, security teams, and project managers.
• Provide secure, reliable connectivity for access control, surveillance, intrusion detection, and other physical security systems.
• Maintain network diagrams, documentation, procedures, inventory, logistics, and hardware lifecycle records.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders while delivering strong customer service.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of enterprise network engineering experience in campus, corporate, or distributed multi-site environments.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VLANs, routing and switching, DHCP, DNS, enterprise wireless, and network troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience supporting Arista switching environments and Arista EOS; CloudVision Portal experience is preferred.
• Experience with FortiGate firewalls, including policy management, NAT, VPNs, segmentation, and security best practices.
• Experience supporting office construction, network deployments, infrastructure projects, and formal change management.
• Comfort managing network environments through both CLI and GUI tools.

Preferred Experience

• Opengear, network monitoring and management platforms, and Network Access Control solutions.
• Enterprise infrastructure and data center networking environments.
• Experience supporting global organizations, large campuses, healthcare, higher education, financial services, or technology companies.
• Relevant certifications such as Arista ACE, Fortinet NSE/FCSS, CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent.

Professional Skills

• Strong communication, customer service, troubleshooting, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing operational and project priorities, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Professional presence and a collaborative approach when working with employees, executives, vendors, and cross-functional teams.

Work Model

• Location: Santa Monica.
• Schedule: Primarily onsite, five days per week, during standard business hours.
• Occasional collaboration across US Pacific time zones and limited travel for office or infrastructure projects.