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About This Opportunity
CTI Staffing is partnering with a growing IT integration and managed services organization to find a Network Engineer for their data center and integration center operations based in Hanover Park, IL.
This team manages network infrastructure supporting large-scale client integration, staging, and deployment work, keeping switching, routing, wireless, and security running smoothly across multiple concurrent client environments. It's a chance to work hands-on with modern data center networking in a fast-paced managed services environment.
What You'll Do
Manage and support network infrastructure across multiple data center and client-specific environments
Maintain highly available switching, routing, wireless, and security platforms
Monitor performance and proactively identify optimization and scalability improvements
Configure, manage, and troubleshoot Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls
Design and document enterprise networking solutions, including spine-and-leaf architectures
Serve as a technical escalation point for network issues affecting client environments
Support client hardware, software, and infrastructure deployment projects
Collaborate with engineering, security, and project teams to deliver client solutions
Requirements
What You Bring
Must-Have:
5+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering, data center operations, or managed services
Strong hands-on experience with Cisco switching, routing, and wireless technologies
Demonstrated expertise deploying and supporting Palo Alto Networks firewalls
Experience managing complex multi-site, multi-client network environments
Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VLANs, VPNs, and QoS
Experience configuring and troubleshooting BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP
Ability to independently manage multiple projects and competing priorities
Strong customer service orientation and communication skills
Nice-to-Have:
Cisco CCNP Enterprise certification or equivalent experience
Palo Alto PCNSE certification
Experience with spine-and-leaf architectures and modern data center designs
Familiarity with Nexus 9000 and Cisco Catalyst platforms
Experience with cloud networking (Azure/AWS connectivity)
Technical Environment:
Cisco switching/routing, Palo Alto NGFW, spine-and-leaf/VXLAN architectures, enterprise wireless, cloud connectivity (Azure/AWS)
What Success Looks Like:
Stable, well-documented network operations across multiple client environments within the first 90 days
Trusted as a technical escalation point for network issues by month 3
Contributing to data center modernization initiatives (spine-and-leaf, automation) by month 6
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