[Hiring] Senior Engineer, Modern Networks @Presidio

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Engineer, Modern Networks (Network, Security) to join our team to support our client base in the Denver and Mountain States area. This is a highly consultative role involving the planning, design, and implementation of complex network and security engagements. You will serve as a technical lead on small to large-scale projects, effectively managing the implementation process from low-level design to customer acceptance.

Work Environment & Travel:

• Home Base: This position is primarily Work From Home (WFH).
• Onsite Requirement: Candidates must be willing and able to work onsite at customer locations within the Mountain States area.
• Frequency: Onsite presence fluctuates based on project phases; while much of the work is remote, periods of up to 100% onsite attendance may be required during critical deployment or assessment phases.

Responsibilities include:

• Engineering & Design: Perform project-based engineering, including low-level detailed design, staging, installation, validation, testing, and troubleshooting of data/security networks.
• Project Leadership: Lead complex, large-scale Network and Security projects, ensuring designs align with business strategy, customer budget, and operational capabilities.
• Assessments: Conduct network discoveries and perform Network and Security Assessments.
• Client Facing: Present documentation and engagement deliverables directly to customers.
• Collaboration: Collaborate as part of a multi-functional team with Sales, Pre-Sales, Project Management, and other delivery/engineering resources.
• Troubleshooting: Resolve complex issues and assist team members in solving problems with their deployments.
• Mentorship: Work with junior members of the engineering team to successfully implement secure network solutions.
• Maintenance: Execute network maintenance MOPs (Method of Procedure) both onsite and remotely with minimal downtime.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience.
• 8+ years of related project implementation experience (Senior Level).
• Solid verbal and written communication skills.

Requirements

• Core Networking & Protocols: Experienced expert with complex multi-protocol routing and switching solutions.
• Strong level in routing and switching troubleshooting.
• Core Routing and Switching platforms with a focus on design, configuration, and troubleshooting using Cisco Best Practices.
• Network design and applications, including designing IP addressing.
• Deep knowledge of OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP, including redistribution of protocols and loop prevention.
• Mastery of the TCP/IP protocol stack, TCP/IP headers and packets, the OSI model, and commonly used TCP/UDP ports and associated services.
• Security & Hardening: Experience with various security parameters and hardening access to devices.
• Experienced in implementing Palo Alto Networks Product Portfolio:
• Panorama
• Prisma Access
• Prisma Cloud
• Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)
• Experienced in implementing Cisco Security Product Portfolio:
• FirePower / FTD Firewalls
• Meraki MX (Configuration, tuning, troubleshooting)
• FMC Management
• Cloud & Modern Networking: Cloud Networking Experience: AWS, Azure, and GCP in a networking context.
• Experienced deploying at least one SDWAN Solution (Viptela, Silverpeak, or Palo Prisma SDWAN).

Preferred Skills and Professional Experience

• Aviatrix: Experience with Aviatrix cloud networking.
• Fortinet Product Portfolio: Fortigate FWs, FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer.
• Aruba Product Suite: Experience with Aruba CX and Aruba OS software, VSX and VSF technologies, and High Availability configurations.
• Juniper Product Suite: Experience with routing/switching, data center automation.
• Arista Networking: Solutions including CloudVision.
• Automation / Scripting: Python, EMM, and TCL.
• Active Cisco® Certification: CCNP, CCIE.
• Active Palo Alto® Certification: PCNSA, PCCSE, PCNSE.

Benefits

• Joining Presidio means stepping into a culture of trailblazers—thinkers, builders, and collaborators.
• Expertise in AI-driven analytics, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and next-gen infrastructure.
• Opportunity to be part of a team that is shaping the future.