Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Harbor IT is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to serve as the technical authority for network design and delivery across its client portfolio. The role leads network architecture, pre-sales solution design, and complex implementations while setting standards, mentoring engineers, and advising clients on infrastructure strategy.
Responsibilities
- Own network architecture and design across Harbor IT's professional services engagements including campus LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, wireless, and network security deployments
- Serve as technical lead and delivery authority on complex network implementations - providing hands-on engineering support and directing engineers and field resources through project execution
- Lead pre-sales solution design for networking opportunities including discovery sessions, architecture documentation, bill-of-materials development, and technical proposal support
- Design, configure, deploy, and validate Extreme Networks (campus switching, wireless, ExtremeCloud IQ) and Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer) solutions as primary Harbor IT-supported platforms
- Develop and maintain Harbor IT's networking architecture standards, design templates, and configuration baselines to drive consistency and reduce delivery risk across the engineering team
- Conduct network assessments and health reviews for existing clients, producing findings reports and remediation roadmaps that translate technical risk into business language
- Collaborate with solutions architects and account managers during pre-sales to validate scope, identify technical risk, and produce accurate statements of work
- Mentor and develop junior and mid-level network engineers through project participation, design reviews, and direct technical coaching
- Maintain working knowledge of relevant vendor ecosystems including competitive platforms, licensing models, support structures, and roadmap direction
- Represent Harbor IT's networking practice in client-facing settings including architecture reviews, executive briefings, and technology strategy discussions
Skills
- Expert-level hands-on experience with Extreme Networks platforms including campus switching (EXOS/VOSS), wireless (ExtremeCloud IQ, AP series), and network management
- Expert-level hands-on experience with Fortinet platforms including FortiGate firewalls, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiClient EMS
- Strong architecture and design depth across LAN/WAN, campus networking, SD-WAN, network segmentation, VLANs, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), and next-generation firewall policy design
- Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into network architecture designs and produce clear, client-ready documentation including diagrams, BOMs, and design rationale
- Experience leading network deployments as the senior technical resource - coordinating field engineers, managing vendor resources, and validating final configurations against design intent
- Solid understanding of network security principles including zero-trust segmentation, NGFW policy, NAC, and secure SD-WAN as applied to enterprise and mid-market environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills - able to present architecture recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences and contribute to pre-sales proposals
- Comfortable operating in an MSP professional services environment with concurrent client engagements, billable utilization expectations, and cross-functional coordination with PMs, architects, and account teams
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline. Equivalent experience considered
- 7+ years of network engineering and architecture experience, with at least 3 years in a senior architecture or lead engineer role
- Hands-on Extreme Networks experience
- Hands-on Fortinet experience
- NSE 4 minimum required
- FortiGate and FortiManager expertise essential
- ExtremeCloud IQ or EXOS/VOSS certification strongly preferred
- NSE 7 or higher strongly preferred
- Additional certifications a plus: CCNP (routing and switching or enterprise), CWNA/CWSP, SD-WAN vendor certifications
- MSP or consulting delivery background preferred over pure enterprise IT - experience managing multiple concurrent client environments is a meaningful differentiator
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote-first work arrangement
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