Sr. Network Engineer - Professional Services (SDN)

Location: Remote within the United States, with up to 50% travel to customer sites nationwide. US citizenship is required, and the role requires the ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance.

Company

hirify.global provides IT services to commercial and federal clients, modernizing enterprise networks and growing a Modern Infrastructure practice.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and support complex enterprise LAN, WAN, routing, switching, and software-defined networking environments.
• Lead SD-WAN deployments, including orchestrator onboarding, zero-touch provisioning, policy development, segmentation, and QoS configuration.
• Deploy SD-Access and SD-Branch solutions with campus fabric, network access control, security, wireless, and automation capabilities.
• Execute WAN circuit migrations, including MPLS-to-SD-WAN transitions, and modernize campus LANs with minimal customer impact.
• Assess and document enterprise networks, prepare technical deliverables, and support modernization and infrastructure refresh initiatives.
• Review SOWs and LOE estimates, collaborate with design engineering, and support presales presentations and solution demonstrations.

Requirements

• US citizenship and eligibility to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance; an active clearance is preferred but not required.
• 7+ years of experience in enterprise LAN/WAN design and deployment, preferably in professional services.
• Current professional-level networking certification, such as CCNP Enterprise, JNCIP, ACCP, or NSE7; CCIE or equivalent is strongly preferred.
• Deep hands-on experience with enterprise routing and switching, WAN architectures, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANs, STP, LACP, and QoS.
• Experience with enterprise firewalls, at least one SDN platform, and multi-vendor network environments.
• Ability to create HLDs, LLDs, implementation plans, and change control documentation, work autonomously, communicate with executive stakeholders, and travel up to 50% by plane and car.

Nice to have

• Experience with Cisco Catalyst Center, Meraki, Juniper Mist, Aruba Central, ThousandEyes, IPSLA, or NetFlow/sFlow analytics.
• Experience with SASE, cloud-delivered security, DMVPN, FlexVPN, and cloud connectivity through AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, or GCP Interconnect.
• Experience with Python, Ansible, Terraform, NETCONF, RESTCONF, or equivalent automation technologies.
• Previous Technical Lead, Senior Engineering, or Principal Engineer experience in a VAR or professional services environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement with frequent customer-site travel.
• Work with commercial and federal clients on high-visibility, complex enterprise network deployments.
• Opportunity to mentor engineers and help shape a growing Modern Infrastructure practice.
• Ongoing industry certification is required to maintain strategic OEM partnerships.